Kids
Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanneOllst.co.uit. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Glasgow
Activities and Fun
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Family Club Sun 3 & 10 Feb.
1 1am—1pm. Free. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. 200 Woodhead Road. Nitshill. 276 9308. Children aged 5—12 can take part in arts. games and activities. All events must be booked by 5pm the previous day.
Half Term Activities Sat 9—Wed 13 Feb. 10am-5pm. Admission applies: £7.95 (£5.95). Glasgow Science Centre. 50 Pacific Quay. 0871 540 1000. In a packed week of science-related fun. learn about fire in Flame On. the solar system in the Sky Tonight. Stories Under the Stars or the ScottishPower Planetarium (extra charge). insects in Cockroach Corner. flight in Plane Crazy. dental hygiene in Make Your Own Toothpaste and blasting oiT in Balloon Rockets. All this and the Nina and the Neurons Activities Trail.
Musical Adventures Mon 1 1 Feb. 2pm. £3. City Halls.Cand1eriggs. 353 8000. An interactive musical adventure through stories and songs for children aged 3—6 and their carers.
Sailors’ Valentines Mon 1 1 & Tue 12 Feb. l~3pm. £tbc. G1en1ee.Yorkhi11 Quay. 222 2513. Make your own little box of love. as traditionally crafted by lonesome sailors on far flung sea voyages.
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Stonnwatcher Sea Stories Sat 2 Feb. 2pm. £4.75 (£4.50). Scottish Mask & Puppet Theatre Centre. 8-— 10 Balcarres Avenue. Kelvindale. 339 6185. Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre conjure up a puppet show out of old rope. as a beachcomber turns driftwood and fish boxes into magical stories.
Wee Fairy Tales Mon 1 l—Sat 16 Feb. Mon 2pm; Tue & Sat 1 1am & 2pm; Wed-Fri 10.30am. Citizens‘ Theatre. 119 Gorbals Street. 429 ()022. See preview. Ages 3—8.
Edinburgh
Activmes and Fun
Pro-school Craft Fun Fri 1 8; 8 Feb. 10—11am. (Also Mon 4 & Mon 11 Feb. 2.15-3.15pm.) £5 per child. Imagination Workshop. 136 Marchmont Road. 466 0148. Use paint. glitter and glue to make an an item at this tots and carers session. Ages 2+.
Sclence at the Museum Sat/Sun 11.45am. 12.45pm. 1.45pm & 3.45pm. Free. National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. Come face to face with science and scientists every weekend. Please note there are limited spaces (seating for up to 20). Ages 5+. Beading and Jewellery Sun 3 Feb. 3.30—5pm. £15. Imagination Workshop. 136 Marchmont Road. 466 0148. A new bead project is on offer every week. with beads and wire on hand for you to experiment with. Ages 10—adult.
Family Sliver Sat 9 & Sun 10 Feb. 10.30am—4pm. Free. National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. Draw inspiration from the Silver: Made in Scotland exhibition and try your hand at making an embossed ‘silver‘ treasure to take home. Ages 5+.
Sunday Science: Fun and Games Sun 10 Feb. noon—3pm. Free. Royal Botanic Garden. Inverleith Row. 248 2968. Messy. silly and fun science! Get some
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‘We only did three performances,’ explains Jeremy Raison, artistic director of the Citizens’ Theatre and
Citizens’ Theatre. Glasgow, Mon 11-Sat 16 Feb
Do you know your bahookie from your elba? If not, it’s time to stop being so glaikit and brush up on your Scots. With this most colourful of languages set to join the school curriculum sometime soon, you could do
TAG. ‘One for the staff - who all said they hadn’t laughed so much in years — and two for the public, both of which sold out straight away and got a fantastically good response. 80 we decided to do it again.’
worse than give the bairns a keek at TAG Theatre’s
new production, Wee Fairy Tales.
Adapted from Matthew Fitt and James Robertson’s book of the same name, the show features five well- loved fairytales re-worked in Scots: Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, The Billy Goats Gruif and Red Riding Hood. Performed by three actors, armed with a small trunk of props and a big talent for characterisation, the show had a brief outing last year 1 to great acclaim.
hands-on experience and learn all about plants at this family drop in event. Ages 5+. Holiday Fun Mon 1 1—Fri 15 Feb.
10—1 1.30am. £15 per session (£70 for whole week). Imagination Workshop. 136 Marchmont Road. 466 0148. Different crafty activities every day for a week. Choose from a famin tree T-shin on Mon. Valentine‘s card making on Tue. mask decoration on Wed. decorate a denim bag
‘ on Thu and make jewellery on Fri. Ages 7+.
Museum h'easures: Object Handling
Sessions Mon il—Thu 14 Feb.
1.30—3.30pm. Free. National Museum of
Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. A chance to handle real and replica objects of
days gone by. It‘s the Egyptians on Mon
(First Floor). Romans on Tue (Level 0).
Vikings on Wed (Level 0) and Victorians
on Thu (Level 5). Moonscape or Dinosaur island Mon
1 l-Fri 15 Feb. 4~5pm. £60. Imagination
Workshop. 136 Marchmont Road. 466 0148. Use 'modroc‘. an easy to use
modelling material. as well as other cool stuff to create a moonscape or a dinosaur album over the course of the week. Ages 7+.
Fast-paced, quirky and filled with hilarious rhyming
couplets, Wee Fairy Tales is aimed at families and
children aged 3—8. The show will also tour to schools throughout Scotland, and Raison believes it’s the perfect introduction to the nation’s mither-leid (native tongue). ‘There’s something really extraordinary about the sheer colour of the language,’ he says. ‘And there’s a lot of humour in the show, which is partly because of the Scots language and partly because of the
performance level of the storytelling.’ (Kelly Apter)
Teddy Bear Teatlme Tue 12 Feb. 2.30pm. £6 (accompanying adults free).
Scottish Storytelling Centre. 43—45 High
Street. 556 957‘). Bring your teddy along to hear some tales from storyteller Marie
Louise Cochrane. then decorate your own gingerbread bear to take home. Ages 3—5.
Mlnl Images: Big ideas Wed 13 Feb. 10am—4pm. £18 (£12). National Gallery of Scotland: Clore Education Centre. The Mound. 624 6200. Look at tiny prints and work with artist Rachel Adams to create mini artworks of your own. Ages
8—12 years. Meet at the information desk.
Gold Fever! Wed I3—Sat 16 Feb. 10.30am—4pm. Free. National Museum
of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. Discover the ancient an of gold panning.
and some ‘gold’ nuggets and gemstones in the sand. Ages 5+.
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Trapped Fri 1 Feb. 11am. £4.50.
Brunton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. Ludus Dance uses a blend of dance. music and film to tell the urban fairytale of a girl in search of her mother. Ages 8+.
Books
The King of iiearts Thu 14 Feb. 3pm. £4. Scottish Storytelling Centre. 43 45 High Street. 556 957‘). Storyteller Angela Knowles takes you on a special Valentine's Day storytelling adventure. then you can make your own Valentine's card to take home. Age 4+.
Outside the Cities
Activities and Fun
Toast Sat 9 Feb. 8—-l0pm. £2. Iiastgate Theatre é’e Arts Centre. Iiastgate. Peebles. 01721 725 777. A variety of fun activities for young people. including bands. Playstation and Wii. For more information contact Shona Iiaslam on 01721 721783.
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If All the World Were Paper Tue 5—Sat 9 Feb. Wed & Tue 10.15am & 1.30pm: Thu— Sat 10am & 2pm. £6 (£5). Macrobert. L'niversity of Stirling. 01786 466666. Let Britain's leading creators of little ‘uns theatre. ()in Can. take you on a magical. multi-sensory joumcy of discovery through a world made entirely of paper. Ages 24).