Kids and adults from around the St. Louis region will have the opportunity to train with six competitors from the hit television show American Ninja Warrior, including several athletes with "super human" skills competing on the current season 13 at Ultimate Ninjas Pro Camp III!
Kids will rotate stations programming models with LEGO WeDo software, building 3D LEGO models, and creating mosaic pictures with Bricks 4 Kidz proprietary plans.
Enjoy a fun fall hayride complete with a chili and hot dog dinner, marshmallow roasting, and a special guest performance by kid-favorite Babaloo. Registration is required.
Help prepare your child to stay home alone before and after school or for other short periods of time in this interactive program.
Bring your little ballerina for a fun beginners dance class at The Butterfly House. Participants will explore a variety of basic dance techniques while learning interesting information about plants and animals found at The Butterfly House.
Bargain hunters take note! Kids will be selling their handmade craft items, outgrown toys, books, baseball cards and games at the annual Kids' Flea Market at The Magic House.
August means back-to-school for most area students, so the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday is important for St. Louis families to note. In the state of Missouri, the three-day holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 2 and runs through Sunday, August 4.
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.
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.
Families are invited to the Saint Louis Art Museum on Sunday afternoon to participate in free hands-on art activities with fun themes and to explore the galleries. Each Family Sunday focuses on a different family-friendly theme.
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.
Sensory Friendly Science Time features reduced noise, modified lighting and sensory-friendly demonstrations at the Saint Louis Science Center.