Join us in St Peter’s Churchyard for free, practical art making activities. Be inspired by Kettle’s Yard and make your own artworks. Pick up one of our family art activity packs and get creative with our artists. You can collect your materials to make outside at Kettle’s Yard or take them home with you.
This activity is free and for families with children of all ages. Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years.
No previous art experience is necessary just have fun!
Join us in St Peter’s Churchyard, just next door to Kettle’s Yard, for free, practical art making workshops. Respond to the House and exhibitions to make your own artworks. Get creative with artists and our Community & Learning volunteers, no previous art experience needed!
In this session, join artist Jacqui Campbell to discover how we can be inspired by the nature around us to create artwork.
Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years. We encourage parents/carers to create alongside their child.
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Join us in St Peter’s Churchyard for free, practical art making activities. Be inspired by Kettle’s Yard and make your own artworks. Pick up one of our family art activity packs and get creative with our artists. You can collect your materials to make outside at Kettle’s Yard or take them home with you.
This activity is free and for families with children of all ages. Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years.
No previous art experience is necessary just have fun!
A fun-filled workshop for parents and children where you can dance, move, act out the story, and make nature bracelets.
Suitable for ages 2-5 and accompanying adult(s).
There are 2 sessions for this event:
The Botanic Garden has a moth trap - a box with a special light that attracts and traps moths during the night.
Join experts at the Garden as they look inside the trap to see what has been caught. In addition to learning more about these creatures, you'll also get the chance to hold the moths and release them back into the wild.
Join a twilight ramble through the Botanic Garden and learn about the fascinating world of bats.
Try using a bat detector, and find out about what bats eat, where they live and answers to all your bat-related questions.
Suitable for
accompanied children aged 8+
Please note this event is weather dependent.
Join a twilight ramble through the Botanic Garden and learn about the fascinating world of bats.
Try using a bat detector, and find out about what bats eat, where they live and answers to all your bat-related questions.
Suitable for
accompanied children aged 8+
Learn how to make your own Bluetooth speaker that you can hook up to a phone or other Bluetooth device.
Learn about the origins of Bluetooth and how the technology works.
Ages 9+
How did people in the 17th century write letters and books? Join this workshop to find out then have a go yourself.
Ages 6+
Discover what types of herbs the Cromwells used to make their food taste yummy, and to make their home and selves smell good.
Join this workshop to make herbal bundles to use in cooking, or to hang around your house, and make your own scented water to take home.
Ages 6+
