Kid Friendly Activities

Midwest Central Railroad

Take a ride around the 1.25-mile loop around the Reunion Show Grounds. Trains depart from the North Station at the north end of the grounds in the North Village and the MCRR Museum and Education Center north of Heritage Museum B. Round Trip tickets are $5.00 per person (Ages 4 and Under Free)

To learn more about the Midwest Central Railroad, visit their website at www.mcrr.org

MCRR is a separate 501c3 nonprofit organization

Midwest Electric Railway

Take a ride on the Midwest Electric Railway to the 1850s Log Village or back to your camper. The 1.25-mile loop around the campground has five stops. Round-trip tickets are $3.00 per person (Ages 6 and under free). Tickets can be purchased at the Yarmouth Depot, Located South of Museum A.

Learn More about the Midwest Electric Railway

Drive-A-Tractor

Many people who visit Midwest Old Threshers have never experienced life on a farm. What was once a common way of life is now a memory only for older visitors. Making its debut at the 2001 Reunion, the exhibit features tractors that have been modified with a kill switch and low-throttle speed and gears. Visitors of all ages can feel what it is like behind the wheel of a tractor. The safety person riding with each visitor can easily reach the kill switch, master clutch, and handbrake, making it a fun and safe experience.

This exhibit is Free to do!

"The Smile Machine" Carousel

Take a ride on the beautiful, fully restored antique carousel. Listen to the music of the Military Band Organ and feel the movement of the rocking horses. Pick out your favorite horse and match the crest on its chest with the name on the wall. "The Smile Machine" is powered by a Herschell-Spillman steam engine that dates back over a century.

Carousel Rides are $1

See the Horses of The Smile Machine Click Here

 

 

Nick's Kids Show

Watch Nick while you Jump, Jive, and Wail While singing the rubber duckie song perform in Nick's Band, or show off your hula hoop skills in the hula hoop contest! Performs a couple of times a day in the Kids Area in the North Village

Chris Short Puppet Show

The show features a number of very entertaining and elaborately costumed Marionettes and Muppet-Type Puppets. 
All routines are choreographed to music from the Big Band Era to Rock 'n' roll from the 1950s and Country Music from Nashville.
The Chris Short Puppet Personalities Show is presented under spectacular Black-Light effects, which create an illusion of mystical animation.

Performs a couple of times a day in the Kids Area in the North Village

Windy Acres Stables Pony Rides

Ride a pony in the Kids Area in the North Village.  85 lbs weight limit.

OT Smokin Gunslingers

The Gunslingers have been a staple at the Reunion Old West Town since 1981, from train robbers to Jailbreaks.

Click here to see their schedule.

Silver Slipper Saloon

Sit back, watch, and listen to the Golden Slipper Saloon Girls while singing, dancing, and telling jokes.

Make sure to grab a daily program to see what time they will be performing.

Rope Making at the Log Village

Take a ride on the Midwest Electric Railway, Step off, and go back to the 1850s in the Log Village. You can learn how they made ropes at the barn with a hands-on exhibit with a rope-making machine.

Professor Farquar & Polecat Annie

Professor B. T. Farquar sets entertainment back more than a century to the days of the old-time “medicine show.”  Unlike yesteryear’s snake oil hucksters,  Farquar peddles no elixirs or patent pills.  Instead, he freely dispenses copious amounts of laughter, surely the best medicine of all.
Annie is familiar with all of the popular dances and diversions from the good old days.  She can read your palm or your aura.  She offers up personal instruction in rope twirling, tin plate juggling, lawn bowling, graces, pocket magic, cow patty spinning, and Indian games of skill.
Make sure to grab a daily program to see what time they will be performing.

West Pleasant Lawn Spelling Bee

Visit the one-room schoolhouse in the afternoon to participate in the spelling bee!

Students in grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, high school, and adults are welcome to participate.

Make sure to grab a daily program to see what time they will be performing.

Kiddie Tractor Pedal Pull

3:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday, at the Tractor Headquarters, kids are welcome to participate in the kiddie tractor pedal pull

Sand Boxes

There are three sandboxes on the ground where the kids can play, dig, and build in the sand.

One in the North Village, one at Tractor HQ, and one at Traction Steam HQ