Monday 19th August 10 - 11am / Monday 2nd September 10-11am
£15 for one adult and one child pairing.
 
Suitable for children from approximately 4-9 years old. These special family yoga sessions will be held outdoors, but will be cancelled if there is bad weather, and a full refund issued. Please ensure you give us your contact details in the event of cancellation.
 
Sharing a yoga session can be a playful way to help your child keep their mind and body balanced, as well as a great opportunity to bond. Our Big Dog, Little Dog session includes some basic yoga poses and techniques which will introduce your child to a practise that they will hopefully continue into adulthood, as well as some really fun acro-yoga balances.
 
£15 per pair per week
 
For more information email bookings@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk

Did you know that Wycombe had its very own Roman villa with a beautiful mosaic? Come along and find out more and make a coaster out of glass mosaic tiles.

Times Tuesday 12.15, 1.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm, 4.15pm
            Thursday 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm

Summer holiday activities for the family

It can be tough finding activities to keep the children entertained throughout the school summer holidays. So the Museum’s Education team have created special themed family activities, games and crafts all for the standard admission price!

If you’d like to attend multiple Terrific Tuesdays (there will be 9 during the 2019 season), and Museum events then you can purchase an Annual Pass which costs £30 per adult, £18 per child and family pass prices start from £50.

This year each Terrific Tuesday date in the summer is one of the four elements:

30th July – Earth

6th August – Air

13th August – Fire

20th August – Water

27th August – Element of surprise (a collection of activities from the previous weeks)

- Every Tuesday in Bucks school holidays is a Terrific Tuesday

- Enjoy themed family crafts and activities

- Activities run from 11am – 3.30pm

- Tea Room with drinks, light lunches, cakes and ice creams

- Plenty of space for picnics

- Baby changing facilities

- Adventure playground

- Small working farm

- Ample free car parking

Additional information

Activities for each date are still to be confirmed and are subject to change. Standard admission prices apply. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

We recommend that you bring a carrier bag with you so that you can take home all the wonderful crafts and creations that you have made.

Get the family together to explore Roald Dahl's home village on our guided walks to discover the places that inspired Roald Dahl.

On the Village Trail you'll see Danny's dad's petrol pumps (from Danny, the Champion of the World), the house that was the inspiration for Sophie's norphanage in The BFG, Matilda's library and Roald Dahl's grave.

On the Countryside Trail you'll explore some of the Chiltern countryside that Roald Dahl loved. Keep your eyes peeled for some familiar insect friends as we hunt for bugs in the woods and the inspiration for Roald Dahl’s first popular book for children, James and the Giant Peach.

Event details

• Times: 11.30am Village Trail, 2.00pm Countryside Trail. 
• Cost: £1.50 per participant in addition to Museum entry. You'll need a Museum admission ticket to enjoy this event.
• Age: suitable for 5 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by an adult. Participating children aged 2 to 4 years will still need to pay.
• Dogs: No dogs are allowed  - except guide dogs.
• Type of workshop: Walk. Footpaths might be muddy and are steep in places. Please come dressed appropriately for the weather.

Learn about the stormy weather that James and his friends experienced on their travels, then make junk model instruments to play in the storm orchestra!

Times: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Cost: £3 per participant. Adults are welcome to pay to make their own. Price does not include Museum entry which you will also need to book to take part in the workshop.

Age: suitable for 5 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by an adult (no more than two non-participating adults will be allowed in the room per group). Participating children under 5 years will still need to pay.

Type of workshop: craft workshop - you might get messy! All materials will supplied.

Booking: you can book Museum entry and workshops online up until the day before (subject to availability). Workshop options will appear after selecting your Museum admission.

Children have great fun making their own "chocolatey" creations which they then take home. Free parking. Children  chocolate = FUN – provided its not in your home! Cost £10/person

Wednesday 21st August from 12  - 2.30pm 
Adult and Child (6 ) - £50 per pair plus £15 per extra child
 
A great opportunity to get creative with the kids this summer. Come and paint this fabulous VW Camper in your own style!
 
We’ll learn some great watercolour techniques and combine painting with some pencil work to create a finished piece. You’ll be guided step by step by professional artist and tutor Jay Nolan-Latchford who’ll help you to choose your own colours and even add a personal number plate. All painters will take home a finished, mounted painting ready to be framed.
 
Suitable for children 6  (please note this is an accompanied workshop).
All materials will be provided and no previous experience is neccessary at all.
 
For more information email bookings@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk
 
We look forward to welcoming you to The Barn.

Find out how Roald Dahl created the story of James and the Giant Peach, his first famous children’s story. Then use some of his wondercrump techniques to get your own insect tale underway.

Times: 12.00pm, 1.30pm and 3.00pm

Cost: £3 per participant. Price does not include Museum entry which you will also need to book to take part in the workshop.

Age: suitable for 6 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by an adult (no more than two non-participating adults will be allowed in the room per group). Participating children under 5 years will still need to pay.

Booking: you can book Museum entry and workshops online up until the day before (subject to availability). Workshop options will appear after selecting your Museum admission.

Thursday 8th August and 22nd August at 10am-12pm approximately
£15 per adult & child pair, £5 extra child
 
We are delighted to be able to run two extra special Forest School sessions during the Summer holidays with the help of the brilliant from Nature's Jewels. Jools is an expert in outdoor forest school teaching at a number of different schools across Buckinghamshire. The sessions are ideal for children aged from 5-13 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
 
The sessions will start with a welcome around the fire circle, boundaries will be identified and things to keep ourselves, our friends and the environment safe.
 
There will be a craft activities including woodland bling making, marshmallow roasting, fire lighting skills, learning how to use tools, hapa zome and big hunting. Due to the nature of the sessions a ratio of 1 adult to 2 children max is necessary for safety reasons (i.e. fire/tools etc.)
 
NB for parents of pre-schoolers and toddlers. You are welcome to bring younger children, who will be able to use the digging area for mud play, make muddy paint for the trees, play on the swing and hammock and play with the selection of books and outdoor toys but with additional older children also present they will need to stay near an adult at all times, so in that respect they won’t be as ‘free’ as at the usual toddler/pre-schooler Forest Pay that we run.
 
Please email bookings@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk or juliehopton421@btinternet.com for more information.
 
£15 per adult & child pair, £5 extra child

Passionate about performing? Or just want to learn new skills and make some new friends? Why not sign up for Playhouse Theatre’s two day, fun-packed summer course, led by industry professionals who have worked as actors with companies such as the BBC and Royal Shakespeare Company!

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At Workhouse Theatre we have packed as much learning, teamwork and fun as possible into the Stage Stars Masterclass, covering subjects such as singing, dancing, comedy, drama and puppetry as well as creating a short performance to show friends and family all in just two days!

This is your chance to peek inside our archive! Take a close up look at Roald Dahl's letters and manuscripts, find out some secrets about your favourite Roald Dahl books, and get the chance to ask all your burning Roald Dahl questions to the experts!

Times: 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Cost: £1.50 adults and children. Price does not include Museum entry which you will also need to book to take part in the workshop.

Age: suitable for 8 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by a paying adult. Participating children under 8 will still need to pay.

Type of workshop: archive talk

Booking: you can book Museum entry and workshops online up until the day before (subject to availability). Workshop options will appear after selecting your Museum admission.

If only James had had a weather station to help him track the weather in his buckswashling adventure! We’ll help you to make your own weather instruments as well as a peachy log book to record your findings in.  

Times: 12.00pm, 1.30pm and 3.00pm

Cost: £3 per participant. Adults are welcome to pay to make their own. Price does not include Museum entry which you will also need to book to take part in the workshop.

Age: suitable for 5 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by an adult (no more than two non-participating adults will be allowed in the room per group). Participating children under 5 years will still need to pay.

Type of workshop: craft workshop - you might get messy! All materials will supplied.

Booking: you can book Museum entry and workshops online up until the day before (subject to availability). Workshop options will appear after selecting your Museum admission.

Outdoor family fun following the structure of our term-time forest school. We meet in any weather and enjoy exploring, playing, building, mixing mud, finding bugs, campfire cooking and lots more!

Times  10 – 11.15am,  12.30 – 1.45pm

Friday 23rd August from 10am to 4pm
 
If you’re looking for something a bit different to do with your children over the summer holidays (that won’t cost a small fortune) then we may have the perfect solution.
 
On Friday 2nd August and the 23rd of August we are holding our Family Picnic Days, where for only £5 a head (kids under 1 are free) you can bring a blanket, a picnic and your friends to enjoy a day of outdoor play, crafts and family activities in an acre of beautiful countryside.
 
We'll have some things for the children to do including storytelling in The Tipi, a mud kitchen, hay bales, nature weaving, baby and toddler toys and a natural scavenger hunt. We’ve also arranged for some additional paid for workshops including flower crown making, pom pom garlands, bug hunting and making clay impressions. These additional workshops will be released for booking on our website in July.
 
But the main idea is that the children spend the day outside in the fresh air, using their imaginations, climbing hay bales, and playing with their friends!
 
Facilities on the day will include a mini café area with limited refreshments (tea, coffee & herbal teas, ice-creams, ice-lollies and organic fresh fruit and veg), baby changing room, nursing rocking chair, bathroom facilities and free wifi.
 
Spaces will be limited to prevent overcrowding so no need to worry about too many people! Tickets must be booked in advance.
 
The event will run, even if it's raining! So do feel free to bring your own gazebo, tent, rain shelter or wellies if it looks damp!
 
For more info email Caroline or Jules on bookings@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk

If only James had had a weather station to help him track the weather in his buckswashling adventure! We’ll help you to make your own weather instruments as well as a peachy log book to record your findings in.  

Times: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Cost: £3 per participant. Adults are welcome to pay to make their own. Price does not include Museum entry which you will also need to book to take part in the workshop.

Age: suitable for 5 years. Under 16s will need to be accompanied by an adult (no more than two non-participating adults will be allowed in the room per group). Participating children under 5 years will still need to pay.

Type of workshop: craft workshop - you might get messy! All materials will supplied.

Booking: you can book Museum entry and workshops online up until the day before (subject to availability). Workshop options will appear after selecting your Museum admission.

Ages 8  (this is a recommendation not a rule!)
£15 PER CROWN.
 
Bring your nature loving kids along to this delightful flower crown making class run by Caroline from The Hidden Gate Blooms. You are welcome to leave your children at this 1 1/2 hour workshop, or join in the fun and make a flower crown of your own. 
 
This workshop is being held on the same day as our Family Picnic Day, but you can attend this workshop even if you are not coming to the picnic.
 
In this workshop, you will get the chance to pick seasonal, British flowers from Caroline’s abundant growing and cutting patch, and learn how to make their own flower crown to take away with you. 
 
This workshop requires an element of dexterity so we would suggest it's best suited to children over 8 years of age (but obviously you know your kids best!).
 
All materials are included.
 
For more information please email bookings@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk