The Magic House @ MADE

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!

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Kids CAN Help Food Drive

Children can help families with food insecurity in our local communities and get into The Magic House or MADE for Kids for free during the Kids Can Help food drive. Children 12 and under who bring in three canned food items each will be admitted to The Magic House for MADE for Kids free of charge on November 2 and 3.

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Argentina's Ninos Opens at The Magic House

The new exhibit, Argentina's Niños, which translates to Argentina's Children, inspires visitors to compare the similarities and differences between their lives and those of children in the second largest country in South America.

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Weekend Workshops at The Magic House @ MADE

Kids ages 8 to 11 will enjoy a true maker experience, including laser cutting, LEGO robotics, clay creations, printmaking and more.

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Community Helpers Day at Kirkwood Safety Town

In honor of Patroit Day, help honor the Kirkwood fire fighters and police officers with a visit to Kirkwood Safety Town at The Magic House.

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The Curiosity Cube Visits The Magic House

The Curiosity Cube, a retrofitted shipping container that has been transformed into a mobile science lab, is sparking curiosity through interactive, hands-on science experiments, and it's visiting The Magic House to help introduce the possibility of a career in science to kids across the St. Louis metro area.

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40 Years of Magic: A Birthday Celebration at The Magic House

The Magic House may not looks its age, but it's celebrating 40 years this October! Help them celebrate at 40 Years of Magic: A Birthday Celebration. Visitors can enjoy all the fun of The Magic House, plus face painting, a juggling performance, birthday photo booth and more!

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Bubble Bus at the Library

Monday, June 22, 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Friday, June 26, 2026

Get ready for tons of free, soapy fun! Come to the library to play with tons of bubbles with the Bubble Bus.

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Sea Lion Shows at the Saint Louis Zoo

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.

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Preschool Science Series at the Saint Louis Science Center

The Preschool Science Series is an open exploration learning lab for young scientists, ages 18 months to 5 years and their families. Activities are designed around research that shows children learn best through play, inquiry and shared experiences with their parents and caregivers.

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Storytime in Forest Park: Storytime in the Meadow

Monday, June 22, 2026

Monday, June 29, 2026

Monday, July 6, 2026

Meet up in Forest Park for a fun storytime followed by nature adventures! These free story times are open to children of all ages and their caregivers.

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Gateway to Reading

Monday, June 22, 2026

The Gateway to Reading program is a parent-child workshop that focuses on strengthening reading skills while engaging in fun, literacy-based activities. Participants will receive a free toolkit of materials to help children in their reading journey.

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Kids Unleash Their Creativity at Hands-On Summer Art Camps

Your creative child may have numerous opportunities throughout the school year to express themselves through art projects and other hands-on art experiences, but what about summer? When the classroom is closed, what do you do? Send your child to an artistically engaging summer camp, of course!

Dinoroarus Comes Roaring Back at the Saint Louis Zoo

The Dinoroarus exhibit will bring prehistoric fun back to the Saint Louis Zoo this summer with 20 lifelike dinosaur animatronics and sculptures on the Zoo's Historic Hill.

Travel Back in Time Every Friday at the Missouri History Museum’s Free Summer Family Fun Series

There comes a point every summer when all that “free time” isn’t so fun anymore. Your kids are bouncing off the walls, it’s too hot to hit the playground, and every activity seems to come with a big price tag. That’s when the screens come out, and parents find themselves counting down the minutes to bedtime. Thankfully, when Friday rolls around each week, your family can experience a mini summer getaway through history – no travel required.

Summer STEM Camps Create Hands-On Fun + Immersive Learning for Kids & Teens

Want your child to learn about subjects in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and have fun doing it? Help them further understand the inner workings of what's all around them by enrolling them in a STEM-fueled summer camp. You may be surprised at the wide variety of highly-acclaimed summer camps in the St. Louis area that put new and exciting twists on STEM concepts, creating hands-on fun for kids with the benefit of introducing them to some of the latest technologies in AI, engineering, coding and more.

Get Ready to Climb and Explore at These Free Big Truck Days

If your kids love to explore big trucks and vehicles, these upcoming Big Truck Days are a perfect weekend outing. They'll get to climb on and explore fire trucks, police vehicles, bulldozers, bucket trucks, ambulances and lots more.

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