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LEGO: Build and code
1st-1st November 2024
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Venue: Ingleby Barwick Library
Address: IB Leisure, Blair Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 5BL
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Using LEGO Education kits and iPads, can you complete todays build challenge and learn to code. Suitable for ages 11 - 14 years. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
Swimming lessons with Everyone Active
1st January-31st December 2024
Venue: Your local leisure centre
Address: Tees Valley
Website: https://www.everyoneactive.com/courses-lessons/swimming-lessons/
Award-winning swimming lessons at your local Everyone Active leisure centre, for children aged from just 4 months old. Available at Neptune Centre, Rainbow Leisure Centre, Guisborough Swim and Fitness...
EVERY SATURDAY - Free Family Crafts and Play Session
12th October-28th December 2024
Venue: The Exchange Community Hub, Hillstreet Shopping Centre, Middlesbrough, TS1 1SU
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ExchangeBoro/
Join Freestyle Community Projects for free family fun every Saturday between 10-2. Come try out crafts, lego challenges and play together as a family. Includes refreshements. Please note, no lone children...
The Glittering North
12th October-3rd November 2024
Venue: Raby Castle and Gardens
Address: Staindrop, Darlington DL2 3AH
Website: https://www.raby.co.uk/events/the-glittering-north/
12th, 13th, 19th, 29th, 26th, 27th, 30th, 31st October and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd November - Join us for an unforgettable experience at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens this Autumn for a never-before-seen experience...
Poisions
25th October-3rd November 2024
Time: 10am
Venue: 5pm
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Website: thebowesmuseum.org.uk
This October Half Term, take a trip through time and discover how poisons have inspired art. Deadly botanicals and poisons have been used throughout history and have often found themselves, and the stories...
Spooky Halloween crafts
30th-30th October 2024
Time: 10am - 11am
Venue: Billingham Library
Address: Billingham Town Centre, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 2LN
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Trick or treat? Have a spooktacular time making Halloween crafts. Suitable for children aged 4 - 11 years. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
Spooky Halloween crafts
30th-30th October 2024
Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Ingleby Barwick Library
Address: IB Leisure, Blair Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 5BL
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Trick or treat? Have a spooktacular time making Halloween crafts. Suitable for children aged 4 - 11 years. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
Spooky Halloween crafts
30th-30th October 2024
Time: 10.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Yarm Library
Address: 41 The High Street, Yarm, TS15 9BH
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Trick or treat? Have a spooktacular time making Halloween crafts. Suitable for children aged 4 - 11 years. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
3D pens: Halloween
31st-31st October 2024
Time: 2pm - 3pm
Venue: Roseworth Library
Address: Redhill Family Hub, Redhill Road, Roseworth, TS19 9BX
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Bring the scare factor this October and doodle some Halloween crafts. Suitable for children aged 8+ years. Children under 10 must be supervised by an accompanying adult. Book your free ticket online from...
Halloween After Dark
31st October-3rd November 2024
Venue: The Plotters' Forest at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens
Address: Staindrop, Darlington DL2 3AH
Website: https://www.raby.co.uk/events/afterdarktrail/
As dusk descends, The Plotters’ Forest stirs with an eerie excitement. Adventurers don their spookiest costumes and venture into the shadows, where spiders spin webs and witches and wolves hide....
Hedgehog Houses
31st October 2024
Time: 11-12pm
Venue: The Bowes Museum
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Join the Museum’s friendly team to help build habitats for hibernating hedgehogs in the parkland. On days when it’s too rainy to be outside, we’ll get arty and make for Autumn and Winter in the Create...
Rock painting
31st-31st October 2024
Time: 2pm - 3pm
Venue: Thornaby Central Library
Address: Wrightson House, Pavilion Shopping Centre, Thornaby, TS17 9EW
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Terrify trick or treaters with your own gruesome rock monsters. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
Witches and WITCHcraft
31st-31st October 2024
Time: 11am - 12pm
Venue: Stockton Central Library
Address: Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TU
Website: www.stockton.gov.uk/book-library-event
Witch and magic crafts. Suitable for children aged 4 - 11 years. Book your free ticket online from Monday 21 October.
Family Story Tour
1st November 2024
Time: 11am
Venue: 12pm
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Website: thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Come along for a journey through the galleries, as we explore the interesting stories and fascinating facts behind the art and objects of The Bowes Museum. Suitable for families, free with admission.
Hedgehog Houses
9th November 2024
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: The Bowes Museum
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Join the Museum’s friendly team to help build habitats for hibernating hedgehogs in the parkland. On days when it’s too rainy to be outside, we’ll get arty and make for Autumn and Winter in the Create...
Hedgehog Houses
7th December 2024
Venue: The Bowes Museum
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Join the Museum’s friendly team to help build habitats for hibernating hedgehogs in the parkland. On days when it’s too rainy to be outside, we’ll get arty and make for Autumn and Winter in the Create...
Winter Swans
13th December 2024
Time: 10am
Venue: 4pm
Address: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Website: thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Artist Maker, Cath Hodson will be leading a printing workshop inspired by the beautiful Silver Swan. Suitable for ages 5+, free with Winter Market admission.
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
14th December 2024
Join Artist Maker, Zoe Allen to make a wintery wonderland. Snowflakes will be dancing at The Bowes! Suitable for ages 5+, free with Winter Market admission.
Winter Garlands
14th December 2024
Artist Maker, Betty Brown will be getting into the festive spirit with a snowflake making workshop. Create snowy garlands for your friends and family. Suitable for ages 5+, free with Winter Market admission....