Parents' Night Out Events
Date Night for Parents, Educational Play for Kids!
Parents’ Night Out Events at Zaniac are popular! Plan your date nights in advance.
Kids explore themed STEM activities while you enjoy a Saturday night off! Themes change monthly.
Sign up early as space is limited and they typically sell out fast. Enroll
Parents’ Night Out Events at Zaniac are popular! Plan your date nights in advance.
Kids explore themed STEM activities while you enjoy a Saturday night off! Themes change monthly.
Sign up early as space is limited and they typically sell out fast. Enroll
Parents' Night Out Details:
- Saturdays (see dates below)
- 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- Only $30 per event
- For kids rising K-8th grade
- Snack included
Parents' Night Out Dates and Themes:
2025
- September 6 & 20
- Eco Engineers: Water, Wind & Waste
- October 4 & 18
- Haunted Hackathon
- November 1 & 15
- Dino Explorer: Fossils & 3D Modeling
- December 6 & 20
- Winter Workshop: Invent, Build & Celebrate STEM
2026
- January 10 & 24
- Arctic Architects: Build for the Cold
- February 7 & 21
- STEM Chef: Edible Experiments
- March 7 & 21
- Time Travelers’ Engineering Lab
- April 4 & 18
- Bugged Out! Insects & Nature Tech
- May 2 & 16
- Zaniac Crazy Contraptions (Rube Goldberg Night)
- June 20
- Glow Science: Neon Night
- July 18
- STEM Olympics: Sci-Sports Challenge
- August 15
- AI & Animation Studio
- September 6 & 20 – Eco Engineers: Water, Wind & Waste
- Young engineers will tackle real-world environmental challenges by building sustainable solutions using water, wind, and recycled materials. Design tech that helps the planet and test it in real time!
- October 4 & 18 – Haunted Hackathon
- Join us for a spooky night of circuits, coding, and Halloween fun! Kids create glowing crafts, haunted games, and spooky science experiments.
- November 1 & 15 –Dino Explorer: Fossils & 3D Modeling
- Travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs and dig into paleontology, 3D modeling, and fossil science in this prehistoric STEM adventure. Unearth the past with paleontology and modern design tools.
- December 6 & 20 – Winter Workshop: Invent, Build & Celebrate STEM
- Celebrate the season with a flurry of winter-themed STEM fun! Kids will invent gadgets, engineer festive creations, and explore circuits and coding with a joyful, creative twist.
- January 10 & 24 – Arctic Architects: Build for the Cold
- Kids will explore how animals and engineers survive extreme cold through fun experiments and creative builds. It’s a night of snowy science and cozy construction!
- February 7 & 21 – STEM Chef: Edible Experiments
- It’s science you can taste! From fizzy reactions to edible models, young chefs will mix up fun and flavor while learning the chemistry of food. Mix science and snacks with delicious hands-on chemistry.
- March 7 & 21 – Time Travelers’ Engineering Lab
- Step into a time machine and explore great inventions from the past and the future. Kids will tinker like Da Vinci and dream like tomorrow’s engineers. From ancient tech to future tools, discover innovation through time.
- April 4 & 18 – Bugged Out! Insects & Nature Tech
- In this STEM-meets-nature night, kids dive into the fascinating world of insects and discover how bugs inspire modern robotics and design through hands-on exploration. Insects inspire amazing designs in tech and nature.
- May 2 & 16– Zaniac Crazy Contraptions (Rube Goldberg Night)
- Get ready for wacky, wonderful engineering! Kids will design chain-reaction machines and silly solutions to simple problems in this night of creative engineering. Chain reactions meet creativity and engineering fun.
- June 20 – Glow Science: Neon Night
- STEM lights up the night with glowing experiments and neon art. Kids explore UV light, glowing creatures, and luminous reactions under blacklight. STEM that shines!
- July 18 – STEM Olympics: Sci-Sports Challenge
- Science meets sports in a high-energy night of motion, math, and physics! Kids will jump, bounce, measure, and compete in Olympic-style STEM events. Move, experiment, and test physics with sports-inspired fun.
- August 15 – AI & Animation Studio
- Kids explore the exciting world of artificial intelligence and animation by creating, coding, and imagining the future of smart technology. Creativity meets technology!