Summer Holiday Activities for Kids

July and August 2026 | FREE

Our Artist in Residence, performance poet Leanne Moden, will be running FREE drop-in activities during the summer holidays. Running on Fridays from 10am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 3:30pm, families are encouraged to take their time and get creative!

Funky Postcards – Friday 31 July, Friday 21 August

Make messy messages using stamps, ink, quill pens, and stickers. Have a go on our typewriter or make a personalised message to take away—be prepared for inky fingers!

Zine Making – Friday 7 August, Friday 28 August

Create your own mini magazine. Using folder paper, collage and colouring pens, you can create a comic about your favourite hobby or sport to take away with you.

Fortune Tellers – Friday 14 August

Using folding paper and a little imagination, you can craft your own fortune teller and see into the future!

Location:

Artist's Studio on the top floor of the National Civil War Centre.