Teens and Tweens

From Bollywood to the Taj Mahal, from playing cricket to practicing yoga, visitors will experience the wonders of India in The Magic House's new cultural exhibit, Namaste India. 

In March, more than 100 volunteers from the Edwardsville community planted 100 trees to get the Edwardsville Children’s Museum Micro Forest off the ground. On April 22, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., ECM will plant a second round of trees in celebration of Earth Day, and your family is invited to join the effort.

Lend your heart and your hands to bring hope and support to pets and people in crisis at the Purina Farms Pet Project Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for your whole family to volunteer together! Join Purina Farms for a day of community service featuring 10 different projects that benefit two local greater St. Louis organizations.

Celebrate pollinators at Pollinator Fair Days at The Butterfly House. Visitors will play games, make crafts, and meet experts as they learn about how nature's smallest animals help gardens in a big way. 

COCA begins a new tradition with its premiere of the COCAwrites Festival, a showcase of new work for multigenerational audiences created by a multigenerational team of theater artists. This year, the festival takes place outdoors on COCA's east lot, as well as virtually, on March 27-28 and is part of the COCA Presents season. 

Eggs will be scattered across a field with hard and soft surfaces for this non-competitive, accessible egg hunt for children who have sensory, fine motor and gross motor special needs. The Adaptive Egg Hunt is for ages 2-10. Registration is not necessary. Free.

Bring a flashlight and a basket and go egg hunting in the park after dark! Kids ages 10-14 will enjoy a flashlight egg hunt, pizza and games.