Santa is coming to St. Peters to share some holiday good cheer and have a little breakfast with good little boys and girls at the Rec Plex. Registration is required.
Families will enjoy photos with Santa, cookie decorating, Christmas crafts & games, letters to Santa and a bounce house.
Celebrate Fall and Halloween at this free festival for all ages, where you'll enjoy hayrides, inflatables, balloon sculptures, face painters, a DJ, pony rides, games and lots more. Costumes are welcome.
In addition to trick or treating, kids can enjoy pumpkin painting, mask decorating, a photo wall with props and more. Non-candy treats will also be available.
Kids with sensory needs are invited to visit with Santa at area malls during Santa Cares. Visits will be held in a calming environment before the malls are open to the public. Photo packages will be available for purchase.
Main Street St. Charles is the setting for this family favorite holiday event. The Santa Parade features all of the Christmas Tradition characters, carolers, and a cavalcade of international Santas, each carrying the flag of their native land.
The annual Celebration of Lights in Fort Zumwalt Park in O'Fallon, Mo., has been a holiday tradition since 1991.
Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the United States. Your family can enjoy guided walking tours, bonsai, cooking, martial arts and origami demonstrations, sumo wrestling, and special activities for kids.
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.
Wagon rides, live entertainment, great festival foods, a petting zoo and much more make this an apple pickin' good time for the whole family. There will be pony rides, a children's carnival, opportunities to feed goats and other farm animals, caramel apples, funnel cakes and more.
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.
LEGO Club at the St. Louis County Library is a free opportunity for kids to gather and have fun building with LEGO bricks. LEGOs are provided.