We've got some fun in store for you and your little monsters! Enter the STL Parent Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever and win fantastic prizes for your whole family! You know your little ones love dressing up in their costumes, so why not show them off? Whether they're scary, spooky or the cute, we want to see them!
Spooktacular Prizes include:
• 1st Place: A one-year membership to The Magic House. Your membership includes unlimited free admission for you and your family all year long! Plus, 10 free guest passes, 15% discount in the Museum Shop, 20% discount on birthday parties and summer camps, invitations to member-only special events, including Breakfast with Santa and Fairy Tale Tea and lots more!
• 2nd Place: A fantastic, high-energy birthday party at Vetta Sports. Your child's birthday party can have it all: inflatable bouncers, lazer tag, soccer challenges, and multi-sport games at Vetta. Choose the Vetta Sports location that suits you best, and get ready to have an unforgettable party!
• 3rd Place: A $50 gift card to spend at the Purina Farms Gift Shop. Purina Farms is where kids (and parents) have fun down on the farm, whether it's visiting the Haunted Hayloft, the Pet-acular Holiday Bazaar, celebrating a birthday or watching an Incredible Dog Challenge, Purina Farms is a place to celebrate what we love about pets.
• 4th Place: Four tickets to see an upcoming Saint Louis Symphony Family Concert. These engaging concerts are designed to entertain the youngest symphony visitors (with their grown-ups) and bring the works of favorite composers to life in a way that delights little ones. Choose your concert: Symphony SLAM, Peter and the Wolf, or the interactive symphonic adventure where the audience picks the program!
• 5th and 6th Place: These winners will each receive four passes to The Magic House.
Enter the contest here by October 30 at midnight. It's easy: Upload a photo and enter some information. That's it! Winners will be determined based on the number of votes they receive, so be sure to mark your calendar for when the voting period opens on October 31 at 10 a.m.. See the full rules and instructions on our entry page. If you're not already a fan of STL Parent on Facebook, please join us! You need to be a fan of our page to enter or vote in the Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever.
Good luck everyone! Winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 8.
Join in on First Art, a free art program for toddlers where the focus is on the process of making art rather than the finished product. Dress to get messy!
Explore the Saint Louis Zoo in the evenings at the Chinese lantern festival Animals Aglow! Animals Aglow returns to illuminate the Saint Louis Zoo for the second year with dozens of new, towering lanterns and light displays.
Visit The Magic House for Toddler Time, a special early-morning program for toddlers. Children age 1-4 can take part in exhibits and exclusive interactive activities designed just for little ones. There are new themes every week!
Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym is an opportunity for any child to have supervised free play in the gym. They can work on existing skills, try something new, or simply play around. It is completely up to them! Open Gym is open to both members and non-members ages 12 and under.
See the Zoo's California sea lions perform acrobatic and athletic feats, including Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, flipper walks, frisbee tosses and plenty of surprises. While on stage with the sea lions, the Zoo's trainers explain sea lion behavior and positive-reinforcement training, in addition to the need for conserving the sea lion's ocean habitat.