Elementary Age

Join the Contemporary Art Museum, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, and the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries for the free Family Day Block Party. This free event includes live performances and art activities for kids at each location in the Grand Center Arts District.

Bring your whole family (including your dog!) to the Countrytime Festival and Kids Carnival at Purina Farms June 15-16. Enjoy live music from Nashville-based Royal South and local favorite Wild Horse Creek Band, a Kids Carnival featuring more than 10 games, pony rides, face painting, a trackless train, inflatable bounce house, festival foods like BBQ and kettle corn, duck hearding demos and lots more.

Want to know what it's like to live in space? Kids ages 6-11 can learn about the different ways astronauts have adapted every day tasks like eating and sleeping in the microgravity of space with special activities. 

Tours are interactive and designed for participants to come away with an appreciation of the complex relationship among art, nature and humans. For all ages.

Dads and kids can spend the morning creating a picture frame to celebrate Father's Day. 

Dance and sing along to this live bilingual show featuring children's songs in both English and Spanish. 

Circus Flora, St. Louis' original one-ring circus, is now in its 33rd season! This beloved show is an unbelievable mix of excitement, charm, daring, and comedy, all under an intimate Big Top setting. See mesmerizing circus acts, storytellers and performers in this year's show, The Caper in Aisle 6. Daytime and evening shows are on select nights through June 30 with special 10 a.m. performances for young children, a sensory-friendly performance and a special Peanut-Free Preview night for those with nut allergies.