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Come support the Backstoppers at the Brrrentwood Ice Festival! Enjoy open skating with your local first responders. You can also skate with some of your favorite characters from Frozen! 

Featuring real puppets created by the Henson Creature Shop, Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin! takes children on an underwater adventure to learn about the ocean and what they can do to help protect it.

For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you end up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking, that is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on the planet. 

Kids can enjoy a winter wonderland of active fun at the Winter Wonderland MLK Day at Olympia Gymnastics. 

Join the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for a fun, live watch party of its first-ever Tiny Tunes digital concert. This free online experience is for ages 3-6 and their families. The Tiny Tunes concert experience will explore high and low sounds, and tell the story of The Lion and the Mouse through music. Participants will also dance and make music along with St. Louis Symphony musicians! 

Noted storyteller Sherry Norfolk immerses your family in fun, engaging storytelling techniques to make your stories come alive. This free program is for ages 2-8 and their families. Registration is required. 

Support your early reader's developing skills through a read-aloud session of one of their favorite books followed by a STEAM activity, like bubble experiments or making clay pots from homemade clay. 

Fishing around for something fun to do? Swim on over to The Magic House for the Splash and Bubbles Breakfast! Guests will have a whale of a time as they nibble on a delicious breakfast, participate in some very fishy art activities, explore the Mu"sea" um and enjoy private playtime in the exhibit Splash and Bubbles: Dive In, Lend a Fin!

Have a fun-filled, high-energy evening at this event for the whole family: Family Nerf Wars. Each participant needs to bring a Nerf gun. Soft tip darts and safety goggles will be provided. Registration is required.

The Magic House MADE for Kids will host a special Free Family Night featuring Black Santa STL! Visitors are invited to celebrate the holiday season and have their photos taken with Santa (using their own devices), then have lots of hands-on fun in the MADE for Kids makerspace.

Celebrate an early New Year's Eve with this mid-day celebration at We Rock the Spectrum Gym in Fenton. 

This holiday bash is especially for kindergarteners! Team Central Gymnastics is hosting the Kinderbee Holiday Bash.

Santa is on his way to visit the Frisco Park Caboose in Valley Park and sit for pictures with kids!

St. Louis Artworks hosts its Holiday Extravaganza featuring art exhibits, live art creation, music, food trucks, a pre-Kwanzaa presentation, live music and more.

Reserve your spot for a limited-capacity playtime at Play Street Museum and bring your kids to get their wiggles out! Play is offered in 90 minute sessions and occupancy will be limited during each session. 

Your kids can meet some of their favorite winter characters, like the Snow Sisters (think Frozen), the Ice Queen, and the Snowman at West County Center.

Join The College School for the Upper Division Open House. Prospective parents/guardians and students are invited to explore the school's spaces and learn about The College School's adventurous, hands-on curriculum.

Join Edwardsville Children's Museum on December 5th to celebrate the holidays! Families will have lots of fun and lots to do at its Arctic Express event!