what's on where Homeward Bound - Beautiful Baskets The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and learn how to weave your own colourful basket using paper cups, lollipop sticks and wool. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 10 Aug Orienteering Hillfield Park B91 4UJ www.octavian-droobers.org 6:00pm-7:30pm Try the outdoor adventure navigation sport of orienteering with the local club, Octavian Droobers? There will be courses from 1Km to 6Km, easy to advanced, to suit all abilities and ages from 5 to 85! A large scale map and electronic timer is also provided – bring a compass if you have one. Adult £4, juniors free, plus £1 for the hire of a timer. T: 01926 632189. Treasure 20’ Hunt Market Hall Museum CV34 4SA heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk 10:00am-3:00pm Celebrating 20 years of the Treasure Act, help celebrate ‘Treasure 20’ by hunting for the treasures in the collections within the museum and make some to take home with you. Child £2.50, who must be accompanied by an adult. T: 01926 412500 Homeward Bound - Fearsome Fires The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and make a pretend campfire to add the illusion of warmth and light to your bedroom. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 Have A Hoot War Memorial Park Education Room CV3 6PT www.coventry.gov.uk 1:30pm-3:00pm Join the Education Team to paint an owl ceramic plate and other owls friends to take home. Tickets £3.50. T: 024 7678 6280 11 Aug Wildlife Watch - Find A Frog Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am Ever wonder what lives in the pond with the frogs and the toads? Come along and find out as you go dipping for frogs and more. Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Wildlife Watch - Looking Underground Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 12:00noon-1:00pm Look at everything that goes on underground and why. Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Homeward Bound - Fabulous Fish The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and get creative and make a colourful fish shaped sun catcher to hang by your window, using bottles and tissue paper. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 Nature Tots - Brilliant Bugs The Parkridge Centre B91 3HW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-12:00noon or 1:30pm-3:00pm Nature Tots aims to encourage an early interest in wildlife. Sessions start with fifteen minutes of fun free play and then outside for activities based on the theme, before returning to the centre to make an amazing craft you can take home. Suitable for ages 2-4. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential T: 024 7630 8999 Tree-mendous Toys War Memorial Park Education Room CV3 6PT www.coventry.gov.uk 1:30pm-3:00pm Join the Education Team to decorate traditional wooden toys to take home. Tickets £3.50. T: 024 7678 6280 12 Aug Wild Art Bubbenhall Wood Car Park CV8 3BJ www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-12:00noon A short walk with binoculars and a seasonal spotting sheet to see what things you can find. Complete the challenge to create a gigantic picture made only with natural materials? Can you paint with mud? Make a seasonal collage craft to take home. Suitable for accompanied children aged 4+. Booking essential. T: 02476 302912 Coventry Car & Motorcycle Day FREE EVENT Coventry Transport Museum CV1 1JD www.transport-museum.com Celebrate Coventry’s astonishing automotive and motorcycling achievements. Cars and Motorcycles that were designed and built in Coventry gather together for a day’s celebration. Marques including Jaguar, Daimler, Standard, Triumph, Alvis, Maudslay, Humber, Hillman, Sunbeam and Rover will make it a day to remember. T: 024 7623 4270 Homeward Bound - Brilliant Beards The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Beards are back in fashion, but it was the Vikings who started the trend. Drop in and fashion your own beard using wool and fabric and then parade yourself through our Fearsome Craftsmen exhibition to feel at home with your new look. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 12 – 13 Aug Hands On History - Medieval Kenilworth Castle CV8 1NE www.english-heritage.org.uk 11:00am-5:00pm See event details. 24 - 30 July. T: 0370 3331183 13 Aug Wind In The Willows Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Gardens CV37 9HH www.shakespeare.org.uk 2:00pm-5:00pm Pack your picnics and join the boat-loving Ratty, the sensible yet curious Mole, wise old Badger and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime culminating in a colourful battle with the sly weasel to save Toad Hall! Eye-catching costumes and toe-tapping music. Adult £13.20, Child £11 (Under 3’s go free) T: 01789 292100 Felt For Inspiration Charlecote Wellesbourne CV35 9ER www.nationaltrust.org.uk 1:00pm-3:30pm <strong>Warwickshire</strong> artist, Ursula Westwood will teach you how to make a felted scene, felted beads for a necklace or how to needle felt. Come and see how many uses a fleece can be put to. Images for inspiration can be supplied but bring your imagination along with you too. Adult £20, Child £10. Normal admission charges apply. Booking essential. T: 01789 470277 National Trust Twelfth Night - Outdoor Theatre Charlecote Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9ER www.nationaltrust.org.uk 7:00pm-9:15pm Five actors (The Three Inch Fools), with all manner of instruments, present an inventive take on Shakespeare’s rib-tickling good comedy of old-fashioned trickery and mistaken identity. Bring a picnic and blanket. Adult £14, Child £12.50. Booking essential. T: 01789 470277 Open Day FREE ENTRY Electric Railway Museum CV3 6DZ electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk 10:30am-4:30pm Historical locomotives along with interactive museum displays on electricity or you can take a ride on the miniature railway before visiting the museum’s gift and bric-a-brac shops. Craft train with a textile exhibition and craft demonstration. Lots for children to do with events and quizzes. 14 Aug Wildlife Watch - Den Building Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 12:00noon-1:00pm Discover how to make your very own shelter in the woods, will you be able to make it waterproof, using just what you find in the woods? Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Wildlife Watch - Nature’s Nightlife Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am What happens on the reserve at night, find out more about secret night time friends. Suitable for children aged 6+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Myth Makers - Daring Dragons The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Do you dare to make a dragon as fearsome as the Vikings believed them to be? Drop in and construct your own daring dragon to fly around the museum with you. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 15 Aug Myth Makers - Odin’s Spear The Herbert Gallery CV1 5QP www.theherbert.org 10:30am-3:30pm Drop in and make your own spear that will give you the power of Odin, the ruler of the Viking gods. Cost £2. T: 024 7623 7521 16 Aug Wildlife Watch - A Night Time Adventure Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve CV3 3GW www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk 10:30am-11:30am Find out all about the animals that come out at night. How they find each other and what they like to eat. Suitable for children aged 4+. Child £3.50 with one FREE accompanying adult. Booking essential. T: 024 7630 2912 Mad About Music! FREE ENTRY Meriden Park B37 5SH www.solihull.gov.uk 11:00am-3:00pm Dress up as your favourite pop star for a chance to win the fancy dress competition and take part in the music themed treasure trail. Dance along with the resident DJ and take part in music -themed games! Make your own tambourine in the craft activity, Punch and Judy shows, face painting, rides and much more! 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