Monday 13 July

Get up and go!
Take part in free activities for all the family with Leicester's children, young people centres
- 10am to 12noon at St Matthews
- 1pm to 3pm at:
Maracas making
Read to the Beat and craft your own Maracas!
- 1pm to 3.30pm at Evington Library
- Booking required
- Age 5+
Who stole my hammer?
A storytelling theatre piece for children, Sail away with Myth-fits and hear how Thor, the God of Thunder, had to dress up as a beautiful bride to fool his enemies and save his friends
- 2pm to 3pm at Beaumont Leys Library
- Booking required
- Ages 4+

Tuesday 14 July

Get up and go!
- 10am to 12noon at Bewcastle
Leicester Cathedral summer activities
Enjoy free craft activities and family fun with a different theme each week.
- 10.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 4pm at Leicester Cathedral
Make music from space materials
Make music from Space materials with the National Space Centre, and create a collaborative space sound performance!
- Sessions run between 1.30pm and 4pm at St Matthews Library
- Booking required
- Ages 7+

Dino adventure day
Come on a dino adventure with us at Newarke Houses Museum. Kids can make their own explorer’s hat and a hatching dinosaur egg. Follow the trail around the gardens to find all the dinosaur pictures. Then take your photo next to our time travelling grandfather clock.
- 12noon to 3pm at Newarke Houses
- Craft activities - £4 per child pre-booked online, or £5 at the door
Festival banners
We love the art work you see at festivals – decorate your own banner with your imaginary band or maybe your name and hang it up at home (suitable for ages 5+). Colouring activities for under 5’s also available.
- 1pm to 3pm at Central Library
Get up and go!
- 1pm to 3pm at Beaumont Leys
Make music from space materials
- Sessions run between 1.30pm and 4pm at Beaumont Leys Library
- Booking required
- Ages 7+

Get up and go!
- 10am to 12noon at: Netherhall
- 1pm to 3pm at:
  - Belgrave
  - Highfields
  - New Parks
Leicester Cathedral summer activities
- 10.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 4pm at Leicester Cathedral
Make music from space materials
- Sessions run between 1.30pm and 4pm at New Parks Library
- Booking required
- Ages 7+

Get up and go!
- 10am to 12noon at:
  - Braunstone Grove
  - Eyres Monsell
Make music from space materials
- Sessions run between 1.30pm and 4pm at Hamilton Library
- Booking required
- Ages 7+

Read to the beat - dance workshop
Dance sessions inspired by the Summer Reading Challenge theme, Read to the Beat. Bring your dancing feet, make new moves and find your rhythm at these free, fun sessions for children.
- Sessions between 11.30am and 2.30pm at Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre
- Booking required
- Ages 6 to 11

Pursued by a bear! Kids fun craft day
Shakespeare's plays were performed at Leicester Guildhall. Bring the kids to join in our craft event, inspired by some of Shakespeare's famous characters. Make a donkey ears hat, a fairy wand and bear game, and find the pictures in our Shakespeare plays trail around the museum.
- 12noon to 3pm at Leicester Guildhall
- Booking required - £4 Advance online for each participating child