25/07/2024
Lots of events on for grown ups to take their little ones over the 6 weeks ❤️
SUMMER HOLIDAYS - 2024
Now the summer holidays have arrived, here are a few ideas of things to do with the kids which are FREE to attend:
📚 Tales in the park with National Literacy Trust in Stoke-on-Trent
📆 11am - 3pm at:
▫️Tunstall Park - Tue 30 July
▫️Longton Park - Fri 2 Aug
▫️Yeaman Street Rec - Tue 6 Aug
▫️Burslem Park - Fri 9 Aug
▫️Fenton Park - Tue 13 Aug
▫️Hanley Park - Fri 16 Aug
ℹ️ Storytelling, draw-alongs, free books, facepainting, crafts, pop-up sports, bouncy castle
🎬 Family movie at Biddulph Town Hall with Biddulph Festival 2024
📆 Thur 25 July, 11am
ℹ️ Bring your own snacks & drinks
🎡 Family fun day at Burslem park with Staffordshire Sight Loss Association
📆 Fri 26 Jul, 11-3
ℹ️ Free bouncy castle & circus workshop, giant bubbles, princesses, fire engine etc
🫧 SPACE Launch Event Hanley Park with Staffordshire Space Programme
📆 Fri 26 Jul, 11-3
ℹ️ Sports, crafts, live music, bouncy castle. Check out their website for lots of other free activities.
🪨 Rock painting at Spode Museum
📆 Sat 27 July
ℹ️ Paint a rock taking inspiration from Spode patterns. Drop in but booking advised
🧺 Picnic in the Park at Brough park, Leek
📆 Sun 28 Jul
ℹ️ Live music, fire engine, morris dancers, fun fair
🏛️The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
📆Wed 31 Jul
ℹ️ Meet Professor Bramble & Miss Nutkin along with real animals such as snakes, insects & owls
🚣 Let’s paddle with Canal and River Trust
📆 Wed 31 Jul
ℹ️ Learn to paddle at Etruria Industrial Museum, suitable for kids 7+. Booking required
🐷 See the animals at City Farm
📆 Weekends
ℹ️ Charity based in Bucknall park aiming to reopen the farm. See pigs, goats, chickens, guinea pigs etc. Feed available to buy
🪨 Rock Star Thursdays at Trentham Estate
📆 Thursdays
ℹ️ Find beautifully painted rocks and take part in free rock painting workshops in the shopping village. Rock shows at 12pm and 2pm
⛳️ Potteries putting at The Potteries Centre
📆 26 Jul - 1 Sep
ℹ️ mini golf course plus table football, giant games & colouring activities
🐦⬛ Move with nature trail at Tittesworth Water
📆 27 Jul-10 Aug
ℹ️ Nature quiz. Follow the markers around the point (grass area by visitors centre)
🐝 Summer activities at Affinity Staffordshire
▫️Wk 1 – Buzzing Bees. Meet Hey Duggee Fri 26 Jul
▫️Wk 2 – Creepy Crawlies. Meet LOL Dolls Fri 2 Aug
▫️Wk 3 – Beautiful Butterflies. Meet Bluey Fri 9 Aug
▫️Wk 4 – British Wildlife. Meet Peter Rabbit Fri 16 Aug
▫️Wk 5 – Flower Power. Meet Bing Fri 23 Aug
▫️Wk 6 – Brilliant Birds. Meet The Trolls Fri 30 Aug
ℹ️ Master the maze, characters, colouring wall, themed floors, soft play
🌳 Staffordshire Wildlife Trust including:
🐾 Wild families - drop in
▫️ Ladderidge Country Park - 23 July & 6 Aug
▫️ Palm Brook, Cheadle - 30 July
🐾 Nature crafts - drop in
▫️Biddulph library - 24 & 31 July, 14 & 28 Aug
▫️Leek library - 24 & 31 July, 14 & 28 Aug
🐾 Get Wild (suitable for 8-16 year olds) - booking required
▫️Biddulph Grange Country Park - 13, 20, 27 Aug
▫️Grindley Park, Meir Heath - 8, 15, 22, 29 Aug
▫️ Hem Heath Woods - 31 July, 7, 14, 21 Aug
☁️ Look up at National Memorial Arboretum
📆 27 Jul - 31 Aug
ℹ️ Cloudscapes, sensory boxes, crafts, children’s opera, poetry. Parking chg’s apply.
🏺Drop in crafts World of Wedgewood
📆 Wednesdays/Fridays
ℹ️ Family friendly crafts on Wednesdays & nature activities, animal talks and garden games on Fridays
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