Children's Creative Studio
Bromwich Hall Museum Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, B71 2EA
3rd-17th August
Play + Games
Wednesday 3rd August: Nature Art Play Day with Nature Makers
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm (Session repeated, please arrive early to secure a place)
Age: 3-10yrs
Make, create, explore and play outdoors with Nature Makers.
Nature Makers run eco-friendly, mindful outdoor art and craft for children in the local area, and believe creativity and embracing nature are so important for early years development and life-long wellbeing. Find out more on the website www.nature-makers.co.uk and through social media pages following @naturemakerslichfieldwalsall.
Wednesday 3rd August: Sandwell Libraries Storytime
11am-12noon | All ages
Show us your muscles and join our parachute games, then have a little rest with our family storytime.
3rd-5th August: Fusion Fashion Camp with Complex Simplicity
11am-3pm | Age: 8-12yrs
Register your place via Sandwell #HAF2022 at www.sandwell.gov.uk
Fusion will blend design inspiration from sport and the commonwealth to celebrate diversity and is part of #HAF2022 (Holidays Activities & Food programme)
Fusion will blend design inspiration from sport and the commonwealth to celebrate diversity & will be part of #HAF2022 (Holidays Activities & Food programme - a government initiative to provide activities & #healthy eating guidance to support children & young people including SEND to access healthy food & enriching activities during the summer holidays.
*Wednesday 3rd August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm*
Thursday 4th August: Colour Box with Flatpack (Great Hall)
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm Please arrive early to secure a place
Age: 3-10yrs
Come and join us for a day of short films and hands-on practical workshops, exploring all the ways in which we play. Expect some silly animated films with a playful sense of humour, and opportunities to make the kookiest outfits using a whole range of materials and bits and bobs - once suitably attired, strike a pose for the photoshoot. Brought to you by the Colour Box team at Flatpack. Head to the website for more details including screening and workshop times.
Thursday 4th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm
Friday 5th August: Inclusive Play The Glue Collective
11am-3pm
Drop in | Age: 0-25yrs
You are invited to join Glue for an art and play set in the grounds of Bromwich Hall. More than a park, it is a SPARK! A place where creativity, imagination and play can flourish.
Children and adults of all ages and abilities can create, play and enjoy art. SPARK is populated with a range of ‘loose arts’ and tactile artwork made by the collective. ‘Loose arts’ are designed from a range of natural and up-cycled materials that offer an invitation to be moved around, combined, stacked, dismantled and put back together in multiple ways, they come with no instructions creating a sense of wonder and encouraging imagination.
As a collective of artists we value the quality of the play and creative process over the product and the installation changes in shape, colour and form depending on the contribution from participants on the day. This session welcomes children with additional needs and is specifically designed for children with SEND. Please get in touch to discuss your access requirements E: amy@childrensbiennial.com
Friday 5th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm
Saturday 6th August: Play + Games at Bromwich Hall
11am-3pm
Drop in | All ages!
Come and join the friends of Bromwich Hall for a day of games and play and our FLOW Maker space will be open for making, crafting and creating your own original games and playthings.
Nature + Natural
Monday 8th August - Nature Play with Ampersand Projects
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm (Session repeated, please arrive early to secure a place) | 3 years+
Come play, build and create in nature at this Forest School inspired session. Children of all ages are invited to hunt for minibeasts, squish mud, build dens and create pictures using natural paints and brushes.
The session is outdoors and you are advised to wear seasonally appropriate clothing and closed shoes where possible, children may get wet and muddy whatever the weather! We seek to make sessions a positive experience for all families, please let us know in advance how we can meet any additional needs you might have by emailing Kate.Andrews@ampersandprojects.org.
*Monday 8th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm*
Monday 8th August: Library Fun
11am-12noon | All ages
Jump on the Sandwell Library Bus for Play, Talk, Read. Join us and everyone’s favourite hungry caterpillar. Stories, crafts and code-a-pillar fun.
Tuesday 9th August - Play with Clay
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm (Session repeated, please arrive early to secure a place)| 3 years+
Come and get your hands dirty, and to do something different as well as learning about clay. To squish it and bash it, roll it, flatten it, clay is one of Earth's more abundant materials and it's a brilliant and fun way to get to be creative and make things in 3D form.
*Tuesday 9th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm*
Tuesday 9th August: Jump on the Sandwell Library Bus
11am-12noon | All ages
Toot, toot goes the bus as we join in with stories, singing and crafts.
Wednesday 10th August: The Playcycle
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm (Session repeated, please arrive early to secure a place) | 0-6 years
Join us for an interactive storytelling adventure, children will get messy and have fun, exploring a range of story-themed messy and sensory play activities to really bring books to life. At The Playcycle we are passionate about 'sensory play' because we have seen first-hand the joy it brings to families and the proven benefits it has on child development.
Thursday 11th August: The Playcycle
11am-12 | 12:30-1:30pm | 2-3pm (Session repeated, please arrive early to secure a place)
0-6 years
Join us for an interactive storytelling adventure, children will get messy and have fun, exploring a range of story-themed messy and sensory play activities to really bring books to life. At The Playcycle we are passionate about 'sensory play' because we have seen first-hand the joy it brings to families and the proven benefits it has on child development.
Thursday 11th August: Sandwell Libraries Storytime
11am-12noon | All ages
Stories and crafts with the one and only Sandy Bear. Don't forget your camera!
Friday 12th August: Inclusive Play The Glue Collective
11am-3pm
Drop in | Age: 0-25yrs
You are invited to join Glue for an art and play set in the grounds of Bromwich Hall. More than a park, it is a SPARK! A place where creativity, imagination and play can flourish.
Children and adults of all ages and abilities can create, play and enjoy art. SPARK is populated with a range of ‘loose arts’ and tactile artwork made by the collective. ‘Loose arts’ are designed from a range of natural and up-cycled materials that offer an invitation to be moved around, combined, stacked, dismantled and put back together in multiple ways, they come with no instructions creating a sense of wonder and encouraging imagination.
As a collective of artists we value the quality of the play and creative process over the product and the installation changes in shape, colour and form depending on the contribution from participants on the day. This session welcomes children with additional needs and is specifically designed for children with SEND. Please get in touch to discuss your access requirements E: amy@childrensbiennial.com
Saturday 13th August: WMVS Children in Care Artslink – Arts Festival
11am-3pm
Drop in | Age: All ages
Young people from Birmingham and Virtual Schools have been led by the expertise of architectural practice Matt + Fiona and local designer-maker Lisa Lucy Gakunga to design our creative studio and gallery as part of FLOW Children's Biennial for Birmingham 2022 Festival.
This is your opportunity to come and visit our arts centre shipping container at Bromwich Hall Museum and hear from the children who designed it and see the space in action. There will be a mix of have-a-go workshops, pop up performances, live music and refreshments.
*Saturday 13th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open today 11am-3pm*
My Bromwich Hall Museum
Monday 15th-Wednesday 17th August: Medieval Makerspace
11am-3pm every day
Drop in - things for all ages
A makerspace is a “curiosity space” for kids to build, explore, and invent with a variety of tools and supplies. Our special Medieval Maker Space will explore the weird and wonderful 750 year history of Bromwich Hall Museum, and inspire children to invent, build and make their own medieval inventions, solving the problems of the time, like how do you make hedgehog pie?
*15th-17th August: Bromwich Hall Museum is open everyday 11am-3pm*
Monday 15th August Library Fun
11am-12 | All ages
Jump on the Sandwell Library Bus for Play, Talk, Read. Let down your hair with our magical Rapunzel story time. Then make and create your crafts to take home.
Tuesday 16th August: Jump on our Sandwell Library Bus for Story Time
11am-12 | All ages
Behold all you would be knights, join us for Medieval tales of Sir Charlie Stinky Socks. Then make your very own shield to carry on your adventures.
