Spending time with their grandchildren turned into a new career venture for Melanie and Steve McBride.

A trip to the Plano-Frisco area last year led to a stop inside Play Street Museum. It sparked an idea for the couple, a former teacher and soccer coach.

“I enjoyed it as a grandpa,” Steve McBride said.

Now, they will bring a franchise to the Southlake Marketplace shopping center.

The business offers an indoor play area that has self-directed play, stimulates children’s imaginations, encourages them to problem solve and allows them to refine their social skills, according to the company website.


The facility is for children ages 1-8 years old. The space on weekends can be rented for special events, holiday events and birthday parties, Melanie McBride said.

The Southlake location will feature a retail portion at the front of the store and children will be given a wooden dollar to learn how to use commerce, Melanie McBride said.

Play Street Museum is STEM-focused and includes a kiln for pottery, a slime station, sensory exhibits, a train set, craft areas and a critter cage, which will feature a bearded dragon, a nod to the mascot for Carroll ISD schools.

Each of the locations has a different theme and Southlake is only one of three with the farm theme, along with locations in McKinney and Cypress.


There will be five sessions offered each day, each lasting 90 minutes, Melanie McBride said. In between sessions, the facility will close for cleaning.

The new business will move into the spot that was once occupied by Southlake Shoe Repair & Tailor. That business has relocated within the same shopping center, open at Suite 111.

According to the website, Play Street Museum has locations in 14 states and in Kuwait.