The Experience: If ever there were a place to burn off kid energy, Sky High Sports in Tigard is it. Imagine a giant space with nearly wall-to-wall trampolines, where kids can literally bounce off the walls – because they’re trampolines, too.

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The Experience: The Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel has teamed up with Lloyd Center to create Legacy Funland, a small indoor play area on the ground floor of the mall. The unsupervised play area, which is designed for toddlers and preschool age children, features several climbing structures in health-related shapes, like the Band-Aid arch and the celery slide, a soft carpet for tumbling (Funland is a shoe-free zone), and comfy benches for the adults. More…

The Experience: Imagine – a place where you can sit and enjoy a bite to eat with friends, not distracted by the dust bunnies/crumbs/cobwebs gathering in your house, as your child blissfully plays just a few feet away.

This piece of heaven is available to parents – and grandparents, nannies and other caretakers – seven days a week at Vancouver’s popular Cafe Sip-n-Play. More…

The Experience: Does the rain have you down? Feeling like you can’t bake another cookie or create another cutesy craft, and if you subject your kids to one more Disney video, their brains will turn to mush?

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Indoor Parks those out-of-the-rain, safe havens for little ones to run, jump and play – are also a haven for stir-crazy moms, dads and grandparents on rainy winter days. Amenities vary from bare bones open spaces and informal playgroups to elaborate play equipment and arts and crafts options. Some are operated by parks and recreation departments while others are run as cooperatives with parents pitching in to set up, clean up, and help with administrative tasks. While many are held in local churches, not all are affiliated with the congregations. Most are geared toward infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Call for exact ages, hours, fees and rules.

NW 26th and Savier, Portland; 503-228-4391; www.friendlyhouseinc.org. Your first visit is free.

2823 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland; 503-289-0318; www.northminsterpdx.org.

1832 NE 39th; 503-287-6789; www.mosaicportland.org/community/kids.

Central Lutheran Church, 1820 NE 21st, Portland; 503-287-0183 (Jen).

Play group for children with Down Syndrome, ages birth through 5.
1244 NE 39th Ave.; 503-704-3883; www.nwdsa.org.

Portland Parks and Recreation (PPR) – Citywide; 503-823-PLAY (7529); www.portlandparks.org. Many community centers host indoor play parks for children up to 6 years old. PPR operates indoor parks at the following community centers: East Portland, 740 SE 106th, 503-823-3450; Fulton Park, 68 SW Miles, 503-823-3180; Hillside, 653 NW Culpepper Terr., 503-823-3181; Matt Dishman, 77 NE Knott, 503-823-3673; Montavilla, 8219 NE Glisan, 503-823-4101; Mt. Scott, 5530 SE 72nd, 503-823-3183; Peninsula Park, 700 N Rosa Parks Way, 503-823-3620; Sellwood, 1436 SE Spokane, 503-823-3195; Southwest, 6820 SW 45th, 503-823-2840; St. Johns, 8427 N Central, 503-823-3192; University Park, 9009 N Foss Ave., 503-823-3631.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 3915 SE Steele; 503-775-9057; www.playinside.org.

Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District (THPRD) – Multiple Locations; 503-645-6433; www.thprd.com. Like PPR, THPRD hosts several indoor play parks. Call for times and age requirements. Cedar Hills Recreation Center, 11640 SW Park Way, Portland, 503-629-6340; Conestoga Gym Fun, 9985 SW 125th Ave., Beaverton, 503-629-6313; Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, 503-629-6341; Tualatin Hills Athletic Center, 50 NW 158th Ave., Beaverton, 503-629-6330.

Tyson Recreation Center, 1880 NE Griffin Oaks St., Hillsboro; 503-615-6552; www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/ParksRec/ParksFacilities/SuperTots.aspx.

503-655-8601; www.clackamas.us/socialservices/healthy_start.htm. Clackamas County hosts free play groups at the following sites for parents and children ages 5 and under:
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Oregon Institute of Technology Gym, 7726 SE Harmony Rd., Milwaukie; 503-794-8080.

1404 7th St., Oregon City; 503-785-8520.

2436 NW Astor St., Camas; 360-834-7956 or 360-210-7565; www.cwindoorplaypark.org.

11324 NE 51st Cir., Vancouver, Wash.; 360-885-9622; www.ymca-clarkcounty.org.

700 NE 136th Ave., Vancouver; 360-487-7001; www.cityofvancouver.us/parks-recreation/facilities_locations/fcc.htm.

First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main Street, Vancouver; 360-694-3363.