It’s time to pick up gifts for your loved ones (or yourself).
If you’re reading this, you likely love Wichita and love to support local. Here is a guide from last year with a lot of great options from the best areas of town to shop to food and restaurants and much more.
Today we want to focus on giving experiences.
Experience gifting
A lot of these are gift cards / certificates or passes to experience a class, attraction or activity!
I’m a human so I know I will miss something (or a lot), but let me know and I’ll get it added to a blog you can refer back to!
Attractions & Museums
- Tanganyika – offers 15 experiences to connect with rare and endangered species! – 1000 S Hawkins Ln, Goddard, KS 67052
- Sedgwick County Zoo – 5555 W Zoo Blvd, Wichita, KS 67212
- Botanica – 701 Amidon St, Wichita, KS 67203
- Exploration Place – 300 N McLean Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203
- Kansas Aviation Museum – 3350 George Washington Blvd, Wichita, KS 67210
- Cowtown – 1865 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203
- Museum of World Treasures – 835 E 1st St N, Wichita, KS 67202
Performing Arts & Concerts
- Music Theatre Wichita – 2024 season includes Gypsy, 9 to 5, Frozen, Matilda, and Beautiful – Century II
- Flying Pig Improv – Use gift certificates like cash to see shows or take classes! – 3203 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67218
- Mosley St. Melodrama – 234 N Mosley St, Wichita, KS 67202
- Roxy’s – Now offering “Flex Tickets” this year, flexible tickets good for any show in current season – 412 1/2 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202
- Broadway Wichita – upcoming shows include Annie, Cirque Musica, Come From Away, On Your Feet! and Mean Girls – Century II
- Hartman Arena – 8151 N Hartman Arena Dr, Park City, KS 67147
- Wave – 650 E. 2nd Street, Wichita, KS 67202
- INTRUST Bank Arena – 500 E Waterman St, Wichita, KS 67202
- The Cotillion – 11120 W Kellogg Dr, Wichita, KS 67209
Classes
- Paint with Alpacas at Lazy Moon Ranch – includes an indoor option of Painting With Babydolls (sheep) during the colder months – 11296 SW 104th Terrace Augusta, KS 67010
- Paint Classes like Paint the Towne 0 1625 S Rock Rd #135 or 7011 W Central Ave #127
- Various classes put on by the City of Wichita
- Mark Arts Classes – 1307 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS 67206
- Finishing School for Modern Women – 2024 Events and classes are coming up!
- Lola Candle Making Experience – 1029 W Douglas Ave Suite 101, Wichita, KS 67211
Activities
- Trampoline parks like Urban Air – 8545 West Irving Street. Wichita, Kansas 67209 or Aviate – 2668 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67226
- Chicken N Pickle – 1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206
- The Arcade – 906 E 3rd St N, Wichita, KS 67202
- Escape Room at Entrap Games, The Room, or World of Escapes
- Top Golf – 2976 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67226
- Ice Skating – 505 W Maple St, Wichita, KS 67213
- Axe Throwing at Blade & Timber or Axe to Grind
- Rock Climbing at Bliss – 11114 E 28th St N, Wichita, KS 67226
- Dance Classes
- Let’s Go Build – 2684 N Greenwich Rd Suite 500, Wichita, KS 67206
- Riverside Music Together – 1103 Jefferson, Wichita, KS 67203
- Music, singing, or acting classes
- Rent out AMC or catch a show at Boulevard Theatres
- Glassblowing at Infinity Art Glass, Karg Art Glass, or Gonzo Glassworks
Spa Day
- Bloom Aesthetics – Aesthetics – 430 S Commerce St Suite 200, Wichita, KS 67202
- Poise Aesthetics – Aesthetics – 2216 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67214
- Beau Monde – Spa – East & West
- Bohemia Healing Spa – Spa – 611 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67213
- Mark Kate and Company – Salon – 8112 W Central Ave, Wichita, KS 67212
- Enhanced by Thuy – Beauty Salon – 3595 N Webb Rd, Wichita, KS
- Eminence Esthetics – Holistic Skin Therapy
- Fresh Spa Market – Spa – 214 S Rock Rd Suite 101
- Various Manicure and/or Pedicure Locations
- Urban Routine Wellness – 132 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202
- Whitening Bar – Teeth Whitening
Food & Drink
- Wine tastings at Grace Hill Winery or Wyldewood Cellars or Alzavino
- Viola’s Pantry Cooking Classes – 156 N Cleveland, Wichita, KS 67214
- The Kitchen Cooking Classes – 725 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202
- Everyday by Elderslie – 2132 N Rock Rd Suite 102, Wichita, KS 67206
- Most local restaurants offer gift certificates or gift cards!
Get Clean and Organized
- Margaret McHenry Maids – Give the gift of a clean home
- Well Kept Space – a well kept space creates a well kept life
- 2U Auto – Mobile Auto Detailing
Staycation
- Hotel at Old Town – 830 E 1st St N, Wichita, KS 67202
- Ambassador – 104 S Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202
- Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview – 400 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202
- Hyatt – 400 W Waterman St, Wichita, KS 67202
- Airbnbs
Other great local shopping guides include:
- Yours Truly
- Wichita Mom
- Wichita by EB
- Watermark Books
- Visit Wichita
- Wichita on the Cheap
- Choose Wichita
What did we miss? Let us know! We will publish this as a blog and keep it going.
