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This free celebration is a collaboration with Hispanic Festivals, Inc., and features fun activities for the whole family, including storytellling in Spanish, live music, dance performances, craft making, face painting, souvenir printmaking, food and drink vendors, a procession through Forest Park, and a free performance of Frida Libre by Metro Theater Company. 

At this free safety-focused event, families can enjoy free hot dogs, see the County Police Helicopter, pick up safety information from SSM Health, St. Louis Children's Hospital, the Rockwood Drug Free Coalition, the Missouri Poison Control Center and more. Plus, there will be games and prizes for kids.

Kids Fun Fest features tons of fun activities for kids, including the Bubble Bus, bounce houses, and inflatable obstacle course, Way Cool Balloons, emergency vehicles for kids to check out, superheroes, a petting zoo, pony rides, carnival games, barbecue, Kona Ice and lots more. 

Stop into Ballpark Village for Family Fun Day, a carnival-style family festival with Fredbird, the Bubble Bus, rides, huge inflatables, rock climbing wall and lots of fun activities. 

Kids can take a ride in the bucket of the fire truck! The 2018 Chesterfield Family Fun Day at the Ballpark features tons of games, sports, safety activities, big trucks, local heroes, local vendors and lots of free fun for all ages. 

Parents and their elementary-age kids can learn how to prepare a family friendly meal and how cooking as a family can be fun at this one-night class.

The two-hour program includes exploration of the museum at a discounted rate. Reservations are not required.

This magical, musical extravaganza brings all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters to life, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. 

Families will have the chance to meet live animals, go on a short hike, catch aquatic creatures, and more at this free outdoor program.

Kids of all ages can learn the basics of cane pole fishing at free program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Poles and bait are provided.

Middle school and high school students and their families looking for their best fit for high school are invited to attend the Open House at Miriam Academy, a high school for teens with average to above average intelligence who experience learning challenges.

Missouri is home to 17 turtle species, and your preschooler can meet some of them and learn what makes them unique at this free nature workshop.

Preschoolers will learn about and play with numbers through stories, songs and crafts.

Kids will learn how variety of percussion instruments from around the globe are played while learning about the musical cultures of Cuba, South America and Africa.

Kids will probe the mysteries of meteors and bounce around satellite light in this phenomenal free program, and they'll even take home a Mad Science Space Telescope!

The cast of West Side Story includes 38 of COCA's most talented "Triple Threat" performers who represent 28 different ZIP codes spanning Eureka to Belleville. For ages 6 and up. 

Kids can get up close to live nocturnal animals at this free workshop with experts from the Saint Louis Zoo.