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Wed 27 Jul 2016

Make a Wiggly Wormery

Join us for mucky activities in the garden, making wormeries with soil, gravel and compost. Then add your own worms and watch them wriggle! Throughout the day in the garden. Then join our Bug Hunt Bingo trail and Snai.....Read more

Portraits and Paintings: Creative Family Workshops

Wed 27 Jul 2016

Portraits and Paintings: Creative Family Workshops

Take inspiration from portraits in Torre Abbey's art collection and see what the painting tells you about the person. The draw yourselves or each other, learning tricks about how to proportion the head and our facial fea.....Read more

Garden Creations

Thu 28 Jul 2016

Garden Creations

Use materials from the great outdoors to create magical woodland creatures to guard over your garden! Build characters out of clay, wood, feathers and other natural materials, and create scenes for them in our Woodland W.....Read more

Thu 28 Jul 2016

Slimey Snails, Mucky Garden Fun

Join us for mucky activities in the garden, finding out about snails and their special slime! Lots of mucky fun to be had in our outdoor mud kitchen with activities for younger kids. Throughout the day in the garden......Read more

Silk Painting: Creative Family Workshops

Mon 01 Aug 2016

Silk Painting: Creative Family Workshops

Create beautiful images on silk, inspired by the Great Rhino Trail and the natural world. Working with artist Bridget Arnold, you'll learn simple silk-painting techniques and complete your own colourful silk painting to .....Read more

Fantastic Plastic Flowers: Creative family workshops

Tue 02 to Wed 03 Aug 2016 (2 days)

Fantastic Plastic Flowers: Creative family workshops

Help create a beautiful meadow of flowers for our Rhino to enjoy! Leave your beautiful creations in place for the Great Rhino Trail or take them with you, whichever you prefer. Led by Dee Martin, art historian, museum ed.....Read more

Armour-Plated: Junk modelling family workshops

Thu 04 Aug 2016

Armour-Plated: Junk modelling family workshops

Inspired by the Great Rhino Trail, we'll be building armour-plated creatures, discovering how many animals and insects protect themselves with keratin horns or a hard protective shell. Rhinoceros, tortoises, crocodiles, .....Read more

Textile Treasures

Fri 05 Aug 2016

Textile Treasures

Use Indian woodblockings to print intricate, colourful designs and create your own canvas tote bag to take away! This workshop is led by textile artist Jackie Martin. Jackie's own work combines textile printing, embr.....Read more

Beehive Builder: Drop-in creative activity

Mon 08 to Fri 12 Aug 2016 (5 days)

Beehive Builder: Drop-in creative activity

Help us build our own beehive display with artist Jackie Bufton and Torre Abbey's brilliant volunteers. Paint two little bees, one to take home and one to add to our beehive as it grows with children's contributions over.....Read more

Salt Dough Bugs: Drop-in creative activity

Mon 08 Aug 2016

Salt Dough Bugs: Drop-in creative activity

Make your own little bug-characters out of salt dough, give them a quick cook and take them home to keep. A creative activity suitable for all ages. 10.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.30pm Drop-in activity. Cost: £1......Read more

Printmaking: Creative family workshops

Tue 09 Aug 2016

Printmaking: Creative family workshops

Explore simple printmaking techniques including monoprint and collograph, and create your own colourful prints to take home. Printmaking provides a great opportunity to experiment with texture, colour and composition, wh.....Read more

Felted Bugs: Creative family workshops

Fri 22 to Tue 26 Jul 2016 (5 days)

Felted Bugs: Creative family workshops

Create colourful bugs to take home - from your humble bumble bee to a beautiful butterfly! These little creatures are made using simple needle felting techniques - a fun, rewarding activity for all ages. Led by Dee Marti.....Read more

Thu 11 Aug 2016

Mud Kitchen & Waterplay: Free drop-in activities

Time to get mucky and creative in Torre Abbey's new Mud Kitchen! A chance for little ones to enjoy water play, mud and more in a safe, relaxed environment with room for parents to put their feet up close-by. Staff-su.....Read more

Fri 12 Aug 2016

Colour Painters: Creative family workshops

Take inspiration from Torre Abbey's art collection and learn how to mix colours. Make a colourwheel and learn about different colour schemes used by painters to make their colours sing! Create your own beautiful painting.....Read more

Mon 15 Aug 2016

Handling History: Free drop-in activities

See and touch objects from the past and discover what they tell us about our history. Quiz our knowledgable team on a whole range of objects from Torre Abbey's handling collection, many of which you can handle with care......Read more

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