Welcome to Imagine City

Step into a colorful pretend-play city with trains, shops, diners, play homes, hands-on events, and tiny city adventures built for big imagination.

Plan a Visit See Events

Step inside Imagine City

Real, immersive pretend-play cities in Palmdale, Valencia, and Lakewood.

The Sunset Avenue Diner play area under blooming cherry-blossom trees

The Glendora Grocery Market storefront with a striped awning

The Pretty Pet Puddle animal-hospital play room

Activities

Signature play spaces, monthly programming, and game-show style moments give every visit a new route through the city.

High-end playhomes

Multiple high-end playhomes give kids room to host, cook, clean, decorate, and build a whole pretend neighborhood.

Ride-on train

A kid-favorite ride-on train brings movement and arrival-moment excitement into the city experience.

Sensory Tree House

Valencia / Palmdale

A cozy climb-and-discover play zone for tactile exploration, quiet imagination, and big movement.

Lego race track

Valencia / Lakewood

Build, test, race, and rebuild with a hands-on track that turns engineering play into friendly competition.

Driving cars

Lakewood

Little drivers can cruise through their own city route with steering-wheel pretend play and photo-worthy stops.

Monthly storytime play area at Imagine City

Monthly storytime

Recurring storytime events add a calmer, literacy-rich moment to the monthly play calendar.

Science and art events

Hands-on experiments and art activities give families fresh reasons to come back throughout the month.

Imagine City Brain Battle

A Jeopardy-like quiz game with real podiums and interactive buzzers for high-energy family competition.

Find your nearest city

Palmdale

Antelope Valley Mall

Hours661-202-3175 Get directions →

Valencia

Valencia Town Center

Hours661-615-8430 Get directions →

Lakewood

Lakewood Center Mall

Hours562-213-9136 Get directions →

Pricing & Memberships

Open Play Admission

Walk-in's Welcome, No Reservation Needed!

Palmdale

Weekday: $13
Weekend: $15
Adults: Free

Valencia

Weekday: $14
Weekend: $16
Adults: $1

Lakewood

Weekday: $14
Weekend: $16
Adults: $1

Admission includes 2 hours of open play and unlimited train rides!

★ Recommended

Annual Membership

$175per year

Best value · under $15/mo

Unlimited visits to all locations
Free Storytime
Adults free
Discounts on all events
Birthday party discounts

Max Monthly Membership

$35per month

$5 off for siblings

Unlimited visits to all locations
Free Storytime
Adults free
Discounts on all events
Birthday party discounts

Basic Monthly Membership

$30per month

$5 off for siblings

Unlimited visits to Lakewood location
Free Storytime
Adults free

Members get unlimited play, free Storytime, and more—year-round.

Become a Member

Events calendar

Upcoming events

Browse the calendar and choose a location to view event details and registration.

Use the Calendar to Register Below!

Children and a family celebrating a birthday at Imagine City

Birthday Parties

Throw an Unforgettable Birthday at Imagine City

Celebrate in a playful kid-sized city filled with pretend-play adventures, bright party energy, and memory-making moments families will love.

View Birthday Packages

Built for childhood

Why Families Love Imagine City

Because every visit gives children room to move, pretend, communicate, explore, and grow.

At Imagine City, children step into a kid-sized world where play feels exciting and natural. While they are pretending to shop, cook, care for animals, drive cars, ride the train, host friends, or explore playhomes, they are also practicing the building blocks of learning and relationships.

Imaginative play gives children opportunities to use language, make choices, take turns, solve problems, express emotions, and create stories with others — all in a fun, active environment designed for childhood.

Play

Active play that keeps children engaged

Imagine City gives children space to move through a hands-on city instead of sitting still or watching from the sidelines. Kids can explore playhomes, drive cars, ride the train, pretend to shop, cook, care for animals, and create their own adventures.

This kind of active play helps children stay engaged with their bodies, their senses, and the people around them. They get to make choices, follow their curiosity, and experience the joy of leading their own play.

Encourages movement and hands-on exploration
Supports confidence through independent choices
Gives children a screen-free place to stay active
Keeps play fresh through multiple city areas

Learn

Real-world roles that build important skills

Pretend play naturally introduces children to real-world language, routines, and problem-solving. When a child takes an order at the diner, shops at the market, checks on a pet at the animal hospital, or helps a friend in the city, they are practicing communication and thinking skills in a way that feels fun.

These experiences can support early learning by encouraging children to count, sort, sequence, remember details, ask questions, explain ideas, and understand how everyday places work.

Builds vocabulary and communication skills
Introduces counting, sorting, sequencing, and memory
Encourages problem-solving and flexible thinking
Connects pretend play to real-world understanding

Imagine

Creative storytelling that strengthens social growth

Imagination helps children try new roles, create stories, and see the world from different perspectives. One moment they may be a chef, the next a firefighter, a parent, a shopkeeper, a doctor, a driver, or an explorer.

When children imagine together, they practice sharing ideas, listening, taking turns, negotiating roles, and building friendships. These social moments can help children grow in confidence, empathy, and cooperation over time.

Encourages creativity and storytelling
Supports empathy and perspective-taking
Promotes cooperation and social confidence
Helps children practice friendship skills

Children may simply feel like they are playing, but these repeated play moments give them opportunities to practice skills that matter at school, at home, and with friends.

CommunicationConfidenceCreativityProblem-SolvingSocial Skills

@imaginecitykids