Endless Summer Fun: Keep Cool


Bond with your girls

Have doc Steven Nissman bring his magic needles over to your place for a rejuvenating party; your gang can all have your crow’s feet Botoxed together for from $220 to $440 apiece. (Frown lines run $200 to $500.) Cost: $$$. Rejuvenatingparties.com

Nothing brings ladyfriends closer than arts and crafts, especially if someone else is doing the crafting. BYO apps (and wine, of course) and a dozen of your nearest and dearest to 1154 Lill Studio, where you can design the purses of your dreams, with lots of cool options. Average bag $120. Cost: $$. 115 South 13th Street, 215-923-8030, 1154lill.com

Girls’ night in! Rent a season of Felicity, Gilmore Girls or SATC at TLA, and settle in for popcorn and warm fuzzies.Cost: $.

Have a play day

Take the whole gang to the fab new redo of the Please Touch Museum in Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, for $15 per head. Ride the restored carousel for $3 more. Cost: $$$. 4231 Avenue of the Republic, 215-581-3181, pleasetouchmuseum.org

Or head to Chestnut Hill’s Little Treehouse Play Café, where you and your girlfriends can linger over cups of tea and sandwiches while the kids explore a big, bright play space full of toys. During peak hours (mornings and noon), you’re free, but you pay $7.50 for your kid, with siblings half-price. Cost: $$. 10 West Gravers Lane, 215-247-3637, treehouseplaycafe.com

Get your latte to go, and sip it on the drive to the Smith Playground, whose swings, giant wooden slide, jungle gyms and teeter-totters are all yours, free of charge. Tuesdays are Family Days, with a vibe of less-chaotic-than-usual fun. And don’t miss the annual celebration of the playground’s birthday on July 25th, with party games and cake. Cost: $. Reservoir Drive, East Fairmount Park, 215-765-4325, smithplayhouse.org

Throw something

Like a pot. Get your very own Brent CXC potter’s wheel ($1,083), the Paragon PHAK Home Artist Kiln ($759) and 50 pounds of Highwater Loafer’s Glory clay ($23.50) at the Ceramic Shop, and start messing around. Cost: $$$. 3245 Amber Street, 215-427-9665, theceramicshop.com

Try before you buy with the Clay Studio’s $185 four-class ­sampler — four classes, four techniques, four projects to brag about. Cost: $$. 139 North 2nd Street, 215-925-3453, theclaystudio.org

Dance, you fool

The 18-piece Jump City Jazz Orchestra will keep your house party hoppin’ for a full five hours for $7,000. That’s a lot of jive. Cost: $$$. 866-855-4340, jumpcityjazz.com