Bring your whole family for a festive holiday experience at the Saint Louis Zoo. Santa will be the guest of honor with treats for the kids and a delicious meal for everyone. Plus, there will be photos with Santa!
Your family will have the opportunity to meet with Santa and take photos. Children 12 and under will also receive a special gift chosen by Santa's helpers. Holiday costumed characters will visit each table!
Dinner with Santa at the Saint Louis Zoo will be held December 16, 17, 18 and 21 with seatings at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. New location this year: McDonnell Center at River Camp.
Pre-paid reservations are $24 per child and $42 per adult for members; $26 per child and $44 per adult for non-members. Children age 0-23 months are free, but still must register.
Tickets include admission to Wild Lights!
More information and reservations are available at stlzoo.org
It's the Not-So-Haunted House that is oh-so-fun, 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 Halloween lights, spooky scenes, live actors, scare zones, a Halloween-themed show, monster mash party 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 in Creve Coeur.
The Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden features more than 150 vendors offering handcrafted items, locally produced food, native plants, herbs, live music and local brews, plus a two-acre Kid's Corner with farm animals (like llamas, alpacas and sheep!), circus performers, face painting, crafts, and a pumpkin patch with decorating let by Perennial.
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade can fun evenings making spooky crafts. Parents can drop off their kids and enjoy an evening out. Enrollment is limited.