Do your kids love watching big construction equipment at work? Do they want to drive big construction equipment? How about you?
Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, MN is a heavy equipment adventure company where you can play on construction equipment. I previously wrote about their “Heavy Metal Drive Thru” shows where you can sit in your car and watch construction equipment show off what they can do.(read about our experience here)!
You can also reserve time to drive the construction equipment – they have excavators, bulldozers, & wheel loaders! My friend and I drove bulldozers there once and it was awesome! Read about our experience here!
Heavy Metal Dine-In
Well, they launched a NEW event this summer. It’s called Heavy Metal Dine-In, where you can dig, dine and discover. And they shared with me they are continuing into this fall, PLUS – I have an EXCLUSIVE 50% off deal for you!!!! This is unbeatable! Just use my code FrugalMom in advance online!
About Heavy Metal Dine-In
Heavy Metal Dine-In is a fun construction-themed event for people of all ages. For the Dine-In, there will be food trucks, a bar for the adults in the garage, equipment tours, a sandbox and mini diggers for the smaller kids to play with. And anyone over 14 years old (10+ for mini excavators) can have 20-min rotations on large equipment.
Admission is only $5 if you get tickets in advance. They’re otherwise $8 at the door.
The first event was on Saturday, June 25th from 4pm to 8pm, and it’s been a success all summer!
The next events are on these dates from 4:00 – 8:00pm:
Saturday, August 27th
Here are the food trucks lined up!
◾ The Corndog Company – Home of the HoneyDog.
◾ MNCarnivorium – Specializing in chopped cheese sandwiches.
◾ El Hornito Wood Fired Pizza – Authentic wood-fired pizza.
◾ Cookie Dough Bliss – Twin Cities – Delicious ready to eat cookie dough.
◾ 2nd Street Depot Bar & Grill – Variety of beer, hard seltzer, & non-alcoholic options.
Saturday, September 17th
Here are the food and beverage options for this day!
- Everything Jerk
- Samurai Teppanyaki
- Mista & Lady P Burgerz Wingz & More
- Mik Mart Ice Cream
Beverages
- 2nd Street Depot
Saturday, October 8th
Food:
- Santana’s Sugar Shack
- Cookie Dough Bliss
- Everything Jerk
- Pierogi2Gogi
Beverages:
- 2nd Street Depot
Saturday, November 5th
Prices
Entry:
Pre-register: $5.00 / $8.00 at the door (Kids under 2 are free)
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Includes access to construction equipment viewing area w/planned shows, and kid activities. Food, beverages, site tour, and tickets to operate heavy equipment will be separate.
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More Options
Equipment Tour: $10.00/for 15 min (Kids of all ages need to buy a ticket for the tour, but families with children under 12 can have up to 2 free chaperones).
Equipment Experience: $40/for 20 min
Expect that prices will be higher onsite so buy them in advance if you can!
Go to their website for info and tickets here.
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In addition to saving 50% on admission, you can save $50 off any of their OTHER packages when you use my coupon code FrugalMom.
(Discount valid for Minnesota location only.)
Here’s a link with info about their packages.
My friend and I had a BLAST driving bulldozers!