Hours and Fees

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

Closed Monday

Special for January and February - Grown ups are admitted FREE every Tuesday. Limited to one adult per child.

General Admission

  Tu-Fri Weekends and Holidays
Infant Free Free
Toddlers (7 to 24 months) $4.95 $5.95
Children age 2 to 9 $6.95 $8.95
Adults and children 10 yrs. plus $4.95 $5.95

Children must be with an adult. Bellaboo's is not a daycare center or drop off location.

Adults are not permitted in Bellaboo's without a child.

Reservations for group field trips and birthday parties may be made by calling 219-963-2070.

WHAT IS BELLABOO'S PLAY AND DISCOVERY CENTER? The Center, designed by the White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group, is based on the proven concept that there is a positive relationship between the way children play and their cognitive and social development.  Many facilities are adopting techniques designed to encourage the natural curiosity of children.  The Field Museum in Chicago, for instance, has opened the Crown Family Play Lab, which is all about hands-on experiences.  The key, there and at Bellaboo’s, is a simple one – children learn through play.  Everything is meant to be touched, moved, constructed, and played with.  At Bellaboo’s, activities will combine fun and entertainment leading to learning and development in a safe and secure environment. 

Educators and parents have long understood the value of play as it relates to the foundations for early learning.  When children use concrete objects in dramatic ways, such as playing in a pretend grocery store or a kid’s size construction zone, they learn social skills and competency.  Written cues through signs help children get ready to read and write.  They understand that the written symbols on paper carry meaning – even if they can’t yet read.   Play apparatus will help in motor development, including gross and fine motor skills.  

As adults, we may think children are “just playing”, but consider how much language development is happening as children respond to each other and work out the details of play. 

They’ll never know they’re learning. . .

But, we will