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Celebrate Laumeier’s Earth Day Week by visiting the Park with a family member and getting creative! Spend time with a family member learning how to build a bee hotel that can be filled with hollow tubes, nesting blocks and natural materials that will keep solitary bees warm during the winter months. 

Kick off this evening egg hunt with a pizza party, followed by a flashlight dance party, and then an adventurous egg hunt in Kirkwood Park under the night sky. 

Learn about health and how it connects to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics), at Healthy STEAM Day. Visitors will participate in experiments, demonstrations and maybe an explosion or two!

Celebrate the Easter holiday with an egg hunt for kids at the St. Vincent Community Center.

Code Ninjas Wildwood invites you to its Grand Opening on Sunday, February 18th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check out the Dojo, a high-tech, STEM-driven space where you can explore a variety of activities such as MakeCode Arcade, Roblox, Minecraft, robotics, and more! Everyone in attendance will be entered to win a Nintendo Switch! New Ninjas who enroll as a Founding Family in the CREATE or CREATE JR program will earn a bonus entry!

Join the fun at Babler Memorial State Park for a GPS egg hunt. Eggs will be hidden in various places around the park, including on trails, under pavilions, in fields and everywhere in between. You can find a prize to take home at each location! Registration is required.

Bring your little one to Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center for a walk through the woods to enjoy the sights and sounds. What will you hear on this outdoor hike?

Lose yourself in the enchanting world of the Madrigals with Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Academy Award-winning film, Encanto. Experience this heartwarming tale come alive on the majestic Stifel Theatre’s big screen, accompanied by your own St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performing the film's magical, chart-topping soundtrack live. Discover the captivating story of Mirabel, the seemingly ordinary Madrigal, who might just be the beacon of hope her extraordinary family needs when the magic of their home is at stake.

This drop-in playtime is for parents or caregivers and toddlers who are not yet in school (ages 0-5). Tot Time includes fun activities, story times, group games and arts & crafts. 

Get your family together and play some themed bingo! Bring your own food and drinks. Light refreshments will be provided. Prizes will be awarded to bingo winners.

The Kids Fair/Curious Kids Series is back every Saturday at Eckerts Farm in Belleville. The Kids Fair is filled with all kinds of fun activities for children of all ages. From kids’ entertainment, games and hands on activities, your family will have a fun-filled day. Each Saturday will be a different theme to keep things exciting. Activities will be held indoors and are geared to kids ages 2-12.

A rainbow appeared and dropped gold coins everywhere! The Leprechauns are holding a Lucky Leprechaun Hunt because they need your help to find them all. 

Calling all budding scientists! Let's experiment, measure, and mix things up a bit with a morning full of exploration at Mad Science Time. Kids will get to be hands-on experimenting. All activities can be explored freely and playtime is included. 

Buddy is back at The Magic House! Beginning January 27, families can once again make tracks to The Magic House to experience Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit. Based on the popular PBS Kids TV series, this limited-engagement exhibit, created by The Magic House in collaboration with the Jim Henson Company, takes kids on a time-traveling adventure back to the time of dinosaurs.

This free library program is all about the benefits of play! Parents or caregivers will engage with their little ones, ages 0-36 months, in hands-on activities designed to emphasize the benefits of play. Each child will receive a free book to take home.

Enjoy a fun day of gymnastics and ninja activities at School Day Closing Camps at Olympia Gymnastics. 

Join your SLSO for a fun-filled Saturday morning that will have you and your youngest music-lovers dancing in your seats! The Lion and the Mouse is the perfect first introduction to orchestral music. The fully interactive, 30-minute concert will feature a story, movement activities, and dancers from COCA. This is not your ordinary symphony concert, this is an immersive experience created especially for children ages 3-6.

Kids of all abilities can run, jump, explore the equipment, and learn new skills at this Sensory-Friendly Open Gym.