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Picnic in the Park features fun activities for all ages, including live music, food trucks, a bounce house, crafts for kids and the Bubble Bus.

Join the Missouri History Museum for free family fun in June and July at the Summer Family Fun Series! Enjoy a variety of family activities, including crafts, performances from St. Louis children's entertainers, scavenger hunts, workshops and storytelling.

Free outdoor concerts are back at the Missouri History Museum. 

Sensory Friendly Storytime at the APA includes storytime and pet interaction for the littlest learners with accommodations for children who thrive in a calm setting. 

Celebrate the start of summer at The Magic House with lots of fun activities. Kick-Off to Summer at The Magic House includes The Bubble Bus, bubble art, frozen treats and lots of fun at Sandcastle Beach!

Airversity Drone Pilot Academy wants to teach your child to pilot drones! At its boot camps, kids will learn about drones, drone regulations, drone careers, and drone flight. Each participant will take home their own drone after class.

Circus Flora is going underground for the 2022 production of The Quest for the Innkeeper's Cask! In the show, the caves beneath St. Louis have fascinated the city's residents for generations. Each cave has its own story. its own mystery, its own secrets.  In The Quest for the Innkeeper's Cask, Circus Flora's troupe seeks an ancient relic, rumored to have mystical powers, and believe to be somewhere beneath the city's streets.

Join in and explore the vegetable and fruit gardens to learn what it takes for these plants to grow and produce the food we eat.

Join the Missouri Botanical Garden on May 21 for Great Green Adventures: Celebrate Urban Birds and learn about this Citizen Science project from Cornell Lab of Orinthology.

Let's "flamingle," paint and play at Play Street Museum! Kids will paint their own flamingo masterpieces on a canvas they can take home. Fun snacks, activities, and playtime included! 

Ready for your next adventure? Join Molly and her family and friends as you explore the great outdoors of Alaska and learn all about Alaska Native life at the Molly of Denali exhibit at The Magic House.

Experience a day at the beach without having to go any further than The Magic House! The popular Sandcastle Beach features tons of sand, hidden seashells to dig up and even beach umbrellas on the "shores" of The Magic House!

Enjoy two hours of horse and pony rides at Castlewood Stables during Parent & Me Pony Rides. Your little ones will also get to interact with other farm animals, like mini potbelly pigs, bunnies, tortoises, a miniature donkey, a zebra and more. 

Does your child love big trucks? Bring them to Schroeder Park in Manchester for Tons of Trucks, where there will be trucks, tractors, construction vehicles, city vehicles and more to explore. Kids can crawl, climb and sit in the driver's seats with the operators of these vehicles. 

This fun, festive block party is free and open to all! With a focus on literacy, the Ready Readers Block Party will have book and bike giveaways, free food, prizes, storytelling, circus performers, face painting, and more!

The Kenya's Kids interactive exhibit introduces children to the East African country of Kenya, a country both technologically advanced and filled with longtime traditions. As part of the exhibit, families will discover the many similarities and differences in the daily lives of children in Kenya.