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Kids can take a break from the cold and enjoy a movie on the big screen. There will be pizza, lemonade and snacks before they sit down to watch Big Hero 6. For ages 7-13. Registration is required.

$10 per child for Kirkwood residents and $12 per child for non-residents. At the Kirkwood Community Center. 

More information: kirkwoodmo.org

Early childhood teachers are invited to bring their students to the Missouri Botanical Garden for an unforgettable visit to the Gardenland Express. This year the annual holiday train show celebrates conifers of the world.

Children will enjoy the train show, complete a craft and learn how conifers help animals survive the winter. All classes receive a take-home Winter Kit to use in their classroom and schoolyard. 

Take a wintery walk through more than one million lights at beautiful Tilles Park at this annual evening event presented by St. Louis County Parks. 

Strollers and wagons are permitted, and food trucks will be on hand for food and beverage purchases. Santa arrives at 8:45 p.m. 

Admission is $5 per person. Limited time slots are available and advance tickets are required. Tickets and more information: stlouisco.com

Bring your best wintery cheer to this festive dining experience with Anna and Elsa from Frozen! You'll have lunch, enjoy singing and dancing and get to take a keepsake photo with the Anna and Elsa. Then meet and take photos with Olaf and Sven.

For those who have always longed to build a gingerbread house but were intimidated by the thought, here is your chance to create a beautiful display for the holidays.

Supplies and guidance will be provided. You provide the creativity! For all ages. Cost is $14 per gingerbread house.

Workshops are held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Country Store at Eckert's in Bellville.

Join VolunTEENnation.org at the Ferguson Public Library for the St. Louis Family Volunteer Day. Parents, kids, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles - everyone is invited to volunteer to make a variety of projects for local nonprofit organizations to share.

Explore Mars in two very different but amazingly real ways at the Saint Louis Science Center. Mission: Mars exhibits, opening today, will span across Interstate 64/40 from the main Science Center building to the James S. McDonnel Planetarium in Forest Park.

Get in touch with your favorite emotions at this showing of the newly released film Inside Out. Admission is free when you bring a paper product item to be donated to a local food pantry.

Hold a real human brain, learn about its amazing feats, and discover its secrets in the Amazing Brain Carnival! That's just one of the hands-on activities designed to help kids and adults learn about health, wellness and technology at HealthFest 2016.

Enjoy a free concert by the Ugandan Kids Choir at the St. Louis County Library. After the performance, members of the choir will participate in a cultural exchange with members of the audience. 

Sponsored by the St. Louis County Library and Childcare Worldwide.

6 p.m. at the St. Louis County Library, Florissant Valley Branch. 

Parents are invited to attend the Spooktacular Kindergarten Fair to learn about Charter School opportunities in St. Louis. Bring your kids in costume for trick or treating while you learn about kindergarten options. 

Schools represented include: The Biome School, St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, Confluence Charter Schools, City Garden Montessori, Gateway Science Academy, Lafayette Preparatory Academy, EAGLE College Prep and more. 

At Tower Grove Park, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Enjoy a boutique show of St. Louis area artists at the Shaw Nature Reserve's Dana Brown Education Center. 

November 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and November 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

See some of the art that will be featured on the event's Facebook page.