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Kids can learn how to grow rice and how it's processed through hands-on demonstrations and arts & crafts activities.

Celebrate the weekend before many kids go back to school with a pool party!

Kids can learn how a botanist works as they use tools to dissect flowers and explore how flowers benefit the world.

Make your own custom fidget spinners from a variety of household materials at this free workshop for all ages.

See a beautiful balloon glow with five hot air balloons and enjoy lots of kids' activities, like the Bubble Bus and face painting at this community event that benefits the YMCA. 

Kids love the CAM Art Bus! Your kids can enjoy the water features at Citygarden and a visit by the Contemporary Art Museum's Art Bus.

Activities include carnival rides, bounce house, a petting zoo, a rock wall, entertainers, tractor pulls, a rodeo, demolition derby, live music and food vendors. Carnival rides are free with paid admission.

Come to the Saint Louis Zoo for a free movie night. See the film Chasing Coral, a winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

You can tour a 2,000-year-old excavation site, try pottery making, spear throwing, weaving, sort soil samples and more.

Bring your whole family to COCA to see what this multidisciplinary community arts center has to offer for all ages during Taste of COCA. Enjoy sample classes and a free breakfast.

Your child will stretch their imagination with stories and exercise in this yoga story time.

Perfect for all ages, Shrek the Musical brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there's more to the story than meets the ears.

Designed primarily for kids ages 3-10, the event features lots of hands-on activities, including inflatables (an obstacle course, slide and giant pirate ship), arts & crafts, games, music and dancing, a chance to learn about and climb on their favorite big trucks and vehicles, Disney characters and more.

Participants will also learn outdoor skills, hear a story, play games, make a craft and take a hike in the early evening using flashlights to find items in the story.

Through interactive water play stations, kids can keep cool while learning about water bugs and monarch butterflies.

Explore Laumeier Sculpture Park with your little one during a free Stroller Tour. Tours are led by trained Laumeier Docents and museum educators.