National deafblind charity Sense is calling on people to unveil their inner pompom maker as part of a new campaign to spread the word about sight and hearing problems and deafblindness.
‘The Great Sense Pompom Challenge’ aims to collect thousands of pompoms from around the UK and beyond – any colour, any material, any size. The plan is to raise awareness of sight and hearing loss by weaving…
Following the success of the LEGO Advent Calendar in 2012, LEGO has returned to Covent Garden this Christmas with the world’s first LEGO Snow Globe. Featuring miniature scenes of London at Christmas, including major landmarks and twinkling under LEGO snow, the LEGO Snow Globe will delight visitors of all ages. The LEGO Snow Globe will be installed on the West Piazza until December 22nd and is…
A few weeks ago I met up with best-selling authors, David Almond and Sally Gardner to discuss their award-winning children’s books, ‘Skellig’ and ‘Maggot Moon’. Both books celebrate the power of the child’s imagination: in ‘Skellig’, Mina learns about life through William Blake’s angels and baby blackbirds while in ‘Maggot Moon’ Standish Treadwell fights the regime with…
From Monday 18 to Sunday 24 November 2013, the Institut français in London will be staging the 16th annual South Ken Kids Festival. This year’s edition of one of the biggest children’s festivals in the UK will last a full week and feature over 50 public events including drawing duos, workshops, talks, films, live music, book signings, and more.
With a lively mix of household names such as…
Pug gives a shove to Queen’s Corgi, as ‘Frenchie’ pushes out ‘Westie’. Astronomical rise in small handbag dogs of foreign origin, such as the French Bulldog which is popular with celebrities and in the top ten for the first time. Queen’s favourite, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, one of many native breeds in decline and a further drop in 2013 likely to see it on the Kennel Club’s ‘vulnerable…
We need London Mums to roll out your rolling pins, whip out your whisk and preheat your ovens to help us raise some dough for kids in hospitals and hospices. Wallace & Gromit’s BIG Bake is between 2nd and 8th December 2013. Let’s Raise some Dough for sick children in UK Hospitals and Hospices
Whether you bake cupcakes or cheesecakes, pies or pastries, brownies or bloomers, or your own unique…
Up & Down, the magical story of a penguin who dreams of flying and the boy who tries to help him fulfil his dreams, is being brought to life on stage this autumn across six London Picturehouse venues and there are still tickets available for half term – www.gagatheatre.co.uk
The new production marries traditional theatre, including an original musical score, with an innovative use of…
This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme.
You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t just do…
From the depths of South America to Jazz and Jimi Hendrix join us this half-term to explore all things Blues.
Kids getting creative at the Hall’s Discover workshops
Learn about the fascinating Blues artists who have performed at the Hall over the years and those at this October’s BluesFest. Families will get creative by making their very own Blues Festival pack including poster making and…
This Halloween the EDF Energy London Eye brings storytelling to life, as families are invited to join the High Witch Priscilla in her quest to thwart the ghoulish Grimly Grim, voiced by family favourite Harry Enfield.
From Saturday 26th October to Saturday 2nd November 2013 the ‘Witch Academy’ will be taking on new recruits. Would-be witches will be encouraged to let their imagination soar as…