Do you have a kiddo that loves to craft and learn new things? Bring them to needle felting at Powder Valley! We will be learning about Missouri’s amazing snakes while making our own snakes using 2-D needle felting, which is the art of shaping wool fibers to make images on fabric.
Join a naturalist at Powder Valley for an interactive story time! Bring your little ones and listen to Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles, a Cat in the Hat story. Learn all about reptiles, see some cool biofacts, and meet some of Powder Valley’s ambassador animals!
Please register all participants ahead of time.
Calling all beginner bird watchers! Join a naturalist at Powder Valley for a guided birding hike on our Broken Ridge Trail! Learn how to identify some of Powder Valley’s most commonly seen birds, as well as how to use birding apps like Merlin and eBird to help you learn to identify birds on your own and contribute to the largest citizen science effort in the world.
Please register all participants ahead of time, including children.
o Description: Do you have a kiddo that loves to craft and learn new things? Bring them to needle felting at Powder Valley! We will be learning about Missouri’s amazing snakes while making our own snakes using 2-D needle felting, which is the art of shaping wool fibers to make images on fabric.
Join one of our Naturalists for a guided hike on our Tanglevine Trail as we embark on a journey to find the most beautiful and intriguing parts of nature. After the hike, join us in the nature center to create artwork inspired by your favorite natural hallmark and explore an opportunity to have your illustration showcased in our new Powder Valley storybook that will be featured in our nature center library!
Join one of our Naturalists for a guided hike on our Tanglevine Trail as we embark on a journey to find the most beautiful and intriguing parts of nature. After the hike, join us in the nature center to create artwork inspired by your favorite natural hallmark and explore an opportunity to have your illustration showcased in our new Powder Valley storybook that will be featured in our nature center library!
The Missouri Department of Conservation, North Newstead Association, City of St. Louis Forestry, earthday365, Black Healers Collective, and Alderwoman Keys to Host Family Fun Day and Cleanup Event on June 28th, 2025.
Crochet is a great hobby to connect with nature whether crocheting outside in nature, or crocheting a nature project! At this Nature Crocheters session, we’ll learn about dragonflies, and crochet a dragonfly keychain!
For this class, we’ll be using a beginner-friendly pattern. Participants should know how to crochet and be familiar with chain, single crochet, and double crochet to participate in this program. Please email the instructor if you’d like instructional videos to learn these stitches.
Join us to investigate the joys of water and engage in different investigative water activities. Be prepared?to get wet, you may need to bring a towel and extra clothes. We will meet at the staging area at the trail head of Tanglevine Trail.
After the program join a librarian for story time.
