Create stop-motion animation at this workshop for ages 10 to 15 taught by artists at Laumeier Sculpture Park. Participants will make their own clay cartoon, create a movie set and animate a mini-movie with their creation as the star. Discover secrets and tricks to make your creatures come alive - the possibilities for Claymation are endless.
Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $85 per person.
More information and to register: laumeier.org
The Humane Society of Missouri's Longmeadow Rescue Ranch is hosting Wagon Days filled with fun, free activities for all ages.
It's the Not-So-Haunted House that is oh-so-fun and where storybook characters come alive! Kids are invited to dress in their most "boo-tiful" Halloween costumes and have a ghoulishly good time going on a spook-tacular scavenger hunt throughout The Magic House to find trick-or-treat locations, and seeing their favorite storybook characters.
Get into the Halloween spirit with some spooky fun and celebrate with the animals at Grant's Farm. Enjoy Halloween tram rides featuring the headless horseman, Halloween lights, spooky scenes, Mad Science shows at the amphitheater, A Monster Mash courtyard dance party, a bone-chilling scare zone, lots of exciting photo opportunities and more. Costumes are encouraged.
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.
The Butterfly House becomes The BOOterfly House in October to celebrate all things creepy and crawly. Kids can hang out with Professor Von Flytrap and his friends in the Creepy Crawly Cave and have lots of hair-raising fun.