If you are looking for more creative activities to do in your own time, there are over 200 ideas in our Lockdown List.
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For under 5s
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Sensory Story – Leeds City Museum
Wednesday 7 and Wednesday 14 April, 2.30-3pm
An online sensory story adventure where you make the sound effects, feel and smell parts of the story, and have fun together with other families. This month learn about polar bears and jellyfish! Recommended for ages 2-8. Find out more.
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Open Play Online – Leicester Gallery
Sunday 11 April, 11am-12.30pm
Join an Open Play Online session with Morgan and Tia. They will be going live from the gallery to deliver a clay workshop for your little ones aged 0-4. Free clay packs are available for families in Leicester(shire). Find out more.
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Play Live – The Whitworth
Monday 12 April, 10-11am and Monday 26 April, 10-11am
Join these popular live play sessions on Zoom. One is aimed at under 5s and their grown-ups, and the other at babies born during lockdown. Find out more.
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Mini Motorists – British Motor Museum
Monday 19 April, 11am
Fuel your little one’s imagination with this storytelling session. Watch the new ‘Bessie the Bus’ story and enjoy a special colouring in activity. Find out more.
For children
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The Big Museum Easter Trail: At Home – National Museum Wales | Amgueddfa Cymru
Saturday 27 March – Sunday 11 April
This family event helps you plan your own at home Easter trail. Enjoy a range of activities from making an Easter basket to baking biscuits. Find out more.
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Easter Trail – Chelsea Physic Garden
Friday 2, Sunday 4 and Monday 5 April, 11am
Join Chelsea Physic Garden for a special Easter trail around its beautiful four acre garden and receive a special chocolate treat at the end, all in line with COVID-19 safety guidance. Find out more.
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Campus of Curiosity: Spring Family Festival – The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Friday 2 – Sunday 18 April
Join this free online family festival full of campus curiosities as we celebrate nature and springtime together. Enjoy a poetry workshop, become a sound explorer and make your own 3D landscape. Find out more.
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Rewrite the Rules of Football – National Football Museum
Monday 5, Wednesday 7 and Friday 9 April
Inspired by the original FA Minute Book from 1863, the National Football Museum is inviting children and families to create their own laws of football with a series of free online craft activities this Easter. Find out more.
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Aslan and the Abbey – Westminster Abbey
Wednesday 7 – Thursday 15 April
Explore the wonderful world of Narnia in the place where author C. S. Lewis is remembered. Find out more.
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Cartoon Workshops – The Cartoon Museum
Thursday 8 – Friday 16 April
Create your own comic and learn how to draw your favourite Beano and Manga characters. Limited places available so book in advance to avoid disappointment. Find out more.
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Unicorn Day – Stirling Castle
Friday 9 April, from 10am
Celebrate Scotland’s national animal at Stirling Castle with a day of virtual activities, including a guided tour for children, puppet show, storytelling and meeting a unicorn! Find out more.
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Archive Adventures Online Family Day – National Army Museum
Friday 9 April, 11am
Discover some of the stories held in our archive, explore the world of mini-beasts and have a go at making your own creepy crawly headdress! Find out more.
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Free Family Workshop: Exquisite Corpse – Royal West of England Academy
Saturday 10 April
‘Exquisite Corpse’ was a technique used in the 1920s by artists of the Surrealist movement to generate collaborative compositions. Join this fun collage activity and enjoy games from an age when screens didn’t exist. Find out more.
For young people
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Make it Yours Workshops – National Justice Museum
Tuesday 9, 16 and 23 April, 10-11.30am
From creating a protest mask to bookbinding, the National Justice Museum is back with another great selection of Make it Yours Workshops. Find out more.
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Easter Explorers – Charles Dickens Museum
Tuesday 13 April, 4-5pm
Can’t wait for all your favourite museums to open up again? Join this virtual tour around the Charles Dickens Museum aimed at young people aged 12-16. Sessions for the whole family are also running on 5, 8 and 13 April. Find out more.