Family Fun: Imagine That!
29 Jul 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
Last entries at 12.15pm and 3.15pm
Creepy crawlies, circus performers, puppets and collage….Join us during the summer holidays to get creative at our family-friendly drop-ins with different fun and crazy activities each week. We'll be getting inspired by all the artwork in our amazing 'Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes' exhibition - just let your imaginations run wild! Take a look at the full timetable below.
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Our drop-in craft sessions are particularly ideal for children aged 4 to 11 years old and their adults and last entries at 12.15pm and 3.15pm. If it's busy why not head over to our 'Explore More' tables to enjoy some extra self-guided activities there? We'll have a great range of creative activities on offer during the summer holidays.
Week One: 29-31 July
Join us and Life On The Edge and help us fill our cabinet of incredible creatures with surreal bugs made from collage materials.
Summer Holiday Special: On Wednesday 30 July, you can see a 6m high biomechanical insect sculpture on Tavistock Place with a special performance with a live soundtrack from 12.45-1.30pm – plus, we’ll have live big bug handing with the University of Plymouth. Come and see stick insects, giant snails, giant cockroaches, katydid, beetles, spiders!
Week Two: 5-7 August
Have loads of fun making creations with the Surrealist art technique of decalcomania - a blotting process where paint is squeezed between two surfaces to create a mirror image. What hidden images can you see?
Week Three: 12-14 August
Make your own Surrealist sculptures from clay using inspiration from the great Henry Moore and Jean Arp which you can see in our 'Forbidden Territories' exhibition.
Week Four: 19-21 August
Make surreal animal puppets. Use card, photos, sticks and more. Why not combine your chosen animal with another object to create something truly unique?
Week Five: 26-28 August
Make a surreal print using gelli plates and torn paper shapes. Where will your imagination take you?
Don't forget, our free Tell Me a Story sessions will also be running from 10.30-11am each Friday throughout the holidays too!