Some St. Louis family attractions are re-opening with limited capacity and enhanced safety protocols for visitors and staff. Read more about family attraction re-openings and safety guidelines here. We invite our readers to enjoy virtual events and socially distanced events highlighted in our Things To Do calendar. Public health experts recommend that when you do go out, follow public health guidelines: wear masks (now required in St. Louis City and County), practice social distancing and wash your hands frequently. To learn why social distancing is important and effective in lessening the spread of COVID-19, hear from Dr. Alexis Elward, Chief Medical Officer at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
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Noon Year's Eve Celebration at the Missouri History Museum
Young revelers who may not be able to stay awake until midnight to celebrate the New Year can ring in 2020 at Noon New Year's Eve, a free celebration for kids and families at the Missouri History Museum. Visitors will enjoy a countdown to when the clock strikes noon! But before that, they'll make New Year's Eve hats and crafts, and boogie down to live music with the band Firedog.
Winter Getaway at the Missouri History Museum
Bring your kids to the Missouri History Museum for the Winter Getaway, for free activities, family films and live music just for kids.
Free Kindermusik or Music for Little Mozarts Demo Day Class
Inspire your baby or child's love of music! Sing, dance, wiggle and giggle with your little one at a free Kindermusik or Music for Little Mozarts Demo Day class hosted by Kindermusik Academy of St. Louis and the Community Music School of Webster Groves.
Hot! Hot! Hot! at The Butterfly House
Kids can shake off the cold weather with a tropical-themed celebration at The Butterfly House. Activities include tropical-themed games and crafts, marsh-friendly bugs, swamp-themed activities, music and live animal encounters.
Supper With Santa at The Butterfly House
Supper with Santa includes a pasta dinner, cookies and hot cocoa, a picture with Santa, a night stroll through the tropical conservatory, and Santa's Workshop stations, where kids can make fun crafts and act silly in the photo booth. After dinner, you'll visit Mrs. Claus's Cookie Kitchen for cookies and hot cocoa. Reservations are required.
Storytelling at Tower Grove House
Step inside the Tower Grove House at the Missouri Botanical Garden for nature-themed storytelling. Little ones will hear nature-themed stories in the cozy story corner of Henry Shaw's country home.
Great Green Adventures: Marvelous Mediterranean
At Great Green Adventures: Marvelous Mediterranean, kids will learn about the Mediterranean climate in the Temperate House, where they'll find flowers and trees that are sheltered from the cold outside.
Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden
More than a half million lights will illuminate some of the Garden's most iconic locations, walkways will be transformed into sensory light tunnels providing an explosion of visual magic, and traditional candlelight village displays will delight crowds of all ages.
Garden Glow Family Nights at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Visit one of the most dazzling holiday light displays in the Midwest on these special Family Nights when children's tickets are just $3.
President's Day Camp at the Saint Louis Zoo
Kids can spend President's Day learning about all things color as they relate to wildlife at President's Day Camp at the Saint Louis Zoo: Colorful Critters. Campers will also enjoy animal-related games, crafts and hands-on activities. Advance registration is required.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Camp at the Saint Louis Zoo
Kids can spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Zoo observing and learning all about animals. Participants will also enjoy animal-related games, crafts and hands-on activities. Advance registration is required.
Winter Wonderland on Ice
Can Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman skate? Come see beloved holiday characters and talented local skaters perform during the St. Peters Rec-Plex’s annual Winter Wonderland on Ice.
Goldfish Swim School Open House
Learn more about the new Goldfish Swim School in Warson Woods at its free Open House. Pop in to get a tour, meet the instructors and learn about all the swim lesson options for your kids.
Breakfast with Santa at The Magic House
This is one breakfast your family is sure to flip over! You and your little short stack are invited to the annual Breakfast with Santa at The Magic House. Registration is required.
Merry and Bright Gingerbread Party at Play Street Museum
It's the season to make gingerbread houses, and at this Merry and Bright Gingerbread Party, kiddos will have a blast decorating gingerbread houses* and gingerbread men with icing, candy, marshmallows and sprinkles.
Polar Slime Winter Experience at Play Street Museum
Polar bears and penguins don't mix, but your kiddos' batch of polar slime will at this fun winter sensory experience at Play Street Museum. Kids will learn about the arctic, make slime, and then enjoy playtime in the museum.
Block Friday
Come play on Block Friday at Play Street Museum! Block play is an open-ended play that offers children the freedom to create structures, take them apart, and put them together again.
The Grinch's Candy Cane Hunt
Santa's reindeer have been busy dropping candy canes on the A.B. Green Park lawn and some have special prizes attached to them! Kids are invited to snatch the candy canes before the Grinch can get them.
Unicorns and Rainbows Magical Celebration
Kiddos will make a tutu and necklace for their very own Jellycat unicorn that they'll take home with them. Then they'll learn about rainbows through rainbow painting, books and prisms.
Snow Slime & Frozen Fun at Play Street Museum
Grab your spot for this Frozen-themed event, Snow Slime and Frozen Fun & Games at Play Street Museum! Dress up as your favorite ice queen if you'd like, and enjoy playtime, snow slime, and super cold fun.
