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Sat 4 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Harrow Libraries<br />
Storytelling activities<br />
Celebrate National Storytelling week<br />
with stories and crafts at your local<br />
library. Sessions include Princess and<br />
the Dragon at Gayton Library, Winter<br />
Tales to Warm You at Pinner Library and<br />
Poetry Storytelling at Roxeth Library. All<br />
ages. <strong>Times</strong> vary - visit the library for<br />
details. Free. www.harrow.gov.uk<br />
Hounslow Libraries<br />
Poetry with Joanna Harker Shaw<br />
Join a local poet for poetry writing, book<br />
cover crafts and colouring. Meet the<br />
Witches of Aira Falls and create witches<br />
and monsters to put into your own<br />
poetry book. Ages 6+. At Brentford<br />
Library 10.30am-11.30am and at<br />
Isleworth Library 2pm-3pm. Free but<br />
booking required. www.hounslow.info<br />
Kensington Central Library, W8<br />
Harry Potter Extravaganza<br />
Experience the sorting hat ceremony,<br />
earn points for your Hogwarts house<br />
and bask in the magic with other<br />
likeminded fans. All muggles, witches<br />
and wizards are invited! All ages.<br />
1pm-4pm. Free but limited spaces.<br />
www.rbkc.gov.uk<br />
Wood End Library, UB6<br />
Jack and the Beanstalk craft<br />
What’s at the top of the beanstalk? Do<br />
you dare to find out? Make your own<br />
beanstalk to celebrate National<br />
Storytelling Week. All ages. 2pm-3pm.<br />
Free. www.ealing.gov.uk<br />
We check listings<br />
carefully but event details<br />
and prices may be subject<br />
to change. Please check<br />
with the venue.<br />
Sun 5 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
British Museum, WC1<br />
Get your tech on!<br />
Connect to the Museum in exciting,<br />
new ways using wearable technology.<br />
Ages 7+. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Last<br />
admission to borrow a device is 3.15pm<br />
(A passport, national ID or driver’s<br />
licence is required as a deposit).<br />
Free. www.britishmuseum.org<br />
V&A Museum, SW7<br />
Cabinets of Curiosities for 40<strong>17</strong><br />
Explore the Museum to discover curious<br />
treasures. What will choose to collect<br />
and keep in the future? Select and<br />
collect objects and artworks to create<br />
your own Cabinet of Curiosities for<br />
40<strong>17</strong>. All ages. Drop-in: 10.30am-5pm.<br />
Free. www.vam.ac.uk<br />
Thu 9 - Sun 19 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Southbank Centre, SE1<br />
Imagine Children’s Festival<br />
11 days of children’s theatre, literature,<br />
music, creative workshops and more.<br />
Uncover the magic of storytelling<br />
through pictures with Chris Riddell or<br />
listen to the popular rhyming stories of<br />
Julia Donaldson with a double-bill<br />
of The Gruffalo & Room on the Broom.<br />
Full programme available online.<br />
www.southbankcentre.co.uk<br />
Sat 11 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Institute Français, SW7<br />
Book Swap<br />
Calling all book worms! Enjoy an<br />
afternoon of book swapping, fun and<br />
special crafty activities, including an<br />
origami workshop at 2.30pm. Ages 6+.<br />
Drop-in, from 12noon. Free.<br />
www.institut-francais.org.uk<br />
Royal Institution, W1<br />
Family Fun Day: Supercharged<br />
An action-packed day of talks,<br />
demonstrations and experiments that<br />
explore the exciting supercharged<br />
world of energy. All ages. 11am-4pm.<br />
Charges apply, booking recommended.<br />
www.rigb.org<br />
Serpentine Gallery, W2<br />
Winter Family Day<br />
Work with artists to construct a<br />
temporary studio that will change and<br />
grow over the afternoon. All ages.<br />
Drop-in: 1pm-5pm. Free.<br />
www.serpentinegalleries.org<br />
Sat 11 & Sun 12 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Tate Britain, SW1<br />
BP Family Festival: Play the<br />
Gallery<br />
Tate Britain will be transformed into<br />
a place of play through games, music<br />
and movement, with artist-led activities,<br />
creative workshops and more.<br />
All ages. Drop-in: 11am-4pm. Free.<br />
www.tate.org.uk<br />
Sat 11 - Fri <strong>17</strong> <strong>Feb</strong><br />
WWT <strong>London</strong> Wetland<br />
Centre, SW13<br />
Owl Pellet Workshops<br />
Owls are amazing animals that swallow<br />
their prey whole and as not all of the<br />
animal can be digested; part of it is<br />
regurgitated in the form of a pellet. Find<br />
out what owls eat by identifying the<br />
bones within a pellet. You might even be<br />
able to reconstruct a skeleton found<br />
inside it! Ages 5+. Drop-in: 9.30am-<br />
4.30pm. Charges apply.<br />
www.wwt.org.uk<br />
Sat 11 - Sun 19 <strong>Feb</strong><br />
Hampton Court Palace, KT8<br />
Palace Adventures<br />
Discover the stories of Hampton Court<br />
Palace by taking part in a fun filled,<br />
palace adventure. Meet characters,<br />
solve puzzles and create your own piece<br />
of the past. Ages 5-11. Drop-in:<br />
11am-3pm. Admission charges apply.<br />
www.hrp.org.uk<br />
<strong>London</strong> Museum of<br />
Water and Steam, TW8<br />
Spectacular Science<br />
Take part in special science family<br />
activities as well as seeing the railway in<br />
steam! Plus enjoy the Spectacular Mad<br />
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