Five Pittsburgh-Area Places Offering Free Fun For Mom On Mother's Day

PITTSBURGH, PA - You don’t have to spend a fortune on Mother’s Day to show Mom how much you love her. If you don’t have much money, or are just miserly, there are plenty of places to take the woman who brought you into the world without spending a cent on her.

To save you time, Patch scoured the Internet to look for the best places to take Mom on May 14 without worrying about paying her way. Here are the best options we found:

• Wings over Pittsburgh

Your mother probably has been quietly lamenting the fact that it’s been years since she’s seen high-precision aerial maneuvers by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, or the U.S. Navy Tactical Demonstration Team piloting an ultra-cool VFA-122 Super Hornet. She’ll have a Mother’s Day she’ll always remember at this air show, and she’ll probably quickly forget you didn’t spend any money to take her there.

• Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Moms get in for free when they bring a paying child, and guess what? You’re the paying child. Here’s a rare opportunity to relive the bygone days of your childhood by having Mom take you to the Kids Kingdom petting zoo.

• Eat’nPark

Why spend $9.99 on a Mother’s Day brunch buffet at the restaurant that will only have Mom worrying about how much she ate for the rest of the day? Exercise some caloric self-control by just stopping by for the free Smiley Cookie available to all mothers, all day, at all Eat’n Park locations.

• Hartwood Acres

What better way to thank Mom for the 18 hours she spent in labor before having you than to take her on a guided tour of this county park’s magnificent 16th Century,Tudor-style mansion? She gets in for free. You don’t.

• RMU Island Sports Center

When was the last time you saw Mom on ice skates? Probably not since she was playing in the NHL, right? Consider this special Mother’s Day Skate an opportunity to get her back onto the ice without even having to pay for her skates rental.

Photo by Bill Rape via Creative Commons.