Posts Tagged ‘what to do with kids’

Children: Family Fun days at the Cartoon Museum

Second Sat of every month. Easter workshops run from 12-23 April, 10.30am-5.30pm

This fantastic museum, tucked away in the heart of Bloomsbury, has over 5,000 books and 6,000 comics displaying cartoons and hundreds of prints from all the great cartoonists from Hogarth to Ronald Searle. Every second Saturday of every month there… Continue reading

Children: go anytime to the kid’s zone at the National Army Museum

Open daily, 10am - 5.30pm

The National Army Museum, next to the Royal Hospital behind the King’s Road, is a great place if you’re shopping in Chelsea with young kids and they need a break or want to let off steam for an hour.
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Bring the children: Pollock’s Toy Museum

Open Mon - Sat, 10am - 5pm. NB: Closed bank holidays

This is a real London treasure. It’s a toy museum and shop (a brill toy shop, too) housed in two adjoining houses in Fitzrovia, one 18th Century, the other 19th. It’s not that we’re dotty about toys per se, but… Continue reading

Children: book now to Skate at Somerset House

Box office open now. Skating rink open: 22 Nov - 22 Jan 2012, 10am - 10pm. Booking pretty much essential.

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Skating at Somerset House is one of our favourite things to do around Christmas. We’ve just booked early evening slots for ourselves and various kids, and strongly recommend that you do too – the most popular slots (always when

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Children: Saturday Family Workshops at Somerset House

Every Saturday in March

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Don’t miss the wonderful children’s workshops in the Courtauld Gallery that run every Saturday this month, such as their ‘Hats Off’ workshop where they are given the opportunity to design head-dresses and hats. The sessions, which run from 2pm-3.30pm are… Continue reading