At the Firefly Festival, families will join staff for guided tours, discover the secrets of glow-in-the-dark animals, find out ways to help fireflies around your home, and learn to speak firefly with the firefly code game. You'll wrap up the night by joining The Butterfly House entomologists in the park to see real fireflies.
Kids ages 2-4 are invited to explore the world of invertebrates at the Butterfly House.
Celebrate Father's Day at the Dads, Dogs, and Donuts events at the Butterfly House. Your family will enjoy delicious donuts, and have the opportunity to meet Clifford the Big Red Dog! Registration is required.
Kids can celebrate National Unicorn Day at the St. Louis Carousel, where they'll color and decorate a unicorn, enjoy a cookie, take rides on the carousel and take home a goody bag.
Become a STEM Solver while gaining college experience! Using new LEGO SPIKE Prime, you could create the next esports game, viral videos/cartoons, or amusement parks. Have fun mastering engineering & publishing skills in Teen Tech.
Find yourself immersed in a sea of blue as the Tropical Conservancy at The Butterfly House is flooded with 1500 Blue Morpho Butterflies during Morpho Mardi Gras. Join the party at the Bugs on Parade, make a masquerade mask, and inaugurate the season with the majestic creatures.
Release a butterfly into the conservatory, visit the butterflies in the calm early morning, and enjoy a breakfast snack with the butterflies during Rise and Shine with the Butterflies at The Butterfly House.
Stop in and have some fun in the indoor pool at the Lodge of Des Peres with your little one at this drop-in swim time for kids up to age 6. No pre-registration is needed; Water Waddlers is open to residents and non-residents of Des Peres.
At this free art program for ages 3-6 the focus is on the process of making art rather than the finished product. Dress to get messy!
See the amazing sea lions at the Saint Louis Zoo perform for the crowd and cheer them on from the bleachers as the popular Sea Lion Spring Training Shows return. You'll see these beautiful animals perform flipper walks, ball balancing, Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, lots of splashing and even more surprises!
Daytime Playtime is an open gym for children ages 2-5 where the possibilities for fun and learning (through fun) are endless! Children will participate in activities that build coordination, strength, balance and self-confidence. They'll develop stronger motor skills, social skills, and take part in theme-based creative activities.
This special story is geared to little ones ages 6 months to 2 years with a parent or caregiver. In addition to stories, there will be lap bounces, songs, rhymes and more!