Creative Activities for Kids and Families

Join in with artist Rachael Coward in this free video where she shows you a selection of drawing exercises. 

In this free tutorial learn about an easy printing process that you can try without any specialist equipment. With just a few bits from your recycling bin you can create beautifully textured collograp...

Join artist Rachael Coward in this introduction to monoprinting, the most basic type of printmaking that you can easily do with materials that you can find at home.

Mix & Match – The playful family hunting game

Join us for Sunday Afternoon Art and make your own grotto inspired by Alexander Pope's grotto in Twickenham.  Make textures and add them to your own mini-grotto. The activity is designed for chil...

Sunday Afternoon Art is our monthly creative activity for families with children aged 4 plus. Activities are designed for you to do together as a family. This month we have worked with poet Adam Kamme...

Women's History Month, celebrated each March, is the opportunity to celebrate and highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.

There are many different water gods and goddesses across many different cultures. In this activity we are inspired by two Nigerian goddesses, Yemaya and Orisha. Listen to Ese from Black SuperSheroes t...

This activity is about Women in history who studied botany.

What does the bassoon sound like? How many keys does it have? Why is it fun to play? Find out the answers to these questions and much more with RSNO Principal, David Hubbard, in his Beginner's Guide t...

Join us at your leisure for our creative, six-part dance series for young people: Dancing all over The Place! 

Explore tropical islands and undiscovered planets each month from your living room. Our online early years theatre offerings bring affordable, on-demand theatre and play to your home at the touch of a...

The Devonshire Educational Trust at Chatsworth have developed a range of fun and engaging family activities to encourage you to connect across generations while enjoying the health and wellbeing benef...

In these three videos, join James Carter for some fast-paced fun, as he brings poetry and music together for our very youngest audiences and their parents.

World-record holding beatboxer Testament knows a thing or two about using the human voice in inventive and awe-inspiring ways.

Dom Conlon LOVES space. He also loves poetry. This might be why he’s been called “Poet Laureate to the Moon”, and it’s definitely why he’s written his books – ...

Join hip hop artist, author, poet and beat-maker Karl Nova to hear all about his poetry and music, and enjoy a very special performance from his collection Rhythm and Poetry.

Join comic poet John Hegley for a lively performance of the poems that have made him so beloved of children and teachers alike, as he reads from his collections I Am A Poetato and My Do...

Join award winning children’s poet Joseph Coelho, as he invites you to read along from his book, Poems Aloud.

Morwenna Catt is an artist, whose crafty workshops delight children at the festival every year.