Preschool

The Great Candy Exchange is a chance for kids to wear their costumes one more time, win prizes, have their faces painted, enjoy balloon artists and live shows, free healthy snacks, and donate their leftover Halloween candy to the troops through the USO of Missouri. (Candy donation is not required to attend this free event.)

Visit Old Orchard in Webster Groves for the Holiday Festival, where your kids can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, you can see holiday performances, shop for gifts and see the Tree Lighting in Gazebo Park.

Someone has left candy canes all over the grounds of Faust Park. Bring your flashlights to help find them! When kids arrive at Faust Park for the Candy Cane Hunt, they'll receive a bag to decorate and use to collect candy canes. Please dress for the weather.

Kids can meet and have photos taken with Santa, make holiday crafts, take spins on the carousel, enjoy special entertainers, decorate cookies, and more at Christmas at the Carousel. 

Get to know some of the trees at the Missouri Botanical Garden. At Great Green Adventures: Trees with Winter Coats, kids will learn why some trees keep their leaves or needles over the winter and others lose them. Then they'll get to know some of the trees in the garden by their bark, needles or berries.

Circus Flora presents The St. Lou Review, a 75-minute family-friendly performance that features the best of circus, dance, and variety acts from St. Louis and beyond.

Is your Gabby's Dollhouse superfan ready for an adventure? Meet Gabby on the Dreamworks Animation Gabby's Dollhouse Gabby on the Go Tour when it stops in Maplewood. Come and pick up your child's very own Official "Pawsport" and make your way through five different stops as you dive into hands-on activities at this free event.