Incoming and current middle school students around the St. Louis area are invited to the Night Waves Pool Party Series at aquatic centers across the St. Louis County. Participants can enjoy music, games and fun with their friends and purchase snacks from the concession stand. The frozen treat sponsor is Sia's Italian Ice.
Night Waves Pool Parties are taking place:
Thursday, June 6 at the Manchester Aquatic Center
Friday, June 14 at the Webster Groves Aquatic Center
Friday, June 21 at The Lodge Des Peres Outdoor Pool
Friday, June 28 at the Ballwin North Pointe Aquatic Center
Friday, July 12 at The Timbers of Eureka
Friday, July 19 at the Maryland Heights Aquaport
Friday, August 2 at Recreation Station Aquatic Center in Kirkwood
Please check with the venue of your choice for times (generally 8-10 p.m.) and costs (generally $5 per person).
More information: desperesmo.org
It's the Not-So-Haunted House that is oh-so-fun, where storybook characters come alive! Kids are invited to dress in their most "boo-tiful" Halloween costumes and have a ghoulishly good time going on a spook-tacular scavenger hunt throughout The Magic House to find trick-or-treat locations and seeing their favorite storybook characters.
Get into the Halloween spirit with some spooky fun and celebrate with the animals at Grant's Farm. Enjoy Halloween tram rides featuring Halloween lights, spooky scenes, live actors, scare zones, a Halloween-themed show, monster mash party and more. Costumes are encouraged.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym in Creve Coeur.
The Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden features more than 150 vendors offering handcrafted items, locally produced food, native plants, herbs, live music and local brews, plus a two-acre Kid's Corner with farm animals (like llamas, alpacas and sheep!), circus performers, face painting, crafts, and a pumpkin patch with decorating let by Perennial.
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade can fun evenings making spooky crafts. Parents can drop off their kids and enjoy an evening out. Enrollment is limited.