Kids can jam to tunes from a DJ while hanging out with their favorite characters on a Gateway Arch cruise. Family Fun Character Cruises feature fantastic views of St. Louis and the Gateway Arch, kid-approved snacks, interactive games, and some very special guests, like princesses, crime-fighters and fairytale friends!
The Fox Park Fall Festival offers fun for all ages. Families can enjoy fall-themed fun, hayride tours of Fox Park, food trucks, live music, a Maker's Market and more.
The Bridgeton Family Fall Fest is a free festival featuring food trucks, face painting, the Bubble Bus, Kona Ice Snow Cones, a petting zoo, inflatables, balloon artists, and lots more. Open to all.
Celebrate fall at one of St. Louis County's most beautiful parks. Kids can take a guided horse ride around the park with the help of Equine Assisted Therapy, along with the face painting, game booths, a playground and Kids Zone. Halloween costumes are welcome!
Grant's Farm is welcoming guests and ghouls for its Halloween Drive-Thru Experience at the Farm.
Thousands flock to Kimmswick each year for the Apple Butter Festival to buy the local historical society's famous apple butter on Market Street. Kids will love the train rides, petting zoo, pony rides and more.
Take your kids to explore the history of Willoughby Farm at Fall Farm Day. Check out wagon rides, visit with goats, horses, rabbits and sheep, decorate a pumpkin, grab some kettle korn, and enjoy games and craft vendors.
Little Red Hen Play Dates are a wonderful way for children ages 0-6 and their caregivers to experience the magic of Waldorf Early Childhood Education. You and your child will bake bread — a weekly occurrence in the Waldorf School's Early Childhood Program — listen to stories; join in a circle time filled with songs, rhymes, and movement; and explore the outdoors in the mini meadow.
Bring your babies and toddlers to this free story time at the Missouri History Museum.
Storytelling in the Museum is an in-person storytelling event happening at 10:30 a.m. at the Missouri History Museum. This event, perfect for the preschool set, features engaging stories with themes like Women's History Month, I Love St. Louis, Spring, and more.
Storytelling in the Museum is free.
Visit The Magic House for Toddler Time, a special early-morning program for toddlers. Children age 1-4 can take part in exhibits and exclusive interactive activities designed just for little ones. There are new themes every week!
Join in on First Art, a free art program for toddlers where the focus is on the process of making art rather than the finished product. Dress to get messy!