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Bring your family to one of the St. Louis area's best outdoor venues and enjoy the sounds of regional and national musical acts performing on stage at the Chesterfield Amphitheater.

Bring your whole family to Central Park in Chesterfield to enjoy an evening together along the Storybook Walk.

In March, more than 100 volunteers from the Edwardsville community planted 100 trees to get the Edwardsville Children’s Museum Micro Forest off the ground. On April 22, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., ECM will plant a second round of trees in celebration of Earth Day, and your family is invited to join the effort.

Lend your heart and your hands to bring hope and support to pets and people in crisis at the Purina Farms Pet Project Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for your whole family to volunteer together! Join Purina Farms for a day of community service featuring 10 different projects that benefit two local greater St. Louis organizations.

Come and meet Spider-Man and other favorite superheroes at The Magic House and MADE for Kids! They'll be visiting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at both locations. 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from the iconic Eric Carle picture books, features more than 75 larger-than-life puppets, friends from other Eric Carle picture books, including Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Lonely Firefly and more. 

Visit Play Street Museum and make bath bombs for mom! Kids can explore chemical reactions while making the perfect gift for mom, grandma or their favorite caregiver.

What's "s'more" fun than an evening at The Magic House? Add some s'mores and you'll have S'more Magical Nights! This private, after-hours event includes toasting your own s'mores around a campfire in the front play garden at The Magic House, plus private playtime inside. 

See the Easter Bunny and hunt eggs at this Easter Egg Hunt at Pond Athletic Association in Wildwood. Kids ages 3 to 10 will be divided into groups and different hunt locations.

Celebrate pollinators at Pollinator Fair Days at The Butterfly House. Visitors will play games, make crafts, and meet experts as they learn about how nature's smallest animals help gardens in a big way. 

This new storytime includes stories, songs and other fun activities to help develop early literacy skills and get kids excited about potty training. 

COCA begins a new tradition with its premiere of the COCAwrites Festival, a showcase of new work for multigenerational audiences created by a multigenerational team of theater artists. This year, the festival takes place outdoors on COCA's east lot, as well as virtually, on March 27-28 and is part of the COCA Presents season. 

Enjoy messy art projects in COCA's outdoor art studio during Splatter Paint Saturday Mornings.

Kids can search for glowing eggs, enjoy games with friends and turn in eggs to redeem for snacks and prizes at the Kirkwood Park Glow Egg Hunt. 

Children of all abilities can search the Youth Activity Park for eggs, play games plus visit and take pictures with the Easter Bunny. Registration is required.

Hop over to the Crestwood Community Center to meet the Easter Bunny. Use your own phone and take as many photos as you want. Participants must register for a time slot for this socially distanced event.

The City of Ellisville hosts this annual Easter Egg Hunt for kids ages 1-9 in Bluebird Park, and this year the Easter Bunny will leave a trail of colorful eggs full of candy and prizes. Pre-registration is required.