Jill's Journal: It didn’t take long for the girls to declare what will undoubtedly remain their favorite thing in Sacramento: Fairytale Town. Yes, that’s Humpty Dumpty on the wall at the entrance.
We started in King Arthur’s Castle. Fairytale Town is 2 1/2 acres of walking (or bounding, as the girls excitedly did) through the pages of all the most popular story books and/or nursery rhymes of childhood. It’s been around for 52 years. It is adorable. The girls loved every minute of our time there. I enjoyed it almost as much as they did.
This, of course, would be Madelyn pretending to be the Old Woman in the Shoe. Located in the William Land Park, Fairytale Town is pretty much a small child’s dream. There are nearly 30 “play sets” where the kids can play in scenes from childhood books. This giant shoe, for instance, is actually a slide.
The Crooked Mile was a favorite and the girls bounced along the very crooked, raised path (that represented a mile) three separate times. “That’s a REALLY crooked mile!” declared Victoria. Of course, the crooked man’s crooked house was at the crooked end.
This is Mary’s Little Lamb, who had a schoolhouse in her pen. Erika is our extreme animal lover and she loved all the live animals best of all, including the Three Billy Goats Gruff, the Three Blind Mice, Charlotte (the spider, of course), and Eeyore, the donkey from Winnie the Pooh.
And who could forget the Three Little Pigs? Apparently they were Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pigs. Notice their house of bricks still standing. There was no sign of the Big Bad Wolf.
Madelyn and Victoria thought the best part was Mr. McGregor’s Garden because they got to water it to their hearts’ content. A real Peter Rabbit was close by (as was Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail).
We also found Sherwood Forest, Jack and Jill’s hill, the Little Engine that Could, Jack’s Beanstalk (along with a giant foot), Farmer Brown’s Barn, the Tortoise and the Hare, and many others. Fairytale Town just might be the unofficial cutest playground ever for little kids. We loved it!
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I remember the first trip to fairy tale town. Rob was 5 and a half and I was 4.5 months pregnant with Wendi and felt movement for the first time. Fairy tale town has grown alot since we last visited a very long time ago but the kids always had a good time there even in the awful heat. I have nothing but good memories of that place.
Mom W
When you guys go back through Massachusetts, you have to do Davis Farmland. Same kind of feel as this, with really great interactive exhibits and baby farm animals. We took the kids every year for years on end...and now they've outgrown it. :((
Andee, how neat to think you were here with your kids! It's such a fun little place. A real gem.
Sue, Davis Farmland is now on our list -- thanks! We love places like this. How have your kids possibly outgrown it? Aren't they still about five and eight? :) Time goes by too quickly.
Five and eight?? They're twice that! (Well, one of them, anyway.) 10 and 12.
10 and 12? Good grief. Has it been that long since we've seen them? Btw, Erika STILL remembers painting with Sarah and it must have made quite an impression because she was only two at the time. I think she was just so pleased a "big kid" played with her. :)
We used to take David and Elizabeth here. Always a lot of fun.
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