The Saint Louis Science Center hosts SciFest: Play and Creativity Expo, an all-day, free event showcasing how STEM concepts, innovation, play and creativity all go together. Visitors can get involved and engage their own creativity through exciting, hands-on activities.
At SciFest, your whole family can engage in and explore:
Brain games, fold and take-home origami, Star Wars costume design and technology, 3D painting and printing demos, fishing and fly tying, creative circuit building, Rocket League play and competition, robotics demos, board games, STEM and St. Louis Blues hockey, chemistry demos and more.
There will also be special presentations on the Energy Stage, plus exhibits and activities from partners like the Challenger Learning Center, Boeing, Wash U, SLU, SLSC Exsports, American Chemical Society, the St. Louis Artists' Guild, the U.S. Air Force, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and many others.
SciFest: Play and Creativity Expo is happening Saturday, August 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is a free event.
More information: slsc.org
Stop in and have some fun in the indoor pool at the Lodge of Des Peres with your little one at this drop-in swim time for kids up to age 6. No pre-registration is needed; Water Waddlers is open to residents and non-residents of Des Peres.
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!
Bring your babies and toddlers to this free story time at the Missouri History Museum.
Storytelling in the Museum is an in-person storytelling event happening at 10:30 a.m. at the Missouri History Museum. This event, perfect for the preschool set, features engaging stories with themes like Grandparents Day, Disability History, Baking, Homes Around the World and more.
Storytelling in the Museum is free.
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