What is Play Union?
Play Union is a drop-in pretend play and craft center. A place for kids to explore, imagine, create, and most of all play. You can meet up with your friends, make new ones and be part of the community. Play Union is also available for birthday parties and as a space rental.
*Masks are optional during public drop-in play.
Contact us for private bookings including birthday parties!
**Friday Singalong with Jeff Jam, weekly 11:30-12pm.
No sign up or appointments needed.
*Masks are optional during public drop-in play.
No sign up or appointments needed.
Drop in Play
Build with magnatiles and blocks, solve a puzzle, take orders in the restaurant, buy groceries at the market, zoom around with trucks, cars and trains, launch into space, put on a show with puppets or your friends and so much more.
5 and 10 Day Passes are punch cards that never expire.
Please note: Final entry is 30 minutes before closing during drop-in play.
Note: Adults are free! Enjoy complimentary coffee/tea and wifi.
Membership Pricing
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Day Pass$15
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Add'l Child Day Pass$10
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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Day Pass Ages 0-1yr$10
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5 Day Pass$65
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Add'l Child 5 Day Pass$45
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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5 Day Pass Ages 0-1yr$45
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10 Day Pass$115
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Add'l Child 10 Day Pass$80
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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10 Day Pass Ages 0-1yr$80
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1 Month Membership$100
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Add'l Child 1 Month Membership$65
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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1 Month Membership Ages 0-1Yr$65
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4 Month Membership$360
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Add'l Child 4 Month Membership$220
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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4 Month Membership Ages 0-1Yr$220
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6 Month Membership$500
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Add'l Child 6 Month Membership$300
* Siblings Ages 0-1yr are always free.
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6 Month Membership Ages 0-1yr$300
Membership includes 10% off all parties and 2 crafts per week for children ages 2+.
Parties/Rental
All Parties come with free balloon bunches, exclusive use of the entire space and an additional 15 minutes each for set up and clean up. Basic paper goods and table cloths are available at no extra charge. For details on other types of space rental Contact Us.
Party Favors – 15% off with your party. We’ll even assemble the bags for you!
Note: Enjoy complimentary wifi.
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Party Deposit$50
^ 10% off for membership holders.
Crafting
Crafting is available for children ages 2+ during drop in play and parties. Projects include painting wood crafts and a “project of the week” (focusing on paper crafts and recycled materials.)
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Members get 2 free crafts per week$5+
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Members and multi day pass holders can do a craft for $5 at any time$5
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Day pass holders can do a craft for $8 at any time$8
About
Amenities
Note: Adults are free! Enjoy complimentary coffee/tea and wifi.
Parking: Parking spots 1 & 2 in the private lot next to Play Union are for Play Union customers. Otherwise 2 hour spots are near by as well as metered spots in Union Square. Don’t forget, if you are a Somerville resident and have a residential sticker on your vehicle you can park on any side street nearby.
MBTA: 5 minute walk from the new Union Square Green Line T station or local bus service is available.
Meet the Staff
Debbie Musnikow, Owner
As a Somerville resident, Debbie cares deeply about the local community. She feels it’s important for children and their caretakers to have space in the community to create, imagine and explore. She is excited to bring such a space to Union Square.
Debbie loves working with children of all ages. She spent her early work life teaching Hebrew to elementary school children with special needs at Congregation Kehillath Israel and working as a Unit Head, then Education Director at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake. She then advised teenagers at New England Young Judaea’s after school programs. She gained her retail and store operations experience as a Store Manager and Management Trainer for Discovery Channel Stores. For the last decade she worked as the Operations Director at Stellabella Toys.
Debbie enjoys knitting, crafting and spending time with her family and friends in her free time.
Hours
Note: Adults are free! Enjoy complimentary coffee/tea and wifi.
Parking: Parking spots 1 & 2 in the private lot next to Play Union are for Play Union customers. Otherwise 2 hour spots are near by as well as metered spots in Union Square. Don’t forget, if you are a Somerville resident and have a residential sticker on your vehicle you can park on any side street nearby.
MBTA: 5 minute walk from the new Union Square Green Line T station or local bus service is available.
| Monday | 11:00 AM — 5:30 PM |
| Tuesday - Wednesday | 9:00 AM — 5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM — 3:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM — 5:30 PM |
| Saturday | 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |