Gather at The Magic House for the Ka-Chow Kids and Cars event celebrating Trike Town: Route 66 Highway to Fun and the 100th anniversary of America's favorite highway.
Kids and Cars includes all kinds of fun activities: Cruise through The Magic House’s beloved Route 66-inspired town and enjoy a weekend filled with family fun. Ride through Trike Town, catch a screening of Cars in Story Time Theater, and walk through a vintage car show on Sunday.
Pick up a Road Trip Map and hit all the destinations throughout the Museum. Make a themed pennant in the Art Studio, fuel up at the Café, visit the Super Service Center in the Children’s Village, race your favorite toy cars down the ramp outside of Nature Play, and check off each destination as you go. Complete your map and make your way to the finish line for a fun-filled day!
Ka-Chow! Kids and Cars will be held September 12-13 during regular public hours at The Magic House. All activities are included with admission,
Learn more at magichouse.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.
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.
Families can enjoy the Fall Fest Kids Zone and all the fun of the farm at the Grant's Farm Fall Fest. There will be seasonal treats, animal feedings, a petting zoo, themed photo spots, and the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales too!
See the Zoo's California sea lions perform acrobatic and athletic feats, including Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, flipper walks, frisbee tosses and plenty of surprises. While on stage with the sea lions, the Zoo's trainers explain sea lion behavior and positive-reinforcement training, in addition to the need for conserving the sea lion's ocean habitat.