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Get ready to checkmate your Valentine's Day crafting! Bring your kids and creativity to the World Chess Hall of Fame for Valentine's Day arts & crafts projects all day.

Hop on down the bunny trail and fill your basket with fun! Eckert’s Annual Egg Hunt includes animals for petting, tractor rides around the farm, planting seeds to take home, ice a cookie, gifts from the bunny, and a free photo scene with the Easter Bunny. 

Swing into Spring at the Spring Holiday Camp at the Saint Louis Zoo!

Kids ages 7-15 can spend President's Day climbing, team building, and doing arts & crafts at Upper Limits Climbing Gym. This one-day camp is a great way to keep your child active when school is out. Campers will learn about rock climbing, as well as team building with other kids their age. 

Try a junior tennis camp when school's out on President's Day at Forest Lake Tennis and Swim Club in Chesterfield.

Kids and parents will learn the basics of fishing at this fishing clinic sponsored by the Chesterfield Parks & Rec Department. Instructors will teach how to tie on a hook, add a bobber, and proper casting techniques, and each participant will have some time to fish at Central Park.

Visit with a live bald eagle at this Valentine's Day event at the Edwardsville Children's Museum. The first 150 children will receive a stuffed eagle keychain. 

Kids can make Valentine's Day cards with an assortment of craft supplies that are provided. For ages 2-5.

Preschoolers (ages 2-6) can put on their Valentine's Day best for dancing, fun Valentine's Day-themed activities and photo opportunities at this Preschool Valentine's Dance at the St. Louis County Library Grant's View Branch.

Experience a fairytale-inspired, family-style storybook breakfast at Silo Point at Brookdale Farms. It's a whimsical Valentine-themed morning made for littles and their grownups who love a little magic with brunch.

Kids can warm the hearts (and bellies) of shelter dogs for Valentine's Day at this Share the Love Baking Class. 

Plan your child's summer at the biggest Summer Camp Expo in the St. Louis area, featuring 70+ local and regional summer camps offering day- and sleep-away camp experiences all across the St. Louis region and beyond. Bring your kids and learn about a wide variety of summer learning and summer fun opportunities for kids of all ages. The Summer Expo is presented by Parkway-Rockwood Community Ed, sponsored by STL Parent and STL Camps, and is open to all families from any school district across the St. Louis metro area. Admission is free.

In Art in the Park: Bee Mines, families will learn about bees, then create a pair of bees flying around a flower. The purpose is to create a diptych or unified masterpiece together as a duo: adult and child. No experience is needed and all supplies are provided. For ages 8 and up.

The nationally acclaimed Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Fair is a three-day, outdoor event held annually on Mother's Day weekend. It features local, regional and national artists, local food and beverage vendors, live music, and the Creation Location offering hands-on, creative art experiences for kids.

Monthly Messy Mondays are a huge hit with little ones! And you don't have any cleanup.

Inspired by Dr. Maya Angelou’s powerful poem Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, this 50-minute original play by multidisciplinary hip-hop artist Paige Hernandez brings to life the everyday fears we all face—and the courage within us to rise above them.

This self-guided, non-weather-dependent experience invites your family to explore the storybook walk in the Anne O'C. Albrecht Nature Playscape. Individual pages are posted sequentially along the path, encouraging families to read along while enjoying time in the Nature Playscape.