Come and join Saffron Walden Museum for a fun and creative hands-on activity making your very own flappy seagull! This activity is part of the Museum's summer holiday offer and is suitable for children ages 5 and up, although younger children can participate with help from their grown-ups.
Let your imagination take flight as you decorate and personalise your seagull, then watch it flap its wings as you give it a test flight. This is a great activity for kids to enjoy and get creative during the summer break.
Bird, bee, and butterfly-themed crafts, trails, games and more - complete your activity passport to earn a prize!
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Make a pair of teddy ears to wear and a plate of junk-modelled food for you and your bear, enjoy picnic toys and games in the garden, and find all the hidden tiny teddies to earn some stickers!
Aimed at children aged 3 years and up, but everyone is welcome! Each child must be accompanied by an adult.
From Dig to Dish: Explore food through the ages. What did people in the past eat? How did they cook it? What did it smell like? Join us to unearth some ancient recipes and enjoy some food-themed fun for all the family.
From Dig to Dish: Explore food through the ages. What did people in the past eat? How did they cook it? What did it smell like? Join us to unearth some ancient recipes and enjoy some food-themed fun for all the family.
From Dig to Dish: Explore food through the ages. What did people in the past eat? How did they cook it? What did it smell like? Join us to unearth some ancient recipes and enjoy some food-themed fun for all the family.
From Dig to Dish: Explore food through the ages. What did people in the past eat? How did they cook it? What did it smell like? Join us to unearth some ancient recipes and enjoy some food-themed fun for all the family.
Rumours are that a secret society of botanists has been operating in Cambridge for 300 years. Believed to be called the Order of the Golden Lily, membership is reserved for plant lovers only. For those daring enough to seek membership, pick up a trail booklet on your way into the Botanic Garden to find out more and to begin your adventure into the wonderful world of plants. Who knows, maybe you’ll be lucky enough to become the newest member of this secret club?
Join us in the Garden Room as we find out about the plants that were around at the time of dinosaurs. We’ll be examining plant fossils and using ferns and conifers from the Garden to make replica fossils using plaster of Paris.
Wardian cases are mini glasshouses that were used in the Victorian times to transport plants around the world. Join us in the Garden to create your own wardian case and plant up with seeds to grow at home.
