JVL - Inspire to Inspire - Dive Into Movement: A Family Splash Workshop!
Get ready to ‘make waves’ with Dancing Strong Movement Lab as they invite your family to a captivating movement workshop inspired by their recent project, SPLASH!
Get ready to ‘make waves’ with Dancing Strong Movement Lab as they invite your family to a captivating movement workshop inspired by their recent project, SPLASH!
Gallery exploration and sensory play for babies and their grown-ups.
A new workshop to introduce our tiniest visitors (and their grown-ups) to sculpture! Join us for a relaxed tour of the galleries to explore our exhibition Fragment and Form, then head upstairs to our Studio for a sensory play session.
Babies can explore objects and textures related to the exhibition, while the grown-ups can take part in some gentle making, with a cup of tea and chance to chat.
Tuffy T-Rex’s family are loud, clumsy and well a little bit annoying. She wishes that they would just act like all the other Dinos!
So when Tuffy wants to dance at the Dinosaur Disco what will her unique and special family do then?!
Come along with your Dinosaur loving tots and bring your stomping feet!
Family Story Play Sessions suitable for ages 1-5. A perfect multi-sensory introduction to the world of storytelling. Sibling discounts available.
Together we’ll be:
Weaver Whitewash and his cat Midnight are a grumpy pair. They don’t like ANYTHING colourful. So when the circus arrives in their town full of colour, they decide to put their colour catchers to good use and stop the show!! 🎪
Family Story Play Sessions suitable for ages 1-5. A perfect multi-sensory introduction to the world of storytelling. Sibling discounts available.
Together we’ll be:
Singing
Dancing
Popping Bubbles
Meeting the Puppet
Learning the Word of the Week
Interactive Storytelling
Playing Drama Games
Make unforgettable memories this summer at Swithens Farm, open daily until 31st August!
For just £11 per person*, dive into a full day of fun!
Jump on an exciting tractor ride around the farm
Bottle-feed cute lambs and calves
Meet plenty of animals including cheeky piglets, inquisitive meerkats and friendly donkeys
Explore the fantastic outdoor play areas, including a beach area with slides and swings, ride on tractors for the little ones, and a thrilling zip wire
Come along to Central Court this holiday where you'll find an artist Studio all about mysterious imagined characters.
Explore painter Lynette Yiadom Boakye's way of working, make portraits of your own, and enjoy where the process takes you and who appears.
Suitable for 6+yrs
As part of The Great LS6 Bear Hunt, we are delighted to host a Teddy Bears’ Picnic at the Headingley Bear Pit! Bring your teddy bears, picnic blankets, and snacks, and enjoy a relaxed afternoon in the Bear Pit gardens. Families can take part in:
Bear-themed storytelling
Wildflower seed throwing
A bear themed scavenger hunt
Teddy bear repair station
Entry: Drop-in | Pay What You Can (registration required)
Join professional storyteller Stories with Liv and harpist Niamh Flynn from Made with Music for an interactive, musical retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk. This immersive experience invites families to sing, move and play along as the classic tale comes to life.
Looking for free, family creative fun this August? Join artist Zoe Spowage and Yorkshire Contemporary in Cross Flatts Park every Wednesday and Thursday this August, 11am to 2pm for Paint Maze!
Let’s Paint • Build • Play
Free hot drinks courtesy of Origin Coffee Roasters. All ages welcome and no need to book. Please dress for the weather and for messy activities
For further information, please see the link here - https://yorkshirecontemporary.org/event/cross-flatts-park/
This August head to Wellington Place to enjoy our Family Fun Weekender!
On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August, Wellington Place is transforming into a mini festival of fun for families. Think colourful crafts, tasty street food, and dancing in headphones under the sun.
Let the kids explore their creativity at The PLAY Tent, full of open-ended, hands-on play
Free face painting
Fun for all ages at our silent disco
Grab a bite from some of Leeds’ best street food traders
Dates: Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August
Time: 10am – 4pm