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Garden Buds Summer Saturdays: Search for Secrets
Discover the amazing world of plants with your preschooler during the
Garden Buds Summer Saturdays series at the Missouri Botanical Garden. These fun, hands-on classes are for children ages 4 to 6 with a parent.
During this class, kids will discover why birds find the Garden such a wonderful place to live, then make a bird feeder to take home and help attract birds to their own yard.
Kids in Candy Land
Your kids can play an interactive, jumbo Candyland game, decorate edible take-home treats and
enjoy a delicious breakfast at Kids in Candy Land. This sweet adventure benefits Annie's Hope, a St. Louis nonprofit that provides comprehensive support services to children, teens and their families who are greiving the death of someone significant in their lives.
Live on Olive Free Concert at Central Library
The St. Louis Public Library hosts this free concert series right on the steps of the Central Library location once a month through September. Families are welcome to enjoy live music outdoors. Concerts begin at 7 p.m.
Learn more about these concerts and a list of band performances in our feature story.
More information: slpl.org
Celebrating Children's China
Visit The Magic House at they celebrate the final days of the exhibit Children's China. This festival of fun includes special lion and dragon dances.
Lion dance performances are at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Dragon dance performances are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Free with Magic House admission. More information: magichouse.org
Music of China
Visitors to The Magic House can enjoy performances from the St. Louis Modern Chinese School showcasing a variety of Chinese instruments.
There will be Waist Drum performances at 10 a.m. and noonm and singing performances at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Free with admission. More information: magichouse.org
$8 Admission Day at The Magic House
The number 8 is lucky in Chinese culture, so The Magic House is bringing great luck to all its visitors on 8/8 as they drop admission to $8 per person.
This discounted admisson cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts.
More information: magichouse.org
Summer Outdoor Movie Series at The Magic House
You and your little ones can enjoy fun family movies outdoors at The Magic 
House this summer. The new movie series will be held on select nights throughout the summer.
Films include:
July 9: The Wizard of Oz Enjoy hands-on activities inspired by the movie and snacks too!
Free Sand for Pick Up at The Magic House
The Magic House is giving away the beach! The exhibit Sandcastle Beach is leaving 
for the summer and on June 28, famillies are invited to take some of the beach home with them. Anyone intererested in filling their sandboxes or backyard should bring shovels, bags, buckets and trucks to get digging. With about 200 tons of sand, there is plenty to go around.
Throwback Thursday Film Series
Enjoy the first ever Summer Flashback Film Series for Throwback Thursdays at the Saint Louis Science Center's OMNIMAX Theater. Every Thursday through August 13, you and your family can see some of your favorite movies on the five-story giant screen.
Free Family Night Swim and Canned Food Drive
Everyone is invited to this free open swim at the outdoor pool at the Lodge of Des Peres. In addition to swimming, there will be games, a live DJ, Italian ice and other cool treats, snacks and fun giveaways.
Suggested donation per person is two cans of food items to be donated to a local food bank. For all ages. Open to the public.
4 to 7 p.m. More information: desperesmo.org
Chinese Culture Day at The Magic House
Visitors to The Magic House can participate in hands-on arts and crafts
projects, simple cooking demonstrations and chopstick games and contest during Chinese Culture Day.
Supported by the St. Louis Modern Chinese School. Activities are free with Magic House admission.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Makerspace Opens at the Saint Louis Science Center
Check out the new Makerspace at the Saint Louis Science Center! Makerspaces
are interactive, community-oriented spaces where you can create and learn skills using a variety of different tools and materials.
In the Science Center's Makerspace you can explore science, technology, engineering and your creativity. Visitors can play, imagine, build, adapt, modify, work together and have FUN!
The Makerspace includes:
Plaquey Wacky 5K and Obstacle Relay Race
Join the Delta Dental Health Theatre for its 2nd annual Plaquey Wacky 5K and Obstacle Relay
Race on June 20. The event is for all ages, and includes a lot of fun exercises, "gross" activities for kids, an inflatable obstacle course, music, healthy snacks and giveaways.
Registration ranges from $15 to $40 per person, or $50 to $100 for groups of 4-5. The 5K begins at 9 a.m. and the Wacky Obstacle Course begins at 10.
Let's Learn About St. Louis
Bring your preschooler to a morning of storytelling and St.
Louis-themed activities, including a visit with FredBird!
This free event, for ages 2 to 6 celebrates a newly published curriculum "Let's Learn About St. Louis" by The Wilson School's pre-kindergarten teacher Linda Noel. It also features local author June Herman and her book Goodnight St. Louis. Both books will be available for purchase.
Mud Day
NOTE: The Missouri Department of Conservation announced on 6/19 that Mud Day has been cancelled due to projected flooding of the Meramec River. More information can be found at mdc.mo.gov
It's all about fun in the mud at Mud Day! At this free event, kids will
