SCHOOLSPRINGHOLIDAY Fun Guide SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBERSUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2022
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2022
The program is a collection of activities, events and exhibitions for children 3 -16 years, delivered by Central Geelong businesses and the City of Greater Geelong. All activities will follow the Victorian State Government’s COVID Safe directions. Participants are reminded to follow the latest Victorian health advice regarding mask wearing, maintaining physical distancing, hygiene practices, staying at home if unwell and being COVID-19 aware. So, what are you waiting for? Start planning your Spring School Holidays!
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Welcome to the Spring edition of the Love Central Geelong Fun Guide! This is your guide to all the best activities happening over the Spring School Holidays in Central Geelong – Saturday 17 SeptemberSunday 2 October 2022.
SCHOOLSPRINGHOLIDAY Fun Guide SEPTEMBER
SATURDAY 17
Market Square Shopping Centre, Bloom Room
See each activity for links and directions on how to book. Events and bookings are subject to change. Places are limited and capacity numbers will vary for each activity. Please contact the activity provider for further information or details about your booking. We will endeavour to update our website as soon as possible should circumstances
BOOKINGS
change.Foralist of specials and discounts from participating Central Geelong businesses, visit centralgeelong.com.au
Make your very own wind chime or sun catcher, perfect for the garden.
WHERE 111 - 113 Little Malop Street COST Free. Bookings not required.
WHEN Thursday 28 September Friday 29 September 11am - 1pm
WIND CHIME/SUN CATCHER
WHEN Wednesday 28 September 10am - 1pm
These activities involve the use of low heat hot glue guns. Parents are required to assist their child during this activity.
3, 2, 1.. take off! Create your very own pair of fairy wings or jet packs to take flight to your favourite destination these Spring School Holidays.
LOVE CENTRAL GEELONG ACTIVITIES
“TAKE FLIGHT” - WEARABLE CRAFT
For a full schedule of performances on the Little Malop Central stage, please check www.centralgeelong.com.au or keep an eye on Love Central Geelong social media!
HAZY TALES CLAY PINCH POT ANIMALS
It’s time to get your hands messy! Learn how to create a pinch pot bowl or cup out of clay and turn it into an animal with Sally Hobson from Hazy Tales.
ON-STREET ENTERTAINMENT
WHEN Wednesday 21 September 10am - 1pm
WHERE 111– 113 Little Malop Street COST Free. Bookings essential. Visit: bit.ly/LCGClaypinchpot
URBAN UPCYCLE
Enjoy Love Central Geelong’s street entertainment program, featuring creative and quirky street performers, including singers, dancers, musicians, poets, circus performers, hula hoopers & more!
WHERE Centrepoint Arcade 132 Little Malop Street, Geelong COST Free. Bookings not required.
4/8 Eastern Beach Rd
COST Free. Bookings essential. Visit: bit.ly/LCGspringstilts
COST Free.
Whilst you create your own pair of stilts, enjoy being serenaded by Lucy Riddett and her piano accordion.
WHEN Thursday 29 September | 11am - 12pm
WHERE Customs Lawn
WHEN Wednesday 21 September & Thursday 29 September
4/8 Eastern Beach Rd
11am - 12pm
Learn how to build and walk on your very own pair of stilts. This workshop involves making and walking on your own handmade pair of stilts where all participants can take their stilts home afterwards. Suitable for children aged 5-9 years old.
LUCY RIDDETT
WHERE Customs Lawn
SPRING STILT WALKING WORKSHOP WITH NIC DACOMB
Create your very own chocolate pizza, thanks to Freckleberry Chocolate Factory.
1 Eastern Beach Road
BEE & LADYBIRD WINGS
Thursday 29 - Sunday 2 October 10am - 3pm
WESTFIELD GEELONG X FRECKLEBERRY CHOCOLATE LAB
Buzz on into The Carousel and transform into a Springtime creature, creating your own wearable bee or ladybird wings.
WHEN Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 September
11am - 1pm COST Free. Bookings not required.
Get in the spirit of Springtime at The Carousel and create a hat with fanciful flair and flowers!
WHEN Tuesday 20 September
WHEN Tuesday 27 September
FLOWER HATS
WESTFIELD GEELONG
THE WHERECAROUSEL
WHERE Malop Street, Centre Court Ground Level
11am - 1pm COST Free. Bookings not required.
COST Free and exclusive to Westfield Plus members. Bookings not required.
WHEN Wednesday 21 September 12.30pm - 2.30pm
KIDS PAINT YOUR PET CLASS
WHEN Friday 30 September 12.30pm - 2.30pm
WHEN Thursday 22 September 12.30pm - 2.30pm COST $55. Bookings essential.
COST $41.42
Visit www.brushnbubbles.com
WHERE 7 James
Join our interactive Slime Party! This class includes hands on fun making Fluffy Slime and Glitter Slime along with four other experiments including Volcano Eruption, Lava Lamps, Rainbow Skittle Madness and Diet Coke and Mentos Explosion PLUS there will be time for Balloon Twisting too! A seriously fun afternoon for the kids to enjoy over their school holidays. Designed for children 5yrs and over.
BRUSH & BUBBLES
SOLDStreetOUT!
KIDS INTERACTIVE SCIENCE CLASS
Children will enjoy the afternoon painting their furry friend which can be cherished for years to come. To assist with the portrait, we encourage parents to email us a picture of the pet that they would like to paint so our talented artists can assist with the outline before the class. Don’t have a pet? No worries! Just bring a picture of your favourite animal to paint throughout the afternoon.
Each child will receive their own lab jacket upcon arrival before learning a bunch of cool experiments such as Volcano Eruption, Lava Lamps, Magic Milk, Rainbow Skittle Madness, Crazy Ooze and Diet Coke & Mentos Explosion, Kinetic Sand, Instant Snow and Giant Bubbles PLUS Balloon Twisting to finish off this jam packed fun afternoon! Designed for children 5yrs and over.
KIDS SLIME MAKING
PARRWANG COMMUNITY ARTS THIS IS ME YOUNGER PEOPLE ANIMATION WORKSHOPS
GEELONG ARTS CENTRE
Capacity in Studio 4 is limited – get in quick!
This Is Me invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from across the region to engage in three amazing days of workshops focused on storytelling, scriptwriting, character creation and performance under the guidance of Creative Directors from Geelong’s only animation studio, Pillowfort Creative and Kiri Tawhai.
There are two age-based sessions available: one for Young Animators (children aged 7-12) and one for Teen Animators (children aged 13-17).
Parrwang Youth Arts Artwork by Nathan Patterson
WHEN Tuesday 27 - Thursday 29 September 11am - 3pm each day COST Free. Bookings essential.
Visit www.geelongartscentre.org.au to find out more
WHERE 81 Ryrie Street
No previous animation experience is required, and lunch will be provided for participants each day.
WHERE 51 McKillop Street
MoPA™ is founded on the belief that more play and creativity will paint a brighter future. MoPA exhibits and activities are crafted to provide rich opportunities for play-based learning and creative Forexploration.children aged 1 - 7 years old.
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WHERE 194 – 200 Ryrie Street
Vjunior features a dedicated play area in cinema, that is specifically designed for kids. Now open at Village Cinemas Geelong.
WH EN 9am - 5pm, 7 days a week!
COST Various. www.museumofplayandart.com.auVisittobook.
MUSE UM OF PLAY & ART (M o PA)
Geelong’s first cinema for kids! Vjunior combines two things that kids love - movies and play.
COST Visit villagecinemas.com.au to book.
VILLAGE
Enjoy Central Geelong’s most loved playgrounds and parks. View our full list here: centralgeelong.com.au/parks
WHEN Saturday 17 September 10am - 3pm COST Free with entry.
150 Years of the Dennys Lascelles Woolstore – opening 16 September.
Experience award winning galleries, inspiring exhibitions, and fun activities at Geelong’s Own Museum. Help the Museum recognise the 150 Year Anniversary of the Dennys Lascelles Woolstore, the home of the National Wool Museum, by visiting the interactive Bluestone exhibition.
Bluestone:sheep!
WHEN 10am - 3pm daily.
COST Tickets at the door and includes access to all gallery spaces.
NATIONAL WOOL MUSEUM
Visit www.nwm.vic.gov.au for details. WHERE 26 Moorabool Street
BLUESTONE: 150 YEARS OF THE DENNYS LASCELLES BUILDING - LIVE DRAWING WITH LEWIS BROWNLIE
Learn about the history of Geelong through storytelling by those who walks these halls and street before us, then engage in some fun creative activities, watch live drawing, or just type messages to your friends on a vintage typewriter. History is fun!
ON THE LAND: OUR STORY RETOLD
Don’t miss the award-winning gallery On the Land: Our Story Retold which tells the story of people and places and our impact on the land. Suitable for the entire family, the exhibition is contemporary and interactive, encouraging curiosity about the environment, farming, the regions traditional owners and
Participants will use story writing techniques to draft a story based on the topic ‘a world without rubbish’. Create a cardboard puppet theatre to put on a show for their grownups and the group.
GEELONG LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTRE
What sort of world is your future self going to be living in? Record a message to your future self using iMovie, greenscreen and ring lights about your hopes, fears and goals for the future!
WHE N Wednesday 21 September | 2pm
WHEN Tuesday 20 September | 2:30pm Thursday 29 September | 2pm
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre has a range of FREE activities available for all ages. Head to bit.ly/GLHC_School-Holidays to book!
This session encourages children to be more inclusive by introducing them to Auslan, the language used by the Deaf community. Learn basic signs and practice communicating without verbal speech playing the game ‘Hot and Cold’.
WHEN Friday 30 September 2pm
FUTURISTIC DESIGNS
WHERE 51 Little Malop Street
Do you dream of a better future? Well, here’s your chance to design your own futuristic inventions that will help make the world a better place! Using Canva, create your own advertisement.
RECYCLED INSTRUMENT JAM SESSION
Let’s make music! Make an instrument and play it, using supplies you may have at home!
Ages: 5+ years.
FUTURE CITIES
MESSAGE TO MY FUTURE SELF
WHEN Monday 19 September | 2pm Thursday 29 September | 10.30am
WHEN Monday 26 September | 2pm
WH EN Monday 22 September | 10.30am Tuesday 30 September | 10.30am
Ages: 12+ years.
Bookings essential. Visit the website to check the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre events and to make bookings www.grlc.vic.gov.au
WORLD WITHOUT RUBBISH: A PRODUCTION
Ages: 8+ years
Ages: 12+ years.
AUSLAN TOGETHER
Participants will use story writing techniques to draft a story based on the topic ‘a world without rubbish’. Create a cardboard puppet theatre to put on a show for their grownups and the group. Ages: 8+ years.
Ages: 5+ years.
Join us for a fun adventure through the Gallery and explore different prints currently on display followed by an art making activity — creating your own print to take Suitablehome.forages 3 to 5 years.
BOOK Essential. Children must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.
Join us for a fun printmaking workshop with a twist exploring works currently on display — discover how artists apply different printmaking techniques to explore ideas in their work.
WHEN Tuesday 27 September 10.15am - 10.45am COST $5
Visit www.geelonggallery.org.au/whatson for details.
BOOK Essential. Children must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.
WHERE 55 Little Malop Street
Explore works on display in the Gallery by artists including Barbara Brash, Brook Andrew, Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme. Roll up your sleeves for an art making activity—creating your unique print to take Suitablehome.for ages 5 to 10 years.
EYE SPY ART PRINTMAKINGADVENTURES—
BOOK Essential. Children must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.
WHEN Wednesday 28 September 10.30am - 11.30am COST $5
EYE SPY ART ADVENTURES FOR WEE ONES—PRINTMAKING
Suitable for ages 10 to 12 years.
Eye Spy for wee ones, Geelong Gallery 2021.
PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES
GEELONG GALLERY
Photographer: Hails & Shine
WHEN Thursday 29 September 10.30am - 11.30am COST $5
WHEN Friday 30 September and Saturday 1 October 10am - 2pm COST Free. Children must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.
BUILD A SPRING GARDEN
TOYWORLD’S LEGO MAKE AND TAKE DAYS
WHERE Corner of Moorabool & Malop St BLOOM ROOM
WHEN Monday 19 SeptemberFriday 30 September 10am - 1pm COST Free. Bookings essential. Visit the Market Square Facebook page for more information.
MARKET SQUARE SHOPPING CENTRE
You’re invited to take part in the fun at our Lego Fun days located at Centre Court. This event is about unlocking your imagination and creativity by using the lego bricks provided to build something extraordinary.
Build a Spring Garden using interconnection Blooms.
WHEN Monday 19 September – Thursday 29 September TIMES During trading hours. COST Free.
Celebrate Spring at Market Square these school holidays and join us for a Bloomtiful 30 minute sensory experience in the Bloom Room.
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