Hartsville has some great options to offer for a birthday party for your children. There are indoor spaces and outdoor spaces that you can take advantage of.

Here are my top 3 suggestions to plan a birthday party for your kids in Hartsville:

1. Edventure Hartsville - Located in downtown Hartsville, this small children's museum has a private party room and a lot of play stations for the kids to roam around and enjoy. You can pick your party time and reserve using their online form on the Edventure...

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The Darlington School District will be providing free food to kids for anyone 18 years old or younger at the locations on the Flyer (see below) during school closure during the coronavirus pandemic . Update: Time to pick up these to-go breakfast and lunch meals are from 10:30AM - 1:30PM, on Monday and Wednesdays only. They are one week worth of food. 

Hartsville Locations For more information, refer to the flyer on the Darlington County School District's website.Darlington City Locations Coron...
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In downtown Hartsville, there's an amazing indoor playground called The Play Zone, located between 5th St & College Ave! With slides, a ball pit, a treehouse loft (as I call it) and many toys for the little ones, the kids get to have an adventure, rain or shine!


It's rare to find a ball pit these days and The Play Zone is clean! Open Play schedules change month to month but they are usually from 10AM - 5PM. Open Play rates are $5 per hour or $8 for 2 hours. Check out their facebook page to s...
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Here are some options in Hartsville for summer camp for your kids

1. YMCA Summer Camp in downtown Hartsville for little ones and up between 7AM - 6PM which is also great for all day childcare: https://www.ymcaupd.org/programs/summer-camps
2. Governor's School of Science and Mathematics (GSSM) for kids from 7th-10th grade: https://www.scgssm.org/summer-camps
3. Kalmia Gardens Summer Camp for 1st - 6th graders. Just 3.5 hours a day in the morning: http://www.kalmiagardens.org/week-in-the-wild-application/

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My baby son and I had such a great experience at the Holiday Open House in downtown Hartsville on Nov. 20, 2014. The weather was about 40 degrees when we got there around 7:30pm. We immediately drove there once my son woke up from his much needed nap. He was refreshed and ready to take in his first holiday celebration. 


We parked in the parking lot near Centennial Hall, which was what I did when I went to the Trunk or Treat event last month as well. It makes it so much easier to get in and out...
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 Treat in the Streets in Hartsville yesterday was a lot of fun in downtown. My baby son and I arrived a little later around 5:00pm so that gave us an hour to enjoy the festivities. He just woke up from a nap so it was time for play time! All the kids dressed up in costume but and I only saw one parent dressed up. I took note and I am glad I decided last minute to not dress up. I would've been an odd ball. 
(Meet my son, the bear and his first bucket of candy)

It was my son's very first trick or...
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(Scroll down to see more pictures below) Our family went to Frozen on the Farm at McLeod Farms earlier this afternoon. We've been to the McLeod Farms Store before but have never gone to any of their special activities. For the last few weeks, as we were driving around town, we've been noticing the billboards for "Frozen on the Farm" and it really got us interested. (Scroll down to read more see more pictures.)

When we drove there today, we immediately see Halloween and Fall themed decorations ...
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