Kids
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 Junior Nature Club – Nocturnal Nosh Fri 27 Aug, 8pm–9.30pm. £1. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 0141 956 6586. Enjoy a BBQ and then go looking for some night time creatures. Suitable for ages 8–12. Booking essential. FREE Going Batty Fri 27 Aug, 8.30–10pm. Kelvingrove Park, Otago Street, 276 0924. Grab the bat detectors and torches – it’s European Bat Weekend and we’re going on a bat hunt. Ages 8+. All children must be accompanied. Booking essential. FREE Saturday Art Club Sat 28 Aug, 10.30am–1pm. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Art activities for all the family run by a different art educator each week relating to the art on display. Ages 3–11. FREE Tea, Kimono and DVD Sat 28 Aug, 2–4pm. Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 2375. Experience the Hunterian’s Japan-inspired collections along with tea and dressing up. Please book in advance for the tea ceremonies, which are at 20-minute intervals between 2pm and 3.40pm. FREE Going Batty Sat 28 Aug, 8.30–10pm. Linn Park, Simshill Road, 276 0924. Celebrate European Bat Weekend with a bat hunt using specialised detection equipment. Ages 8+. Booking essential. FREE Graphic T-Shirt Design Sun 29 Aug, 1–4pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9506.
Create your own original T-shirt using graphic design techniques in the inspirational surroundings of Kelvingrove. Ages 12–17. Booking essential. FREE Burrell for Families Sun 29 Aug, 2pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Create some environmental art in the great outdoors. For families with children aged 5–12. FREE Going Batty Sun 29 Aug, 8.30–10pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. More batty activities for European Bat Weekend. Ages 8+. All children must be accompanied. Booking essential. FREE Gardening Day Tue 31 Aug & 7 Sep, 12.30pm. The Children’s Garden, 730 Great Western Road, 276 1614. Weekly green-fingered session for the little ones to garden, play games and meet up with friends. FREE Scotland Street Reunited Sat 4 Sep, 11am–4pm. Scotland Street School Museum, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. A reunion for former pupils at the school doubles up as an open day for families with lessons to try in social dancing, woodwork and domestic science, plus traditional games at playtime. FREE RSPB International Vulture Weekend Sat 4 & Sun 5 Sep, Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–5pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Celebrate our carrion-eating pals with a weekend of special events and games at Kelvingrove. Kids @ Citz Sat 4 Sep–Mon 22 Nov, times vary. £5.50 per session. Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. A new term of weekly drama workshops in confidence building, improvisation, storytelling and role-play for various age groups. Teenagers @ Citz Sat 4 Sep–Mon 22 Nov, times vary. £5.50 per session. Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Weekly drama classes for ages 13–15.
Theatre & Dance First Light Tue 31 Aug–Sat 4 Sep, Tue 10am; Wed–Sat 10am & 1.30pm. £3. Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. A show about day and night from Platform’s Starcatchers Artist in Residence Matt Addicott. Ages 0–2 and carers. The Gruffalo Thu 2–Sat 4 Sep, Thu 1.30pm; Fri 11.30am & 1.30pm; Sat 11.30am, 1.30pm & 4pm. £11. Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Tall Stories’ hugely successful theatre version of Julia Donaldson’s clever and colourful book about a resourceful mouse and, of course, the terrible Gruffalo. Books FREE The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How George Heffley went Hollywood Sat 28 Aug, 11am–noon. Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of Wimpy Kid cartoon George Heffley on his journey to the big screen.
Edinburgh Activities And Fun FREE Around the World in 80 Acres Until Tue 31 Aug, 10am–6pm. Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. Travel the world without leaving the Gardens, in this fun trail. Under 16s must be accompanied. FREE Messy Play and Arts Drop-In Thu 26 Aug, 10am–noon. North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Crafty, arty fun for wee ones aged 0–5. FREE Messy Play and Arts Drop-In Sat 28 Aug, 10–11.30am. North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Crafty, arty fun for wee ones aged 0–5. Moving Toys Sat 28 Aug, 10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. £4. Museum of Childhood, 42 High Street, 529 3963. Look around the museum for inspiration and then make your own moving toy. Booking essential. Suitable for ages five and over. FREE In the Impressionist Garden: Fun Things to Make and Do Until Sun 29 Aug, 2–4.30pm. National Gallery of Scotland: Clore Education Centre, The Mound, 624 6200. Make flying birds, jumping fish and sprouting flowers to bring the Impressionist Garden alive.
Children must be accompanied. Behind the Ropes – Family Tour of the Palace Sat 28 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 from the education team. Suitable for families with children aged 5+. Children’s Storytelling Tours Sat 28 Aug, 11am–1pm. Children £5 (accompanying adults free). Old College Quad, South Bridge, University of Edinburgh, 07500 461332. Marion Kenny leads a tour of two Edinburgh Art Festival exhibitions, with art, stories and music. Ages 4+. Booking essential. Tour begins by the entrance to the Talbot Rice Gallery, and continues to Dovecot studios in Infirmary Street. Kids Knit Weekly from Sat 4 Sep, 9.30–11am at United Free Church of Scotland, Glebe Street; from Tue 7 Sep, 4.45–6.15pm at Imagination Workshop, 136 Marchmont Road. £120 for 12-week course. 07943 367314. Beginner knitting class for children: learn to make needles and felt, cast on and off, and knit garter stitch. FREE Dress Up Georgian Peg Dollies Sat 4 Sep, 10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. Dress up a peg doll in the finest styles of Georgian Edinburgh. Booking essential. FREE Medieval Soap Sculptures Sun 5 Sep, noon–4pm. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 225 7534. Carve your own chess piece inspired by the Lewis Chessmen. FREE Sketching Mushrooms Sun 5 Sep, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. Have a go at drawing specimens from the fantastically varied world of fungi with artist Claire Dalby. Ages 5+. FREE Art Cart Sun 5 Sep, 2–4pm. National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. Get the whole family involved in these artistic activities, inspired each month by different works from the collection. Ages 3–12. Theatre & Dance Magic Spaghetti Sat 11 Sep, 11am & 3pm. £6 (family ticket £22; under 18mths £1). Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. See picture.
Magic Spaghetti With a passing nod to The Magic Porridge Pot, this lively show from children’s theatre
company Licketyspit manages to entertain and inspire healthy eating in one go. Strega Nona has a magical pot that produces endless spaghetti coated in tantalising flavours. But the self-centred old mayor of Scotaly wants everybody to stop growing and cooking food, and just eat his pies. When the mayor’s son accidentally activates Strega’s pot but doesn’t know how to stop it, all manner of trouble ensues . . . ■ Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, Sat 11 Sep, then touring.
96 THE LIST 26 Aug–9 Sep 2010