Join Laumeier's 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series artist Yvonne Osei for an afternoon of creative expression in Laumeier Sculpture Park and in the studio. Learn the art of collage using cell phone photography to create a visual narrative of Laumeier's landscape. Explore techniques and strategies to combine collage with photographic imagery, including creative destruction, subtraction and addition, layering, transparency, symbolism and hidden messages.
Photography skills are not required, just bring your cell phone and an open mind!
For ages 16 and up. Cost is $60. Noon to 3 p.m.
More information and to register: laumeier.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.