London Baby and Kids Weekend Guide: March 3rd and 4th
London Family learning, making and doing events
Parasol Unit, Family Workshop, Thingyscape: Sunday 2-4pm. Bring the children and design, cut, assemble and paint your own piece of clothing. £2 kids, £3 children, over 5s, booking required. Royal Academy, Family Studio, Future Worlds: Sunday 11am-3pm. Bring the kids to celebrate International Women’s Day by creating your own future utopia. Free, all ages, drop-in. Camden Arts Centre, Family Takeover: Sunday 2-4:30pm. Head to Camden and take part in a drop-in artist-led session. Free, all ages, drop-in. National Gallery Drawing Sunday: Sunday 11am-12:30 repeated 2pm-3:30pm. “Over the Hills and far Away” explore Bellotto’s landscape by making your own pop-up drawing of the world beyond the fortress of Konigstein. Free, ages 5-11, spaces allocated on arrival. V&A, Drop-in Design: Sunday 10:30-5pm. Bring the kids to create your own storybook. Free, drop-in, all ages.
Performance
Wigmore Hall Family Concert, TROUPE - The Empty Chair: Saturday 11am. A mischievous musical adventure that explores ways in which people and friendships grow and change. Soprano, piano, cello and storytelling. Adult £12, £10 children. Half Moon Theatre, Penguins, Thursday - Saturday, various times, ages 3+, tickets just £7 each. Big Fish Little Fish, Flower Power Family Rave: Saturday 2-4:30pm, The Amersham in New Cross. Take the kids to dance the afternoon away with Glastonbury rave sensation BFLF. Tickets £11. Unicorn Theatre, Othello (for the older kids) Seesaw (for the littlies). UPCOMING: West End Magic, Jamie Raven, Oliver Tabor, Alexander Wells and more … Saturday 24th 3:30, magic workshop at 12:30.
Family Cinema
Regent Street Cinema, Kino Club Films : Saturdays. This week’s screening: Coco 11:30am, just £1.75. Prince Charles Cinema: Saturday, Ponyo, tickets £8.50 kids just £4 and just off Leicester Square. BFI, Sunday 1:20, Bambi. Gate Picturehouse, Kids Club: This week’s programme:Tangled. Saturday, 10:30 am. Tickets just £1 with £4 membership, popcorn and juice £2. (best £3 you will ever spend on a rainy Saturday) Electric Cinema, Kid’s Club: This week’s feature Tales of Beatrix Potter. Saturday 9:30am. Clapham Picturehouse Tangled, Saturday 11.45am; adult/child £2 Hackney Picturehouse Tangled, Saturday at 10.30am; adult/child £2. Phoenix Cinema Kids Club Tangled, Saturday 12pm; Adult/Child £3 Ritzy Picturehouse Tangled, Saturday at 10.30am; adult/child £2.
London Baby and Toddler Events and Activities:
Royal Academy of Music Academy Tots: Friday 2nd, 10:30-11:15. Bring children aged 2-4 for an interactive discovery session where children will explore instruments and making music as a group. £5 per child, £3 per adult.
Kensington Palace, Tiny Explorers: Wednesdays 10:30-11:30 (babies not yet walking), 1-2pm and 2:30-3:30 (walkers under 4). Bring the kids for a multi-sensory play experience at the palace. Tickets just £6, but this does not include admission to the palace, just the event.
UPCOMING: Whitechapel Gallery, Crib Notes, Mark Dion: Wednesday 10am-noon. Bring the babies to a talk with Candy Stobbs through the exhibit “Theatre of the Natural World”. Free with museum entry.
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Monkey Music Chelsea and Westminster has added new baby classes: Monkey Music’s award-winning classes are perfect if you’re looking for a nurturing and stimulating musical environment for you and your baby. Each class is carefully planned to aid your baby’s cognitive, social and motor development, they’re so much fun too! Lots of mummies tell us how they have made lasting friendships from their early days at Monkey Music! Get in touch to book your spot, we hope to meet you soon. Monkey Music Chelsea and Westminster or Contact Jayne or Caroline to book a class: [email protected] call Caroline or Jayne on 208767 9827
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Royal Albert Hall, Storytelling and Music Sessions: bring children ages 0-4 to Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday for a magical experience with storytellers Paul Rubinstein, Becky Dixton and Samantha Sutherland where singing, storytelling and musical instruments are woven into one story session. £4, 11:30am
National Gallery, Welcome Wednesdays: Wednesdays 10:30-11:15. Bring children 16 months to 5 years to the National Gallery for Dance Adventures with Olivia Armstrong. Age 16 months – 5 years, tickets £5 per child.
Pimlico Toy Library: Bring the kids to the Toy Library for play sessions and toy lending. Fantastic resource for anyone in the area.
Electric Cinema, Electric Scream: Mondays 11am. This week’s feature: The Greatest Showman Sing Along. Bring babies under 12 months to this amazingly plush cinema, relax with some coffee and catch a flick. Big Scream, Ritzy Brixton: Mondays, 11am. This week A Fantastic Woman. Clapham Picturehouse, Big Scream, Thursdays 10:30; this week: Black Panther.
