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Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to kids@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor. Glasgow Activities and Fun Gigantic Titanic Fri & Wed, 1–3pm. £5.95 (one child free per adult; concessions £4.65; additional children £3). The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. Help to create a replica of the Titanic, complete with puppet passengers and portholes. Build a Boat Tue & Thu, 11am–noon. £3. The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. Create crafty boats from throughout history. Booking essential. Ages 5–9. Braehead’s Big Bear Summer Party Until Wed 28 Jul, 11am. £3 (adult and child); £5 (adult and two children); £6 (two adults and two children). Braehead Shopping Centre, Kings Inch Road, 885 1441. A chance to sing along with beach bears Bruno, Beth and Becky. FREE The Burrell Goes Green Thu 22–Sat 24 Jul & Thu 29–Sat 31 Jul, Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri 11am–5pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Outdoorsy activities in the museum and around Pollok Park. Ages 7–12. Booking required. FREE SURGE Starters Thu 22 Jul, 10am–5pm. The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, 559 4928. Circus workshops for young people aged 14+, led by Conflux in collaboration with Theatre Modo, YDance and Aerial Edge. Puppet Workshop Thu 22 Jul, 1–3pm. £5. The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. Create puppet versions of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife using paper sculpture. Ages 8–12. FREE Folding Clouds and Hoovering Hills Sat 24 Jul–Sun 15 Aug (not Mon), Sat & Sun noon–6pm; Tue–Fri noon–5pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. A fun interactive installation for children 12 and under and their families. See preview. FREE Craft Workshop Sun 25 Jul, Fri 30 Jul & Thu 5 Aug, 1–4pm. Silverburn, Barrhead Road, 880 3200. Crafty activities facilitated by Busy Bees Craft Studio. FREE Russian Board Painting Sun 25 Jul, 2–4pm. Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. Learn this traditional Russian craft, with a chance to have your photo taken in costume next to your board at the end. Suitable for families. Booking essential. Summer Film Workshops Mon 26–Fri 30 Jul & Mon 2–Fri 6 Aug, 10am–noon. £20. Project Ability, Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, Learn the basics of filmmaking. Course starting on 26 Jul is aimed at 5–12 years, while session starting 2 Aug is suitable for ages 12–18. Booking essential. FREE Medieval Summer School Wed 28 Jul & 4 Aug, 1–4pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Could you have survived as a medieval peasant? Learn how to live off the land, make shelters and identify animals. Wear outdoor clothes! Ages 7–12. Scottish Sketchers Mon 2 Aug, 1–3pm. £5. The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. A fun arty workshop. Star Guitar Wed 4 & Thu 5 Aug, noon–4pm. £15. Stepps Cultural Centre, Stepps, 01236 812200. Come along and show off your skills at this interactive workshop. FREE Creepy Crawlies and Conservation Thu 5 Aug, 1–2.30pm. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Parents get their hands dirty in a practical conservation workshop and children get distracted by mud and promise of minibeasts. Fun for all the family.
Circus Skills Thu 5 Aug, 1–3pm. £5. The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. Theatre Modo invites you have a go at juggling, plate spinning and tightrope walking. Ages 8–12. Theatre & Dance Twinkle Twonkle Fri 23 & Sat 24 Jul, 10.30am & 1.30pm. £4. Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Tall Stories, the team behind the hugely popular Gruffalo show, presents this exciting new tale set in outer space, inspired by nursery rhymes and the Big Bang. Ages 4+. FREE Blast from the Past Sun 25 Jul, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie, 956 6100. A story from the park’s interesting past from Mugdock’s resident theatre company Fizzgig & Grubb. George’s Marvellous Medicine Tue 27–Sat 31 Jul, 7pm (Wed–Fri mat 1.30pm, Sat mat 2pm). £16 (children £11). Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. The Birmingham Stage Company brings to life the classic Roald Dahl story of George and his ingenious potion. Susie and Simon’s Summer Surprise! Wed 28 Jul, 2pm. £9 (£6). Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie, 956 6100. A show packed with engaging, colourful characters. Booking essential. Adventures in a Norwegian Wood Thu 29 Jul–Sun 1 Aug, 10.30am & 1.30pm (Sat/Sun also 4.30pm). £7.50; family ticket £30. Scottish Youth Theatre, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 4267. Find out what’s buried in the mysterious, mystical Norwegian woods, where you might just meet a giant chicken . . .
Edinburgh Activities and Fun FREE Summer Science Until Fri 30 Jul, 11am–1pm & 2–4pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. Bitesize science with five- minute introductions to all sorts of interesting phenomena, from Huge Telescopes to Build a Superbug. Ages 5+. FREE Messy Play and Arts Drop-In Thu & Sat (from Sat 24 Jul), Sat 10–11.30am; Thu 10am–noon. North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Crafty, arty fun for wee ones aged 0–5. FREE Sounds Global Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul, noon–4pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. A weekend of music and workshops with Bhangra crew Tigerstyle. History with Puppets in the Summer Gardens Sun 25 Jul, 11am, noon, 1pm & 3pm. £2. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 336 2060. The Alba Puppet Crew presents Edinburgh’s history in a fun, off-the-wall performance with their puppet pals. Model Animation Workshop Mon 26 Jul, 10.30am–1pm & 1.30–4pm. £23. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Animation workshop with Red Kite, with a DVD of your efforts sent to you afterwards. Ages 8–14. Rainbow Glass Panels Mon 26 Jul, 11am–1pm & 1.30–3.30pm. £4. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 529 3963. Make a colourful stained glass- effect panel to put on one of your windows at home. Booking essential. FREE Royal Treasures Wed 28 Jul–Wed 4 Aug, 10am–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. Join the Garden Rangers on an exploration of the royally named plants in the collection. Summer Ceramic Workshops: Kiddies Clay Sat 31 Jul & Sun 1 Aug, 10–11.30am. £10. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 07896 695481. Get messy with clay and make a pot or other object to take home. Phone or email info@campbellfirth.com to book. Magical Storypots Sat 31 Jul,
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CHILDREN’S INSTALLATION FOLDING CLOUDS AND HOOVERING HILLS Tramway, Glasgow, Sat 24 Jul-Sun 15 Aug
Given the amount of inclement weather Scotland ‘enjoys’, there are often times when we wish the great outdoors could be magically transported inside. Wandering through the new installation in Glasgow’s Tramway, you’d be forgiven for thinking it had been. Created by Giant Productions, Folding Clouds and Hoovering Hills takes the sights, sounds and smells of outside and brings them in. Aimed at families with children aged 12 and under, the interactive artworks were born out of workshops held with local children, as Giant’s artistic director Maria McCavana explains.
‘We were really interested in collaborating with kids and gathering up their ideas,’ she says, ‘after which the artists went away to create the installations. Now, those kids are coming back to give us feedback on how we’ve worked with their ideas, so it’s been a really nice exchange between the artists and the children.’ As part of the process, a sound artist took the children into Tramway’s inspirational Hidden Garden to record the noises around them, which were then manipulated to create unique but still recognisable sounds. ‘Those have gone into the “Sound Dome”,’ explains McCavana, ‘where children visiting the installation can listen to them, and also have have the opportunity to create their own music and sounds on instruments and objects.’
Smells come courtesy of the herbs and flowers the children planted in the
Hidden Garden, which have since been transplanted in between the tram lines of Tramway 5, along with mysterious aromas that will appear and disappear throughout the day. While the eponymous ‘folding clouds’ have been created by photographs taken of the sky and suspended in the air. Open to the public, and absolutely free, the installation is there for everyone to enjoy – children and adults. Unlike most exhibitions, however, touching is positively encouraged.
‘It’s very hands on,’ says McCavana. ‘We want the people who visit Folding Clouds to move about inside the installations, construct things, create their own music and really take part in it. It’s an interactive experience – you wander in, make your mark and leave. Then once the day is over and everybody has had fun, we’ll put everything back in its place, ready for the next day.’ (Kelly Apter)
1.30–3.30pm. £4. Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street, 529 3963. A chance to plant your own story seeds, so you can watch them blossom into a fully grown tale. Booking essential. Ages 5+. Behind the Ropes – Family Tour of the Palace Sun 1 Aug, 11am, noon, 1pm & 2pm. Included in admission: £10.25 (£9.30; under 17s £6.20; under 5s free; family ticket £27). Palace of Holyroodhouse, Royal Mile, 556 5100. See the State Apartments at the Palace under the guidance of an expert. Families with children aged 5+. Summer Pottery Workshop Mon 2 & Tue 3 Aug, 10.30am–12.30pm. One day £12; two days £20. Kiss the Fish Studios, 9 Dean Park Street, Stockbridge, 332 8912. Get stuck into a pottery project such as a clay animal, trinket box, money box or plant pot. Price includes all materials, tuition, a drink and a snack. FREE Make Time for Playday! Wed 4 Aug, 12.30–4.30pm. Grassmarket, The
Grassmarket becomes a massive play zone, with water, sand, races and silliness for everyone. Storytelling Story Space Thu 22 Jul, 11am. £5 per child. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Exciting storytelling for children aged 2–5. Booking essential. Storytelling with Lari Don Sat 24 Jul, 2pm & 3pm. Free (ticketed). Blackwell, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. Hear the award-winning children’s author read from her books, The Big Bottom Hunt (2pm; ages 3–7) and Rocking Horse Wars (3pm; ages 8–12). Tiny Tales: Teddy Bears Picnic Tue 27 Jul, 10am & 11.30am. £4 (accompanying adult free). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Bring your own teddy along to this story picnic and enjoy stories told by Liz Wilson.
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