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Creative garden play
Water
Plastic water bottle guns – use old squeezy detergent bottles for squirty fun.
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Water balloon pinata - make with balloons, water, string and a stick.
DIY Slip n Slide - spread out a long tarp and apply hose for slippery, slidy fun. Ice play – freeze water overnight in empty cartons for building, sculpting and slipping.
Mix & stir
Leaf tea – infuse a variety of leaves from the garden in an old teapot or saucepan. Cappuccino – help them carefully froth a muddy watery mix with a whisk.
Mud ice creams – use ice cream cones, dirt and flowers for decoration.
Garden perfume – using sealable bottles, add water and best smelling flowers and herbs.
Make a cheap & easy mud kitchen
Sand & mud
Mobile mud patch – convert your wheelbarrow into a mud pit. Natural sand pit – dig a shallow hole. Line using plastic with rock edging. Add sand.
Sand wall – attach old, upsidedown cartons and bottles with ends removed for pouring sand. Muddy car wash – get the toy cars really muddy, then wash them in a soapy water bucket.
Creative garden
Small world garden play –connect with the natural world with these imagination zones. Soil art – use an ancient method to make paint from the garden. Paint a mural – let imaginations flow using a washable chalk paint recipe.
Ice excavation – freeze interesting items inside blocks of ice for your children to release.
Make seed bombs
Transform an old chest of drawers into a kid’s kitchen using household junk.
Two simple ways to spread colour and biodiversity in your garden.
What’s on
All listings are correct at the time of publication. Please check with the venue before you visit in case anything has changed.
Every Wednesday
Bop With Bella dance class
Bowdon Prep School
Bella is the lovely mascot and runs a dance class for toddlers (2-3yrs) on Wednesdays from 11:3511:45am. These interactive classes are often built around a theme or story to bring the session to life.
Until 21 May
Easter Adventures
Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey’s Easter adventures have been extended due to popular demand! Celebrate historical connections with pets and animals, and enjoy an active day out in nature.
12-15 May
Segway Experience
Tatton Park
Try a Segway experience, environmentally friendly, fun-filled machines create a fantastic day out. 9am –6pm. £20-£30 pp.
14 May
Discover Tree Climbing
Capesthorne Hall
Why not come and experience recreational tree climbing at Capesthorne Hall. Ascend high into the canopy of a magnificent oak. Guided by friendly instructors, use our safe climbing system to climb into the unique treetop world for an unforgettable experience. Best for anyone aged 6 and above (event repeated on 4 June & 2 July).
19 May
Never Gonna Quiz You Up Arley Hall
Are you ready for some 80’s & 90’s music nostalgia? We have a quiz night at Arley in Olympia underneath the stunning clear roof marquee and hosted by DJ Tom Finkill. Starts at 7pm and is in support of the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. £25pp including artisan pizza and icecream. Booking essential, call 01565 777353.
20 & 21 May
Mummies
Storyhouse Cinema, Chester
Mummies is a fun family animated adventure that follows three Egyptian mummies who accidentally enter the modern world.
25–28 May
Little Shop Of Horrors
Buxton Opera House
A Musical Comedy With Bite. Age guidance 12+.
26-29 May
Flower Festival
Manchester City Centre
With fabulous floral installations, outdoor dining, live music and entertainment, you’re in for a bloomin’ amazing long weekend in Manchester.
26 May-6 June
Whit Funfair Heaton Park
There will be a fabulous selection of family rides and attractions to suit all the family. Open from 12pm to 8pm.
27 May–4 June
May Half Term: Sow Awesome RHS Garden Bridgewater
The garden is literally bursting with life so there’s no better time to learn how to grow your own! Discover how fun and easy it is to plant and harvest vegetables and learn more about where our food comes from, as a family.
1 June
Rapunzel
Brindley Theatre, Runcorn
The hair-larious half term panto adventure.
3-4 June
We Invented The Weekend Festival
MediaCity
A colourful, exciting weekend of music, theatre, sport, workshops, dancing, laughs, and more to celebrate the joy of free time, with 150,000 people anticipated to attend over the two dates.
