Before activity day camps begin, you might be wondering how to keep the kids entertained in Brighton.
If they're fans of toys and models, a certain museum in the city will be right up their street!
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum has 10,000 toys to look at, which date as far back as the 1880s and stretch right up to the present day.
It really is the ideal day trip for the whole family, as parents and grandparents are sure to remember items from their youth too!
If your kids want summer activities for children involving trains, they can wonder at the museums pair of working model railways, one of which is based on the countryside in Sussex.
You'll only have to pay £4 for adults and £3 for your children, making it a cheap excursion.
If you're in the city this summer, you might also want to take the kids to Booth Museum of Natural History, which features a quirky collection of stuffed birds.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: There are thousands of things to see at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Change a child's room cheaply
Change a child's room cheaply
Us: You can revive your child's bedroom by letting them make their own beanbag and door sign, as well as livening up their walls.
If you've got kids who want their rooms updating but you can't afford a make-over of Changing Rooms' proportions, fear not!
There are a few projects big kids can carry out and little ones too, with a bit of help from you.
How about letting them make their own beanbags to relax on, a door sign for their room and a stencilled design on walls?
It's in the bag
When it comes to making beanbags, all you'll need is some material (in a pattern your child likes of course), a needle and some stuffing (dried peas work well).
You can get your hands on material from the haberdashery department in John Lewis or from local markets fairly cheaply.
Cut two large circular shapes out of the material, turn both pieces so that their front sides face one another and stitch them together all the way round the edges, making sure that you leave a gap of around two centimetres in one spot.
Then simply turn it inside out and add dried peas (or cotton wool if you want it to be really fluffy) to the item, before stitching the gap you left before. Simple!
Now all they have to do is lie back on their new beanbag and relax, while they think of all the fun they'll have at summer camps!
Stencil it in
Now that kids have made their beanbag, they might be in the decorating mood. If so, they can liven up dull walls by adding a stencilled shape to a surface.
You may want to try butterfly or letter stencils, where kids can spell out their names or write phrases.
To make pretty, colourful artwork, all you have to do is coat a plastic bag (you're recycling too!) with PVA glue, before covering it in different colours of tissue paper, and adding another coat of the glue.
Then get kids to add an extra layer of tissue paper and add more glue before leaving it to dry.
When that's done, peel the bag off the paper and use a stencil to draw a butterfly, letter or shape on the paper before this is cut out (a star looks good!).
These colourful creations look perfect when stuck to windows, where you'll see lots of light shining through them on sunny days!
Sign it out
If your kids want to mark their territory, how about creating a sign for their bedroom door? It can have their name on it and be whatever colour they like.
All you'll need for this is craft paint, a small wooden plank, different sized paintbrushes, foam stamps, fabric, craft glue, stickers and a sealer.
Kids can start by painting the wood in their colour of choice, allowing this to dry and then writing their name on it in a different hue, using a stencil if they want it to be really neat.
Foam stamps can be used to further decorate the item, as well as stickers, before a coat of sealer is added to keep it looking lovely.
All you have to do now is use some string, both ends of which can be glued to the top right and top left corners on the back of the sign, and then can be hung from a plastic hook on a bedroom door.
Now that your kid's room is looking lovely, you'll probably want to get started on the rest of the house too!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Us: You can revive your child's bedroom by letting them make their own beanbag and door sign, as well as livening up their walls.
If you've got kids who want their rooms updating but you can't afford a make-over of Changing Rooms' proportions, fear not!
There are a few projects big kids can carry out and little ones too, with a bit of help from you.
How about letting them make their own beanbags to relax on, a door sign for their room and a stencilled design on walls?
It's in the bag
When it comes to making beanbags, all you'll need is some material (in a pattern your child likes of course), a needle and some stuffing (dried peas work well).
You can get your hands on material from the haberdashery department in John Lewis or from local markets fairly cheaply.
Cut two large circular shapes out of the material, turn both pieces so that their front sides face one another and stitch them together all the way round the edges, making sure that you leave a gap of around two centimetres in one spot.
Then simply turn it inside out and add dried peas (or cotton wool if you want it to be really fluffy) to the item, before stitching the gap you left before. Simple!
Now all they have to do is lie back on their new beanbag and relax, while they think of all the fun they'll have at summer camps!
Stencil it in
Now that kids have made their beanbag, they might be in the decorating mood. If so, they can liven up dull walls by adding a stencilled shape to a surface.
You may want to try butterfly or letter stencils, where kids can spell out their names or write phrases.
To make pretty, colourful artwork, all you have to do is coat a plastic bag (you're recycling too!) with PVA glue, before covering it in different colours of tissue paper, and adding another coat of the glue.
Then get kids to add an extra layer of tissue paper and add more glue before leaving it to dry.
When that's done, peel the bag off the paper and use a stencil to draw a butterfly, letter or shape on the paper before this is cut out (a star looks good!).
These colourful creations look perfect when stuck to windows, where you'll see lots of light shining through them on sunny days!
Sign it out
If your kids want to mark their territory, how about creating a sign for their bedroom door? It can have their name on it and be whatever colour they like.
All you'll need for this is craft paint, a small wooden plank, different sized paintbrushes, foam stamps, fabric, craft glue, stickers and a sealer.
Kids can start by painting the wood in their colour of choice, allowing this to dry and then writing their name on it in a different hue, using a stencil if they want it to be really neat.
Foam stamps can be used to further decorate the item, as well as stickers, before a coat of sealer is added to keep it looking lovely.
All you have to do now is use some string, both ends of which can be glued to the top right and top left corners on the back of the sign, and then can be hung from a plastic hook on a bedroom door.
Now that your kid's room is looking lovely, you'll probably want to get started on the rest of the house too!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Friday, 17 June 2011
Try summer activities for children at a guided walk
This weekend (Sunday June 19th), you can take the kids to try summer activities for children on a special guided walk.
The Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk takes place along the beautiful banks of the River Stour in Essex at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Wildlife Garden at Flatford.
An expert guide will walk alongside you, while you look out for a number of birds that you may be lucky enough to spot, such as a Kingfisher or Barn Owl.
The evening walk is held between 19:00 and 21:00 BST.
If you're a member of the RSPB, you'll only have to fork out £3 and £1 for your child.
Don't worry if you're not though, as you can still try cheap summer activities for children, as it's £2 for kids and £4 for you.
If you can't make this walk, there's a guided butterfly walk being held on Sunday July 3rd at Stour Wood.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The whole family can head along to the Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk in Essex.
The Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk takes place along the beautiful banks of the River Stour in Essex at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Wildlife Garden at Flatford.
An expert guide will walk alongside you, while you look out for a number of birds that you may be lucky enough to spot, such as a Kingfisher or Barn Owl.
The evening walk is held between 19:00 and 21:00 BST.
If you're a member of the RSPB, you'll only have to fork out £3 and £1 for your child.
Don't worry if you're not though, as you can still try cheap summer activities for children, as it's £2 for kids and £4 for you.
If you can't make this walk, there's a guided butterfly walk being held on Sunday July 3rd at Stour Wood.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The whole family can head along to the Secret Life of the Riverside guided walk in Essex.
Children's camps news: Roman exhibition comes to Cambridge!
With summer holiday camps yet to start, it's likely that you'll be looking for ways to keep the kids busy when they're out of school.
Luckily, if you live in Cambridgeshire, you've still got time to visit Ely Musuem for The Romans exhibition, which runs until July 6th.
Here, your kids (and you!) can find out loads more about what life was like in a Cambridgeshire town during Roman times.
You can look at some interesting artefacts, like rings, brooches and tweezers, that'll really make you feel like you're travelling back to Roman times!
If your kids are looking for summer activities for children and prefer art to history, you can always treat them to a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Here, they can look at Italian etchings made by artists from the 16th to 18th centuries, like Guido Reni, Parmigianino and Castiglino.
They can see these pieces until August 29th.
It may even give them inspiration to create their own artwork at home!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Ely Museum is holding an exhibition dedicated to the Romans and there's still time to catch it!
Luckily, if you live in Cambridgeshire, you've still got time to visit Ely Musuem for The Romans exhibition, which runs until July 6th.
Here, your kids (and you!) can find out loads more about what life was like in a Cambridgeshire town during Roman times.
You can look at some interesting artefacts, like rings, brooches and tweezers, that'll really make you feel like you're travelling back to Roman times!
If your kids are looking for summer activities for children and prefer art to history, you can always treat them to a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Here, they can look at Italian etchings made by artists from the 16th to 18th centuries, like Guido Reni, Parmigianino and Castiglino.
They can see these pieces until August 29th.
It may even give them inspiration to create their own artwork at home!
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Ely Museum is holding an exhibition dedicated to the Romans and there's still time to catch it!
Experience summer activities for children and dads!
This Fathers' Day (Sunday June 19th), you're sure to want to combine summer activities for children with events that dads will enjoy too. It's their day after all!
The whole family will be catered for at Knebworth House, which is holding a Fathers' Day Cars & Motorcycles in the Park and BBQ event for the occasion.
At the lunchtime pork BBQ, everyone can fill up on fuel while they enjoy the view from the Lodge Barn's terrace.
Each dad will also be happy when they get a pint of draught beer for free!
After this, they can carry on looking at the 350 plus classic cars and motorbikes that are on display, the perfect way to keep kids entertained when they aren't at activity camps.
The day runs from 10:00 until 17:00 BST and the BBQ will be on between 12:00 and 14:30.
Alternatively, you might want to spend Fathers' day at the British Schools Museum in Hitchin, where you can learn more about the Victorian classroom and have a lesson yourself!
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Fathers' Day can be spent at Knebworth House looking at classic cars and bikes and eating, too.
The whole family will be catered for at Knebworth House, which is holding a Fathers' Day Cars & Motorcycles in the Park and BBQ event for the occasion.
At the lunchtime pork BBQ, everyone can fill up on fuel while they enjoy the view from the Lodge Barn's terrace.
Each dad will also be happy when they get a pint of draught beer for free!
After this, they can carry on looking at the 350 plus classic cars and motorbikes that are on display, the perfect way to keep kids entertained when they aren't at activity camps.
The day runs from 10:00 until 17:00 BST and the BBQ will be on between 12:00 and 14:30.
Alternatively, you might want to spend Fathers' day at the British Schools Museum in Hitchin, where you can learn more about the Victorian classroom and have a lesson yourself!
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Fathers' Day can be spent at Knebworth House looking at classic cars and bikes and eating, too.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Twickenham activity camp for kids
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New video added of our camp in Twickenham. Filmed Easter 2011. This camp is so popular this year we have nearly sold out already!
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New video added of our camp in Twickenham. Filmed Easter 2011. This camp is so popular this year we have nearly sold out already!
Barracudas Activity Day Camps
Criss Cross Zorbing at activity camp
Father's day present ideas
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Fab ideas for making father's day presents with the kids
Fab ideas for making father's day presents with the kids
Kids camps news: Experience Bon Jovi in Reading
Are your kids big fans of Bon Jovi? Are you? If the whole family appreciates the rock band, you can see a tribute act perform in Reading, the ideal activity for children when they're not at kids camps!
The Bon Jovi Experience have played with Jon Bon Jovi before, the only Bon Jovi tribute ban to do so.
At the concert you'll hear all of Bon Jovi's well-known hits, including You Give Love a Bad Name, Keep the Faith, Livin' On a Prayer and Bad Medicine, amongst others.
You may even think that lead singer Tony Pearce is actually Jon Bon Jovi too, so much do the pair resemble one another!
You'll only have to pay £17.50 for tickets to the event on Friday July 1st too.
If you'd prefer summer activities for children featuring a big band you can go to watch the Woodley Concert Band on the same night in Now That's What I Call Music! – Reading Summer Proms.
This is being held at Reading Minster and will feature a variety of pieces, including the Adagio from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: A Bon Jovi tribute band are set to perform in Reading on July 1st.
The Bon Jovi Experience have played with Jon Bon Jovi before, the only Bon Jovi tribute ban to do so.
At the concert you'll hear all of Bon Jovi's well-known hits, including You Give Love a Bad Name, Keep the Faith, Livin' On a Prayer and Bad Medicine, amongst others.
You may even think that lead singer Tony Pearce is actually Jon Bon Jovi too, so much do the pair resemble one another!
You'll only have to pay £17.50 for tickets to the event on Friday July 1st too.
If you'd prefer summer activities for children featuring a big band you can go to watch the Woodley Concert Band on the same night in Now That's What I Call Music! – Reading Summer Proms.
This is being held at Reading Minster and will feature a variety of pieces, including the Adagio from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: A Bon Jovi tribute band are set to perform in Reading on July 1st.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Summer activities for children on offer at Watch Me Move
Big kids and little kids all like cartoons, so what better way to try summer activities for children than at an exhibition of animation?
The Barbican Art Gallery in London is holding Watch Me Move: The Animation Show, where you can watch screenings and listen to interesting talks around animation.
Here you'll find out loads more about the topic from over the last 150 years, such as how it began with stop frame photography and progressed to the technological advances we enjoy today.
There's loads on offer, such as Japanese anime, Disney classics and Aardman characters.
You can also see some well-loved characters dating from the 1930s, such as Betty Boop, Tom and Jerry and Mickey Mouse, perfect summer activities for children!
It only cosst £7 to £8 for concessions and kids under 12 go free. Tickets for big kids cost £12 on the door, or £10 if you buy them online.
If your kids love films, you can also take them to the Barbican on June 18th to watch a screening of Five Children and It, which is based on the E Nesbit novel.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Head to the Barbican, where your kids (and you!) can learn more about your favourite cartoon characters.
The Barbican Art Gallery in London is holding Watch Me Move: The Animation Show, where you can watch screenings and listen to interesting talks around animation.
Here you'll find out loads more about the topic from over the last 150 years, such as how it began with stop frame photography and progressed to the technological advances we enjoy today.
There's loads on offer, such as Japanese anime, Disney classics and Aardman characters.
You can also see some well-loved characters dating from the 1930s, such as Betty Boop, Tom and Jerry and Mickey Mouse, perfect summer activities for children!
It only cosst £7 to £8 for concessions and kids under 12 go free. Tickets for big kids cost £12 on the door, or £10 if you buy them online.
If your kids love films, you can also take them to the Barbican on June 18th to watch a screening of Five Children and It, which is based on the E Nesbit novel.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Head to the Barbican, where your kids (and you!) can learn more about your favourite cartoon characters.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Summer activities for children come to Ayot Literary Festival
This month you can get your kids involved in summer activities for children at the Ayot Literary Festival.
While there, kids will have fun, be inspired and get involved.
Meanwhile, you can enjoy a number of activities for adults, including discussions by authors on topics like history, politics, cookery and books.
Writers such as Barbara Erskine, Adele Parks and Alexander McCall Smith will attend the event, which runs between June 24th and 26th.
You might want to have a picnic on the picturesque Ayots Green or choose from hot and cold beverages and food on site.
In celebration of all things poetical, you may also want to take kids to the nearby home of George Bernard Shaw when they're not at activity camps.
At Shaw's Corner in Ayot St Lawrence you can see the poet's clothes, glasses and typewriter, making the home that he lived in look like he is still there.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The jam-packed Ayot Literary Festival caters for kids and adults this month.
While there, kids will have fun, be inspired and get involved.
Meanwhile, you can enjoy a number of activities for adults, including discussions by authors on topics like history, politics, cookery and books.
Writers such as Barbara Erskine, Adele Parks and Alexander McCall Smith will attend the event, which runs between June 24th and 26th.
You might want to have a picnic on the picturesque Ayots Green or choose from hot and cold beverages and food on site.
In celebration of all things poetical, you may also want to take kids to the nearby home of George Bernard Shaw when they're not at activity camps.
At Shaw's Corner in Ayot St Lawrence you can see the poet's clothes, glasses and typewriter, making the home that he lived in look like he is still there.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The jam-packed Ayot Literary Festival caters for kids and adults this month.
Monday, 13 June 2011
Fans of summer camps will love Upminster's barn dance
If your kids love spending time at summer camps then they must enjoy trying fun new activities – and near Upminster next month there's a lively evening of Gaelic song and dance planned that'll have the whole family on their feet!
Head to the Barn Dance at North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, on Saturday July 16th July, and you might just discover a few hidden talents among your clan. It's suitable for all ages and abilities, so everyone can join in and have a ball.
Just like the activities at your kids' favourite summer camps, there are full instructions – courtesy of the Foot Up Ceilidh Band's caller – to explain all of the moves before the music begins. And he'll keep yelling them out as the hoe down gets underway.
Families are advised to wear comfortable clothing and guests are invited to bring along their own drinks and nibbles, to help make it an intimate social affair that no one will forget in a hurry.
The dance will kick off at 19:00 BST with an estimate finish of around 22:30. Tickets cost just £7.00 each.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, will be staging a barn dance complete with live Ceilidh band on Saturday July 16th.
Head to the Barn Dance at North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, on Saturday July 16th July, and you might just discover a few hidden talents among your clan. It's suitable for all ages and abilities, so everyone can join in and have a ball.
Just like the activities at your kids' favourite summer camps, there are full instructions – courtesy of the Foot Up Ceilidh Band's caller – to explain all of the moves before the music begins. And he'll keep yelling them out as the hoe down gets underway.
Families are advised to wear comfortable clothing and guests are invited to bring along their own drinks and nibbles, to help make it an intimate social affair that no one will forget in a hurry.
The dance will kick off at 19:00 BST with an estimate finish of around 22:30. Tickets cost just £7.00 each.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, will be staging a barn dance complete with live Ceilidh band on Saturday July 16th.
Fans of summer camps will love Upminster's barn dance
If your kids love spending time at summer camps then they must enjoy trying fun new activities – and near Upminster next month there's a lively evening of Gaelic song and dance planned that'll have the whole family on their feet!
Head to the Barn Dance at North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, on Saturday July 16th July, and you might just discover a few hidden talents among your clan. It's suitable for all ages and abilities, so everyone can join in and have a ball.
Just like the activities at your kids' favourite summer camps, there are full instructions – courtesy of the Foot Up Ceilidh Band's caller – to explain all of the moves before the music begins. And he'll keep yelling them out as the hoe down gets underway.
Families are advised to wear comfortable clothing and guests are invited to bring along their own drinks and nibbles, to help make it an intimate social affair that no one will forget in a hurry.
The dance will kick off at 19:00 BST with an estimate finish of around 22:30. Tickets cost just £7.00 each.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, will be staging a barn dance complete with live Ceilidh band on Saturday July 16th.
Head to the Barn Dance at North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, on Saturday July 16th July, and you might just discover a few hidden talents among your clan. It's suitable for all ages and abilities, so everyone can join in and have a ball.
Just like the activities at your kids' favourite summer camps, there are full instructions – courtesy of the Foot Up Ceilidh Band's caller – to explain all of the moves before the music begins. And he'll keep yelling them out as the hoe down gets underway.
Families are advised to wear comfortable clothing and guests are invited to bring along their own drinks and nibbles, to help make it an intimate social affair that no one will forget in a hurry.
The dance will kick off at 19:00 BST with an estimate finish of around 22:30. Tickets cost just £7.00 each.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: North Street Halls in Hornchurch, Essex, will be staging a barn dance complete with live Ceilidh band on Saturday July 16th.
Friday, 10 June 2011
Activity day camps news: Kids can train as lifeguards
Summer activities for children can be fun as well as educational.
Youngsters who want to learn a new skill can do so at the Joss Bay Surf School in Kent, which is holding a number of Beach Safety and Lifeguarding Training sessions this year.
In this programme, your kids will learn more about the local beach and how they can have fun in the sea safely.
When activity day camps aren't running, kids can try the programme, where they will also learn about the role that lifeguards play, the water safety code, basic first aid, rookie lifeguard training, personal safety and more about the sea.
The programme is running on various Saturdays throughout June, July and August and September, including June 18th, June 25th, July 2nd and July 9th.
If your family are fans of outdoors activities, you can also try Kent's Viking Coastal Trail, a 27 mile route that you can cycle or walk along, viewing chalk cliffs, sandy beaches and beautiful bays on the way.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kent's Joss Bay Surf School is holding sessions where kids can be trained as rookie lifeguards.
Youngsters who want to learn a new skill can do so at the Joss Bay Surf School in Kent, which is holding a number of Beach Safety and Lifeguarding Training sessions this year.
In this programme, your kids will learn more about the local beach and how they can have fun in the sea safely.
When activity day camps aren't running, kids can try the programme, where they will also learn about the role that lifeguards play, the water safety code, basic first aid, rookie lifeguard training, personal safety and more about the sea.
The programme is running on various Saturdays throughout June, July and August and September, including June 18th, June 25th, July 2nd and July 9th.
If your family are fans of outdoors activities, you can also try Kent's Viking Coastal Trail, a 27 mile route that you can cycle or walk along, viewing chalk cliffs, sandy beaches and beautiful bays on the way.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kent's Joss Bay Surf School is holding sessions where kids can be trained as rookie lifeguards.
Experience summer activities for children with pirates!
Summer activities for children can now be a more swashbuckling affair and include pirates!
The Museum of London Docklands is holding Pirates: The Captain Kidd story until October 30th, giving you plenty of time to get down there.
Here you'll find out loads about Captain Kidd, whose piracy and murderous activities saw him executed in Wapping.
You can also find out about how our capital has been linked with piracy from the 17th century and how pirates were punished for their activities in London.
Summer activities for children here will feature loads of curiosities on exhibit, including the last letter that Kidd ever wrote.
Youngsters can also check out a real pirate flag, an early 18th century cannon (boom!) and an outfit by Vivienne Westwood taken from her 1981 Pirates collection.
If pirates are still on your mind after the exhibition how about going to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at the cinema?
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Learn more about the infamous Captain Kidd in London this summer.
The Museum of London Docklands is holding Pirates: The Captain Kidd story until October 30th, giving you plenty of time to get down there.
Here you'll find out loads about Captain Kidd, whose piracy and murderous activities saw him executed in Wapping.
You can also find out about how our capital has been linked with piracy from the 17th century and how pirates were punished for their activities in London.
Summer activities for children here will feature loads of curiosities on exhibit, including the last letter that Kidd ever wrote.
Youngsters can also check out a real pirate flag, an early 18th century cannon (boom!) and an outfit by Vivienne Westwood taken from her 1981 Pirates collection.
If pirates are still on your mind after the exhibition how about going to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at the cinema?
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Learn more about the infamous Captain Kidd in London this summer.
Outside of activity camps try Reading Steady Go!
Until kids can get back to activity camps they can be kept entertained at a historical exhibition in Reading.
Reading Steady Go! looks at how youth culture exploded in the 1960s and how it still has an impact on fashion and music today.
The event, which is being held at Reading Museum & Town Hall, will let youngsters find out more about how the town left the post war years and produced Baby Boomers, who had more free time and money to spend than ever before.
In this era, young adults were called teenagers for the first time and there were a fair few styles sported by teens, such as rockabilly, teddy boy, mod and beatnik.
Your kids may even get some fashion inspiration!
After this, summer activities for children could include clothes shopping in Reading town centre.
Here, you'll find Broad Street Mall and The Oracle, two large shopping centres where you can while the afternoon away.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Reading is holding an exhibition that looks at teen culture in the 1960s and the fashions that went along with it.
Reading Steady Go! looks at how youth culture exploded in the 1960s and how it still has an impact on fashion and music today.
The event, which is being held at Reading Museum & Town Hall, will let youngsters find out more about how the town left the post war years and produced Baby Boomers, who had more free time and money to spend than ever before.
In this era, young adults were called teenagers for the first time and there were a fair few styles sported by teens, such as rockabilly, teddy boy, mod and beatnik.
Your kids may even get some fashion inspiration!
After this, summer activities for children could include clothes shopping in Reading town centre.
Here, you'll find Broad Street Mall and The Oracle, two large shopping centres where you can while the afternoon away.
Posted by Clara Glasper
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Extract: Reading is holding an exhibition that looks at teen culture in the 1960s and the fashions that went along with it.
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Enjoy summer activities for children in Letchworth Garden City
If your kids usually enjoy activity day camps in their spare time, they're probably looking for something to do before they can get back there again.
Why not take them to a festival in Hertfordshire?
The Street Fest is being held at Letchworth Garden City and is celebrating its first birthday this year!
There's loads on offer at the free event, such as performing arts, street entertainment and live music.
You can choose between different stages to watch acts on; the Heritage Foundation Stage, the FGH Stage and the HSBC Stage, where The Mighty Wonderfuls and Randolph Matthews will be performing.
There are also loads of summer activities for children on offer, such as face painting, fun fair rides and the Music Train, where kids can try different ways of exploring music.
The festival will launch on Saturday June 11th at 10:00 BST and will run until June 26th.
You may also be interested to hear that Letchworth is the world's first garden city and was founded by Ebenezer Howard, a social reformer, in 1903.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The city is holding a festival this month and there's lots of entertainment on offer.
Why not take them to a festival in Hertfordshire?
The Street Fest is being held at Letchworth Garden City and is celebrating its first birthday this year!
There's loads on offer at the free event, such as performing arts, street entertainment and live music.
You can choose between different stages to watch acts on; the Heritage Foundation Stage, the FGH Stage and the HSBC Stage, where The Mighty Wonderfuls and Randolph Matthews will be performing.
There are also loads of summer activities for children on offer, such as face painting, fun fair rides and the Music Train, where kids can try different ways of exploring music.
The festival will launch on Saturday June 11th at 10:00 BST and will run until June 26th.
You may also be interested to hear that Letchworth is the world's first garden city and was founded by Ebenezer Howard, a social reformer, in 1903.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The city is holding a festival this month and there's lots of entertainment on offer.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Summer camps news: Try dingy sailing in Essex
If your kids want to try adventurous summer activities for children, they can do so in Essex on a dinghy.
The Brightlingsea Sailing Club is holding Dinghy Sailing Taster Sessions on June 11th and 26th and July 11th, where beginners can try their hand at the pursuit and discover more about the club.
If your kids take part, they will have the help of an experienced helm while they're on the water and will also be briefed about the workings of their boat and how to stay safe when they're on the vehicle.
You won't have to buy any equipment for your kids to join in and will only have to fork out £10 for each child!
If your kids would prefer to try indoors summer activities for children at weekends, they can always head along to Colchester Library, which holds a Teen Book Club on the second Saturday of each month.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids can try Dingy Sailing Taster Sessions in Essex during June and July.
The Brightlingsea Sailing Club is holding Dinghy Sailing Taster Sessions on June 11th and 26th and July 11th, where beginners can try their hand at the pursuit and discover more about the club.
If your kids take part, they will have the help of an experienced helm while they're on the water and will also be briefed about the workings of their boat and how to stay safe when they're on the vehicle.
You won't have to buy any equipment for your kids to join in and will only have to fork out £10 for each child!
If your kids would prefer to try indoors summer activities for children at weekends, they can always head along to Colchester Library, which holds a Teen Book Club on the second Saturday of each month.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids can try Dingy Sailing Taster Sessions in Essex during June and July.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Try summer activities for children with Shrek!
If your kids are fans of Shrek, why not take them along to a stage production of the hit film for summer activities for children?
Shrek The Musical is running at the Theatre Royal on London's Drury Lane until next year, so there's plenty of time to catch it!
The musical stars a host of famous faces, including Richard Blackwood, Nigel Lindsay and Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden.
In the play, Shrek (Lindsay), along with his friend Donkey (Blackwood), embarks on a thrilling adventure to save the stunning Princess Fiona (Holden), who's stuck in a tower that's guarded by a love-sick dragon.
Kids looking for summer activities for children will love to sing along to classic anthems, such as I'm a Believer.
Disney fans might also want to see a production of the Lion King, which is running at London's Lyceum Theatre.
Tickets for the show can be booked until as late as April next year.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The popular musical is being staged in London and is the perfect event for fans of the film.
Shrek The Musical is running at the Theatre Royal on London's Drury Lane until next year, so there's plenty of time to catch it!
The musical stars a host of famous faces, including Richard Blackwood, Nigel Lindsay and Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden.
In the play, Shrek (Lindsay), along with his friend Donkey (Blackwood), embarks on a thrilling adventure to save the stunning Princess Fiona (Holden), who's stuck in a tower that's guarded by a love-sick dragon.
Kids looking for summer activities for children will love to sing along to classic anthems, such as I'm a Believer.
Disney fans might also want to see a production of the Lion King, which is running at London's Lyceum Theatre.
Tickets for the show can be booked until as late as April next year.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The popular musical is being staged in London and is the perfect event for fans of the film.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Grey outside, but things are warming up in the Barracudas office
Well, it might be grey outside, but things are warming up in the Barracudas office with chase calls being made, gaps being filled and equipment being packed up. Billy's just so busy . . . and to think, some people ask us what we do all year!!!!!!
Try Japanese summer activities for children
There is still time to take the kids to try summer activities for kids with a Japanese theme in London.
Until Friday June 3rd the Geffrye Museum is holding Japanese Homes, where there are a host of activities that have drawn inspiration from the At Home in Japan exhibition.
Kids between the ages of three and five can listen to traditional Japanese nursery rhymes between 12:00 BST and 13:00 BST and children over the age of eight can try silk painting on kimono fabrics between 14:00 BST and 16:00 BST.
There are also a number of other craft activities being held for kids at the event, like the opportunity to make a Bento box, decorate a noodle bowl and a chance to assemble their own monster masks.
After this you can treat them to even more summer holiday activities for children!
Elsewhere in London there's also loads of stuff to do with the kids to keep them entertained. How about heading down to the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood?
Here little ones can take part in storytelling sessions and listen to The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr until June 5th.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids can try their hand at decorating noodle bowls, assembling Bento boxes and making their own monster masks.
Until Friday June 3rd the Geffrye Museum is holding Japanese Homes, where there are a host of activities that have drawn inspiration from the At Home in Japan exhibition.
Kids between the ages of three and five can listen to traditional Japanese nursery rhymes between 12:00 BST and 13:00 BST and children over the age of eight can try silk painting on kimono fabrics between 14:00 BST and 16:00 BST.
There are also a number of other craft activities being held for kids at the event, like the opportunity to make a Bento box, decorate a noodle bowl and a chance to assemble their own monster masks.
After this you can treat them to even more summer holiday activities for children!
Elsewhere in London there's also loads of stuff to do with the kids to keep them entertained. How about heading down to the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood?
Here little ones can take part in storytelling sessions and listen to The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr until June 5th.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids can try their hand at decorating noodle bowls, assembling Bento boxes and making their own monster masks.
Experience Spanish summer activities for children
If you're looking for ways to keep the kids entertained next weekend, how about trying Spanish summer activities for children with them?
For the sixth year running, London is holding its A Taste of Spain event, where you can experience the country's sport, entertainment, food, music and art, making for a jam-packed day!
The free event runs from 12:00 BST until 19:00 BST on Sunday June 5th and focuses on different Spanish regions, such as Andalucia and Aragon, making it educational for little ones too.
On the day, brass band Charanga Chicuelina will perform live and you'll be able to take part in a competition to win free Spanish lessons.
When you get peckish there will even be giant paellas on offer, yum!
There's also set to be a host of other culinary delights, such as jamon and Spanish gazpacho, on offer, as well as a food market from Navarra.
If you'd prefer to learn more about Canada when the kids are out of activity day camps, you can always take part in Canada Day, which is being celebrated in London on July 1st in Trafalgar Square.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: A Taste of Spain is coming to London this month and bringing art, music and tasty treats with it.
For the sixth year running, London is holding its A Taste of Spain event, where you can experience the country's sport, entertainment, food, music and art, making for a jam-packed day!
The free event runs from 12:00 BST until 19:00 BST on Sunday June 5th and focuses on different Spanish regions, such as Andalucia and Aragon, making it educational for little ones too.
On the day, brass band Charanga Chicuelina will perform live and you'll be able to take part in a competition to win free Spanish lessons.
When you get peckish there will even be giant paellas on offer, yum!
There's also set to be a host of other culinary delights, such as jamon and Spanish gazpacho, on offer, as well as a food market from Navarra.
If you'd prefer to learn more about Canada when the kids are out of activity day camps, you can always take part in Canada Day, which is being celebrated in London on July 1st in Trafalgar Square.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: A Taste of Spain is coming to London this month and bringing art, music and tasty treats with it.
Children's camps news: Family-friendly festival hits West Sussex
If you like festivals and want to share the enjoyment with the kids, you can try summer holiday activities for children at a fun West Sussex event.
The West Dean Festival is being held in the South Downs National Park this summer and is aimed at the whole family!
Here you can celebrate the arts, whether it be music, performance, dance, storytelling, film or cooking.
There'll be craft sessions featuring summer activities for children like making fabric and button bracelets, screenprinting clothes and kit making.
At the festival you can also enjoy the sweet strains of live music from a number of well-known singers and up-and-coming names, such as Max Pashm, James hunter, Ray Burley and Slim Lightfoot.
There are loads of genres of music being covered, so you're sure to find something you like, whether it be electro beats, traditional blues or folk music you're after.
If you fancy exploring the great outdoors there's also lots to do in the South Downs National Park, such as cycling, walking and horse riding in the scenic surroundings.
Posted by Louie Grant
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Extract: The West Dean Festival is set in the scenic South Downs National park and features music, crafts and food for the whole family.
The West Dean Festival is being held in the South Downs National Park this summer and is aimed at the whole family!
Here you can celebrate the arts, whether it be music, performance, dance, storytelling, film or cooking.
There'll be craft sessions featuring summer activities for children like making fabric and button bracelets, screenprinting clothes and kit making.
At the festival you can also enjoy the sweet strains of live music from a number of well-known singers and up-and-coming names, such as Max Pashm, James hunter, Ray Burley and Slim Lightfoot.
There are loads of genres of music being covered, so you're sure to find something you like, whether it be electro beats, traditional blues or folk music you're after.
If you fancy exploring the great outdoors there's also lots to do in the South Downs National Park, such as cycling, walking and horse riding in the scenic surroundings.
Posted by Louie Grant
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The West Dean Festival is set in the scenic South Downs National park and features music, crafts and food for the whole family.
Summer activities for children at Blackwater Country Show
If you're looking for summer activities for children you're sure to find plenty at the Blackwater Country Show!
At this traditional event all the family can take part in activities and watch lots of fun attractions too.
This eyar will be the sixth time the show has been held and there'll be heavy horses, sheep dog and falconry demonstrations.
You can also try your hand at archery, clay shooting, kayaking and cycling.
If you've got a furry friend you can even enter them in the dog show!
The event is being held at on Sunday June 19th between 10:00 BST and 17:00 BST, making it the perfect activity to keep the kids occupied when they're out of holiday playschemes.
You can get an adult ticket for only £8, will only have to pay £6 for concessions and £4 for kids who are aged three to 16.
If you'd also like to visit historical attractions in the local area you can always try Beeleigh Abbey, an ancient pilgrimage site that has been visited by a number of royals since it was built. Although it's a private residence, open days are held for the public.
Posted by Louie Grant
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Extract: The country show will feature falconry and sheep dog demonstrations and you'll be able to try some adrenaline-pumping activities yourself.
At this traditional event all the family can take part in activities and watch lots of fun attractions too.
This eyar will be the sixth time the show has been held and there'll be heavy horses, sheep dog and falconry demonstrations.
You can also try your hand at archery, clay shooting, kayaking and cycling.
If you've got a furry friend you can even enter them in the dog show!
The event is being held at on Sunday June 19th between 10:00 BST and 17:00 BST, making it the perfect activity to keep the kids occupied when they're out of holiday playschemes.
You can get an adult ticket for only £8, will only have to pay £6 for concessions and £4 for kids who are aged three to 16.
If you'd also like to visit historical attractions in the local area you can always try Beeleigh Abbey, an ancient pilgrimage site that has been visited by a number of royals since it was built. Although it's a private residence, open days are held for the public.
Posted by Louie Grant
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The country show will feature falconry and sheep dog demonstrations and you'll be able to try some adrenaline-pumping activities yourself.
Summer activities for children to be held at Berkshire fete
This month you can take the family along to a quaint Berkshire village to enjoy a summer fete with summer activities for children.
The Stoke Poges Village Fete is being held on June 11th and will feature music from Wexham Park Hospital Radio, fun stalls, bouncy castles and fairground rides.
At the event you can also take some time out to be pampered in wellbeing tents or satisfy your urge to shop at the local business outlets there.
A Stoke Poges Parish Council spokesperson said: "Stoke Poges Village Fete is a quintessential element of what makes Stoke Poges the welcoming, friendly, community-spirited society that it is."
In addition, the Stoke Poges Air Scouts will prepare a BBQ and there'll also be tea, cakes, candy floss and ice cream on offer.
While you're in the area you can also pop across to Langley Country Park, a historic parkland where you can relax and enjoy the lakes, landscaped gardens, flowers and ancient lanes.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The Stoke Poges Village fete will have a bouncy castle, pampering treatments, stalls and plenty of food.
The Stoke Poges Village Fete is being held on June 11th and will feature music from Wexham Park Hospital Radio, fun stalls, bouncy castles and fairground rides.
At the event you can also take some time out to be pampered in wellbeing tents or satisfy your urge to shop at the local business outlets there.
A Stoke Poges Parish Council spokesperson said: "Stoke Poges Village Fete is a quintessential element of what makes Stoke Poges the welcoming, friendly, community-spirited society that it is."
In addition, the Stoke Poges Air Scouts will prepare a BBQ and there'll also be tea, cakes, candy floss and ice cream on offer.
While you're in the area you can also pop across to Langley Country Park, a historic parkland where you can relax and enjoy the lakes, landscaped gardens, flowers and ancient lanes.
Posted by Katie Finch
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: The Stoke Poges Village fete will have a bouncy castle, pampering treatments, stalls and plenty of food.
Kids after summer activities for children can try archery
If you're in Kent or nearby, your kids can now practice an activity that they will get to try at children's camps: Archery.
Kids age six plus can head to Bedgebury for expert tuition in the sport from Steve Walker, a level two coach who used to work for Kent Sports Development Unit.
Steve said: "We cater for all ages and abilities from six years upwards. Care homes and day services are especially welcome, as are group bookings and birthday parties. We supply all the equipment."
One lady, Nicola Jane Stephens, who tried the sport with Steve said that she was "hooked", while another, Jennie Brockhurst, commented on how she enjoyed practicing archery in "pleasant surroundings".
You can book children into an hourly slot on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday from 10:00 BST each morning and on every day while school's out. Even better, these summer activities for kids only cost £5!
This sport could be great for kids as it'll improve their hand to eye co-ordination, teach them to be patient and let them make more friends, too.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids in Kent can try their hand at archery with an expert instructor in Bedgebury.
Kids age six plus can head to Bedgebury for expert tuition in the sport from Steve Walker, a level two coach who used to work for Kent Sports Development Unit.
Steve said: "We cater for all ages and abilities from six years upwards. Care homes and day services are especially welcome, as are group bookings and birthday parties. We supply all the equipment."
One lady, Nicola Jane Stephens, who tried the sport with Steve said that she was "hooked", while another, Jennie Brockhurst, commented on how she enjoyed practicing archery in "pleasant surroundings".
You can book children into an hourly slot on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday from 10:00 BST each morning and on every day while school's out. Even better, these summer activities for kids only cost £5!
This sport could be great for kids as it'll improve their hand to eye co-ordination, teach them to be patient and let them make more friends, too.
Posted by Clara Glasper
News provided by Barracudas Activity Day Camps, the UK's No.1 operator of Easter and Summer camps for kids!
Extract: Kids in Kent can try their hand at archery with an expert instructor in Bedgebury.
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