nature

Be both an electrician and a carpenter for a day with your child by your side. Build your own wood scrap lamp using upcycled wood. Use your artistic skills to design your table lamp while learning how upcycling materials for art saves the planet.

What do senses tell you? Kids will learn to let their senses guide them on a walk through the Sensory Garden at this month's Great Green Adventures. 

The Doris I. Schnuck Children's Garden reopens for the season at the Missouri Botanical Garden on April 1 for the general public. The garden introduces youngsters at their most impressionable age to the significance of plants and nature in fun and innovative ways. 

Hop into spring by bringing your family for a fun breakfast with the Bunny and other costumed characters at the Saint Louis Zoo. Guests can pose for photos with the bunny, and children 12 and under receive a gift from the bunny's gift basket. Reservations are required. 

At Great Green Adventures: Winter Bird Walk, kids will use binoculars to search for birds, observe and record bird behavior and appearance, and identify plant-based winter food sources.

Explore the St. Louis Zoo after dark at Boo at the Zoo. Bring your little ghouls and goblins to this non-scary celebration designed just for kids. Though this is not a trick-or-treating experience, costumes are encouraged.

The Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden features more than 80 vendors offering handcrafted items, locally produced food, native plants, live music and local brews, plus a two-acre Kid's Corner with farm animals (like llamas, alpacas and sheep!), and a pumpkin patch with decorating let by Perennial.