Screen-free play for little hands and big imaginations
A screen-free indoor play area and mini workshop studio for children under 8.
The play area
A play area built for under-8 energy
Leave early and your unused minutes stay in your account for the next visit — pick up right where you left off. Screen-free play for children under 8, in 60-minute blocks.
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Climb, slide, dive in
Soft play structures and a ball pit sized for younger kids.
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Tactile, hands-on play
Blocks, puzzles and building toys that develop real skills while they play.
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Grown-ups stay close
Sight lines cover the whole floor — watch, join in, or rest nearby.
Leave early? Your minutes stay.
Play time is a balance, not a countdown. Minutes you don't use stay in your account — on your next visit, you pick up right where you left off.
Booking takes place in your member account — sign in, or create your free account, and your minutes and bookings are kept there.
How a visit works
Buy 60 minutes. Use them your way.
Play time is a balance, not a countdown: minutes you don't use wait in your account for next time.
Check in & sign
Buy 60 minutes online or at the desk, sign the guardian form, and pick up grip socks if needed — they're required in the play area.
Play — minutes tick only inside
Minutes count down only while your child is checked in. Head out early and the rest stays in your balance.
We email you — extend anytime
We email you when time runs low and when it runs out, with a one-tap option to add more.
Your minute balance
Minutes you buy are minutes you keep
Unused play time never goes to waste here.
Come back and use the rest
Played 35 of your 60 minutes? The other 25 stay in your balance, ready for your next visit.
Friendly emails, not surprises
We email you when your balance runs low and when a session ends, so you can add time before you arrive.
One capacity, one fair line
One capacity limit for everyone; online guests and walk-ins share the same check-in line.
Your account, one email code away. Sign in with a one-time code to check your balance and bookings — no password to remember.
Open My AccountMini workshops
Small projects, serious growing
Workshops are what set Little Innovator apart: short, guided make-and-take projects that build fine motor skills, early math and science thinking, and confidence.
Bracelet Making
Threading, patterning and counting beads into a bracelet of their own design — early math and fine-motor practice in every strand.
Friendship bracelets are encouraged. Matching grown-up bracelets happen more often than you'd think.
Workshops are part of a play visit — book in your member account, at Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park.
Events, sized to the space
Events are planned per location and announced in advance.
Offered at Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park: special-day events and animation shows.
Our Cedar Park space is compact, so birthday parties are not offered at Lakeline Mall.
@littleinnovatorworkshopScheduled events
Special workshop events
Guided make-and-take events at our workshop tables, each one part of a play visit. Prices are per child and don't include tax.
Candle Making
$12.99- Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · 1:00 PM
- Sun, Dec 6, 2026 · 1:00 PM
Snow Globe Making
$12.99- Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · 12:00 PM
- Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · 3:00 PM
- Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · 1:00 PM
- Sun, Dec 13, 2026 · 3:30 PM
- Sat, Dec 19, 2026 · 11:00 AM
- Sat, Dec 19, 2026 · 2:00 PM
- Sun, Dec 20, 2026 · 1:00 PM
- Sun, Dec 20, 2026 · 3:30 PM
Soap Making
$12.99- Sat, Dec 19, 2026 · 4:30 PM
- Sun, Dec 20, 2026 · 12:00 PM
Events are part of a play visit — book in your member account, at Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park.
Good to know
Questions parents ask us
Everything here is designed for children under 8, together with their parents or guardians. The play structures, toys and workshops are all sized and paced for younger kids.
Play is sold in 60-minute blocks that live in your minute balance. Your minutes count down only while your child is checked in on the play floor — check out early and whatever is left stays in your balance for your next visit.
We email you when your balance is running low and again when a session ends — no surprises. Want to keep playing? You can add more time right from that email or at the front desk, and play continues.
Yes — that's exactly what the minute balance is for. Check out whenever you need to (lunch, a nap, a meltdown — we've seen them all), and use your remaining minutes on your next visit.
The play area has one capacity limit that applies to everyone equally. Online guests and walk-ins share the same check-in line, first come, first served — and your minutes only start counting once you're checked in.
Non-slip socks are required for everyone on the play floor — children and grown-ups alike. Bring your own, or pick up a pair at the desk ($2.99).
No — walk-ins are always welcome, and you can also buy your minutes online ahead of time. Either way, everyone checks in through the same line and the same capacity rules apply to all guests.
You'll find us inside Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park — 11200 Lakeline Mall Dr, Cedar Park, TX 78613, just off Highway 183. Our workshop tables are right by our entrance.
Franchise
Bring Little Innovator to your city
A screen-free play and mini-workshop concept for kids under 8, operating inside Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park. Start the conversation here.
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A concept parents already ask for
Screen-free, tactile play for under-8s.
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More than a play floor
Mini workshops, events and a minute-balance play model.
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Guidance from a working location
Layout, operations and programming come from our Cedar Park store.
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Investment from $200,000
The initial investment for a new location starts at $200,000.
The concept
Little Innovator is a play and workshop center for children under eight and their parents. The format combines open, screen-free play with short, structured workshops — making, building, painting and early science — in a compact retail footprint. Play time is held in a member account in minutes that never expire, so families return on their own schedule.
The format
A Little Innovator location brings together the play environment, the workshop program, member accounts and online booking in one operating format, run to the brand's standards. The owner manages the site, the team and day-to-day operations locally.
How it starts
- Send an inquiry using the form below.
- We schedule an introductory call to discuss the market and the format, and we take time to get to know the people behind each application.
- We review the site, the investment and the timeline together.
- If both sides are ready to proceed, we move to a franchise agreement and build-out.
Careers
Join the Little Innovator team
We're hiring for our Cedar Park location. Send a general application — we review every one.
Working here
Little Innovator is a small team running a children's play and workshop center at Lakeline Mall. The work is hands-on: welcoming families, supervising play, assisting at workshops and keeping the space clean, safe and organized.
Areas of work
- Play floor — supervising the play areas and helping children and parents.
- Workshops and events — preparing materials and assisting children during activities.
- Front desk — check-ins, bookings and member accounts.
What we look for
Patience and a genuine enjoyment of working with young children. Reliability and punctuality. Attention to cleanliness and safety. Availability during mall hours, including weekends. Experience with children is welcome but not required — training is provided.
My Account
Your balance and bookings, in one place
Sign in with a one-time email code — no password — to check your balance, manage a membership and track your bookings.
The member portal opens at shop.thelittleinnovator.com. Your balance and bookings are tied to your location — currently Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park — and you'll be asked to confirm it first if you haven't on this device.
Contact
Questions? Talk to a human
Visits, balances, events, feedback — we want to hear it.
Visit us
Inside Lakeline Mall
11200 Lakeline Mall Dr
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Fastest reply: Instagram
Message us any time at @littleinnovatorworkshop — the fastest way to reach us, and where we post hours and schedule updates.
When we're open
We follow Lakeline Mall hours — see today's hours and directions in the Visit us section below.
Visit us
Find us at Lakeline Mall
Inside Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park — climate-controlled, with easy parking.
Where we are
Little Innovator
Inside Lakeline Mall
11200 Lakeline Mall Dr
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Right off the intersection of Highway 183 and Lakeline Mall Drive — serving families from Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock and the surrounding area.
Get directions Follow @littleinnovatorworkshopMall hours
| Monday | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
| Friday | 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Sunday | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
Lakeline Mall hours — individual store hours may vary, and holiday hours can differ.
Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park
WONDOWL
The Curiosity Owl — A Little Innovator Original
Preorder price $29.99 — regular price $39.99. Preorder is free — no payment today. We will contact you when yours is ready.
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“Tap my head”
Touch a phone to the chip in the back of Wondowl's head and its page opens: a new short audio story every day, a new curiosity question and a simple at-home experiment every week, a birthday surprise on the child's birthday, and stamps in a digital passport as the collection grows. The content is made for your owl — it lives on our page, not in the toy, so it changes over time and is updated by us without anything to install. No screen, no battery, no app.
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Hugger wings
Snap buttons in two positions hug a backpack strap (25–50 mm).
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Lost & found
A secure chip in the back of its head links it to its family — tap it and we help it get home. No personal information is shown. If it is ever lost, the person who finds it taps its head and fills in a short “found it” form; Little Innovator acts as the go-between, and the owl is handed back in store or sent by mail.
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Premium plush, embroidered face
Premium plush with a fully embroidered face — no plastic parts. About 16 cm. Ages 3+.
You're on the list
You're on the list. Your preorder price is locked at $29.99 (regular price $39.99) — no payment was taken. We'll email you when your Wondowl is ready; you pay then.