Ten Arty Things to Do in London – Easter Holidays 2015

Sunday 29th March 2015, 1pm – 4pm

Inspired by the current Women Fashion Power exhibition, take a step back to the 80’s and create your own customised fashion accessories.

Drop-in session. No bookings taken

Free with museum entry, materials provided. For children aged 5–11.

For details go to Design Museum website

Tuesday 31st March, Friday 3rd April & Saturday 4th April, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm

FREE

How did the Victorians celebrate Easter? Take some inspiration from our Victorian hat shop and make some handsome headwear to take home. Suggested ages: 5+

For details and to see more events go to Museum of London website

National Portrait Gallery
Monday 6th April, 11:30am -1pm

FREE

Artists often use props in portraits to reveal more about the sitter – what they do and what they like. Join a creative team to create your own props from dazzling crowns to heroic helmets.

Suitable for ages 5+. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

For details and to see more events go to NPG website

Tuesday 7 April, 11 – 3pm

FREE – No need to book

This Easter take inspiration from one of Sir John Soane’s most famous buildings, The Bank of England, and design your own classically inspired photo frames.

Pediments, capitals, columns and more, collect classical features to help create stunning 3D frames. Come along and put yourself in the frame at the fun family workshop.

Suitable for children aged 6 – 11 years. Pop in any time and have fun creating up a storm in the dedicated Art Room.

For more details go to the Soane Museum website

Wednesday 8th April & Thursday 9th April 10.30am

FREE

Do you think your homework takes ages? Hear from a medieval monk the extraordinary dedication that went into creating Roman and Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. 

Age 5-14 Booking advisable

For details go to Two Temple Place website

Friday 10th April

FREE

Herby Headwear 10.30am – 12.30pm and 2 – 4pm – for ages 5 and over

Create a colourful springtime hat and adorn it with herbs from the Geffrye gardens.

Marvellous Mini Garden Plaques 2 – 4pm – for ages 8 and over

Make a relief sculpture inspired by the Geffrye gardens using clay and plaster.

Spring-time T-shirts 2 – 4pm – for ages 11 and over

Design and print a sensational spring-inspired t-shirt.

Garden Activity Cart 2 – 4.30pm – for all ages

Come and try out our new activity cart activities around our beautiful back gardens.

For details and to see more events go to the Geffrye Museum website

Sat 28 March 2015 – Sun 12 April 2015

11.30am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 4pm

FREE

Find out about fashion of the 1940s and get inspired to design your own bold and colourful scarf to take home. This activity is inspired by items in the Imperial War Museum’s current Fashion on the Ration exhibition. Uniforms and patriotic fashions of the Second World War were an essential part of the war effort and had to be durable but could also be stylish, with scarf designs featuring anything from propaganda slogans and cartoons to bright colours and patterns. Suitable for ages 11 and above with parental supervision.

For more details go to Imperial War Museum website

Thursday 16 April, 2.30pm — 5pm

£10 adults / £5 children 11+ years

Come along with your tweens and teens and learn how to draw from life as a family, in the historic Life Room in the RA Schools. The subject will be a clothed life model. Please note that this workshop is suitable for families with children aged 11 and older. Meet at the Learning Desk at 2.15pm. Pre-booking essential.

For details and to see more events go to Royal Academy website

Thursday 16th April & Friday 17th April
FREE

Modelling myths: the body in ancient Greece 11am

Easter activity / Great Court

Little feet: go Greek 11am

Workshop / Great Court

For more details and to see more events go to British Museum website