Visit Old Orchard in Webster Groves for the Holiday Festival, where your kids can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, you can see holiday performances, shop for gifts and see the Tree Lighting in Gazebo Park.
At the Saint Louis Zoo's annual holiday shopping event, the Holiday Zootique, you can browse unique, conservation-oriented gifts and get your holiday shopping done while visiting the Zoo! At the Holiday Zootique, members receive a discount of 20% and non-members receive a discount of 10%. Complimentary gift-wrapping services will be available.
Someone has left candy canes all over the grounds of Faust Park. Bring your flashlights to help find them! When kids arrive at Faust Park for the Candy Cane Hunt, they'll receive a bag to decorate and use to collect candy canes. Please dress for the weather.
Santa is making a stop at The Butterfly House before he makes his trip around the world, and he wants to enjoy a meal with your family! Enjoy a delicious dinner, visit Santa's Workshop and Mrs. Claus's Cookie Kitchen, have your picture taken with the guest of honor - Santa!
Get to know some of the trees at the Missouri Botanical Garden. At Great Green Adventures: Trees with Winter Coats, kids will learn why some trees keep their leaves or needles over the winter and others lose them. Then they'll get to know some of the trees in the garden by their bark, needles or berries.
Santa is coming to St. Louis and is parking his sleigh at The Magic House! Children can visit with Santa, deliver their wish list to him and have their picture taken with Santa in the museum's Children's Village
Celebrate the holidays at MADE for Kids and enjoy Cocoa and Cookies with Santa! You can take photos with Santa and Mrs. Clause, create personalized gifts for family and friends and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies.
Come play at The Magic House for free during Emerson Free Family Night. Capacity is limited.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym. Reservations are not necessary.
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!
Preschoolers can learn, play, explore and grow at the Saint Louis Art Museum's Wee Weekend program for its youngest visitors. Join in on the adventure as your little one discovers new ways of interacting with art and each other.
This 7,000 square-foot makerspace is designed for kids to play, explore create and collaborate. Visitors have a chance to "paint" on the digital easel, use a pottery wheel to create a clay creation, design for a 3D printer, launch air rockets, build robots and circuits and more!