Little Diggers, a fast-growing children’s entertainment franchise promoting creative, hands-on play by offering giant sandboxes filled with toys, is expanding to North Texas.
Local franchisees plan to open five new locations across the region, providing children age 7 and under with signature 1,200-square-foot sandboxes filled with over 200 toys, trucks, and excavators, including the trademarked Sand Stacker.
Photo: Little Diggers
Founded in 2023 by Zach and Hannah Bowers in Dublin, Ohio, Little Diggers has grown from a single, central Ohio destination to a national brand that gives kids an opportunity for hands-on, physical play in an otherwise digital world.
“We aren’t anti-digital,” Zach Bowers, a former VC-backed fintech CTO, said in a statement. “We believe kids thrive most when they can manipulate the physical world, and that’s where we see the sandbox being such a powerful playground for exploration, trial-and-error, and creativity.”
Photo: Little Diggers
The first location is expected to open this summer in Plano. Additional locations will follow in the next 24 months in Colleyville, McKinney, Frisco, and Mansfield, the company said.
Dallas-Fort Worth isn’t the only metro in Texas where Little Diggers plans to open its giant sandboxes in 2026. Plans are currently underway for a sandbox location in Austin, with early-stage planning in process for other major markets across the state and around the country.
Example of a Little Diggers party room. [Photo: Little Diggers]
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