Experience Shark Week at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station July 24 through August 2. Aquarium visitors will be immersed in a world of shark-centered adventures and have opportunities to get up close to the sharks! There will be special shark-centered events each day, including:
The St. Louis Aquarium is home to a variety of sharks, including bonnethead sharks, white tip reef sharks, blacknose sharks, nurse sharks, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, Australian Marbled Catshark and more.
Shark Week is happening July 24-August 2. Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Labor Day.
Tickets are available online at stlouisaquarium.com
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.