Little Play Place

Little Play Place on North Dale Mabry Highway fills a specific and valuable role in north Tampa's family activity landscape — it's a smaller, neighborhood-scale indoor playground designed specifically for the youngest kids. This is not a mega-facility with 20-foot climbing walls; it's a thoughtfully sized space where toddlers and preschoolers are the intended audience from floor to ceiling.

The play structures are sized for the 1-7 age window. Slides are manageable for young walkers, climbing elements challenge without intimidating, and the overall scale means a 2-year-old feels capable rather than lost. For parents of very young children who find large commercial play parks overwhelming — too loud, too crowded, too many big kids charging through — Little Play Place is genuinely a better option.

The intimate size has another parent-focused benefit: you can see the entire play area from a single vantage point. When you have two or three children at different ages, this 360-degree visibility reduces the stress of split-attention parenting enormously. You can sit and have a conversation with another parent without losing track of a toddler who just turned a corner.

Monday hours are limited (closes at 12:30pm) which is worth noting — but actually works as a feature for parents looking to do a focused morning energy-burn before lunch and nap. The standard hours through the rest of the week run until 4:30pm.

Birthday parties can be booked here for a more intimate gathering than you'd get at a large commercial venue. Check the website for current party packages and open play pricing.