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07846 961257. Dance class playing reggaeton, dancehall, hip hop, house and urban sounds. Suitable for under fives. Beginner’s 2D Animation Sun 24 Mar, 10am–noon. £14.50. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Make your own cartoon characters then bring them to life. Ages 7–11. Beginner’s 3D Animation Sun 24 Mar, 12.30—2.30pm & 3–5pm. £14.50. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. A 3D Easter creature animation workshop using Plasticine, cameras and computers. The first class is for ages 7–11, the second ages 12–16. Excellent 3D Model Making for Animation Workshop Mon 25 Mar, 10.30am–4.30pm. £40. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Learn to make a puppet with a wire skeleton inside. Ages 11–17. Instant Puppets Workshop Mon 25 Mar, 11am & 2.30pm. £1.50. Inch Community Centre, Inch House 225 Gilmerton Road, 664 4710. Creative workshop for kids of all ages (but under 8s must be accompanied throughout). Part of the Puppet Animation Festival. Instant Puppets Workshop Tue
26 Mar, 11am. £4 (£2; local residents £1.50). Craigmillar Community Arts Centre, 58 Newcraighall Road, 669 8432. See above. The Big Top Fundraiser Tue 26 Mar, 1–5pm. £15 (£12; under 12s £7.50). Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 07592 816489. Spend a day under the big top with a gang of magicians, stiltwalkers, acrobats and other impressive folk. Early Gallery Goers Tour Wed 27 Mar, 11–11.45am. £5. Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Interactive tour of the Derek Roberts exhibition for kids aged 3–5. FREE Spring Crafts Thu 28 Mar & 4 Apr, 11am–3pm. Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, 6 Lady Road, 666 2777. Crafts for arty youngsters. Red Kite: Making Superhero 2D Animations Thu 28 Mar, 11am & 2.30pm. £1.50. Gilmerton Community Centre, 4 Drum Street, 664 2335. Design and build a superhero of your own. Part of the Puppet Animation Festival. Happy Ears Fri 29 Mar & 5 Apr, 10–10.50am. £5 per session. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 07778 117333. See above. Messy Play with Honey Pot Ceramics Fri 29 Mar, 10am– noon. £2 as well as zoo admission. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Drop-in arts and craft session. Ages six months–5 years. FREE Watch Out Toads About Sat 30 Mar, 8–10am. Holyrood Park, 652 8150. Help the park rangers carry the toads across Holyrood’s roads to their spring breeding grounds. FREE Can a Painting Make a Sound? Sat 30 Mar, 10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm & 3pm. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. An intriguing question with lots of games and activities for families to figure out the answer. Ages 5+. Highland Storypanels – Children’s Workshop Sat 30 Mar, 2–3pm. £4. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Hear some tales and create a hanging. Ages 4+. Journey through Time to the Enchanted Land of the Harps Tue 2 & Wed 3 Apr, 10–11.15am & 2–3.15pm. £9 per child; accompanying adult free. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mystery walk through the centre to discover rhymes and riddles that lead to the magical harp. Ages 5–8 from 10am and 9–14 from 2pm. FREE April Fools! Wed 3–Sat 6 Apr, 2pm & 3pm. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Jim the Jester teaches you the ins and outs of making people laugh. Toddler Sense Fri 5 Apr, 10.30– 11am. £2 as well as zoo admission. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Games, music and animal- related activities. Ages 13 months– three years. FREE Mini Old Town Gardens Sat 6 Apr, 10.30am–12.30pm & 1.30–3.30pm. Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. Make tiny model gardens in a box. Snugglebugs Fri 12 Apr, 10.30–11.30am. £2 as well as zoo admission. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Singing, dancing and movement, followed by arts and crafts. For ages six months–5 years. FREE Portrait Detectives! Sun 14 Apr, 2–4pm. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Solve some age-old mysteries from Scottish history. Ages 4–12.
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CREATIVE FUN SLEEPOVER UNDER THE STARS Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Mar
Standing in The Great Hall at the entrance to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, you’re surrounded by, well, greatness. Busts and statues of important figures loom over you, while above your head, tiny stars cover the ceiling, reminding us of the scientific discoveries that have taken place on these shores.
It’s in this dramatic location that the first ever gallery sleepover
will take place. Aimed at families with children aged 7–11, Sleepover Under the Stars is a 14-hour adventure starting on Saturday evening and ending on Sunday morning. ‘We want it to be really special,’ says Learning Co-ordinator Meg
Faragher. ‘Most galleries don’t have an interesting, exciting space that people can sleep in where there aren’t any paintings, but we’re really lucky to have this amazing space we can use.’
Having stowed their sleeping bag and PJs on the camp beds
provided, families will take part in two workshops. One creating glow-in-the-dark artwork, the other exploring great scientists and their discoveries, through dressing up, painting and handling fossils borrowed from the Museum of Scotland. A quick ‘midnight’ snack (at about 10pm) and it’s time to climb into
bed and enjoy harp, flute and storytelling from musician Marion Kenny, including Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem Escape to Bedtime. When it’s time for lights out, those glow-in-the-dark paintings from earlier will really come into their own. With its mix of artistic and scientific workshops, and general
sleepover fun (including a hot breakfast in the Portrait Café next morning), Sleepover Under the Stars hopes to capture the imagination of everyone tucked up in a sleeping bag that night.
‘It’s a nice combination,’ Faragher concurs, ‘and it’s been great putting together the creative workshops. There’s also been a lot of organisational work behind the scenes, but we hope that people won’t see any of that, they’ll just have fun.’ To book a place visit nationalgalleries.org/sleepovers. (Kelly Apter)
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