Elementary Age

Come to the Wildwood YMCA for the Halloween Wildwalk, where your family can walk through the haunted garden, participate in a costume contest, enjoy food trucks and a DJ playing festive music, and take home candy & other giveaways from local businesses. 

The Saint Louis Chess Club is offering free group chess instruction to kids and teens through the St. Louis County Library.

Go on a hayride after dark around Faust Park. Then wander through the candlelit historic homes where refreshments and storytellers await.

This free family event includes hayrides, a bonfire, and a scavenger hunt where the first 10 kids to finish will receive a prize. There will also be fun with crafts and pumpkins. Don't miss the Haunted Caverns at the end of the program. 

Grab your treat bags and don your costumes for Trick or Treat Trail in The Grove! Visit participating businesses in the neighborhood for goodies for both kids and grown-ups. 

Children can walk through a Halloween Harvest Village, visit a candlestick maker, a farmer and more at the Harvest Festival and Open House at the Waldorf School of St. Louis. There will even be a magical guest waiting at the journey's end! As families wander through the Harvest Festival, a short activity will accompany each stop along the way, where there will also be small natural gifts of the season.

Bring a blanket and join in on a morning storytime in beautiful Forest Park. These outdoor storytimes take place on Thursday mornings through October 28 in the Anne O'C. Albrecht Nature Playscape Meadow area.