What to do with kids in London in August 2023

Here are free and paid events for kids in London this summer! Hope you and your little ones make the most of it!

Click each underlined title to check out further details on their websites!

1. Chickenshed Theatre (290 Chase Side, London N14 4PE)

Children’s Festival of Fun has various programmes, and you can check each one below for details and the links!

https://www.chickenshed.org.uk/pages/events/category/whats-on?Take=30

• Tales Big Day Out
  • 13 Aug, 11am & 2pm (90mins)
  • 0-7 yrs
  • £10 (Babies under 12 mths FREE)
  • With song, dance and action, performances and workshops.

• Tales from the Shed
  • 5 Aug 11am | 12 Aug 10am
  • 0-6 yrs
  • £7 (Babies under 6 mths FREE)
  • Songs, movement and language games

• Tales Yoga
  • 9 Aug, 2pm
  • 0-7 yrs
  • £5 (Under 6 months FREE)
  • Yoga with fun, interactive storytelling

• Storyworld, Enfield Special
• 5 Aug, 1pm (90 mins)
• 0-6 yrs
• £7 (Under 6 months FREE)

• Planet Play
  • 5 Aug 9:30 | 6 Aug 10:00 | 13 Aug 9:30 (Sept and Oct every Friday 10:00)
  • 0-3 yrs
  • Adults £9 (babies & children FREE)

• Sound Adventures
  • 10 Aug 1:30pm & 3pm | 11 Aug 1:30pm
  • 5+ yrs
  • £6

Family Summer Pantomime – THREE

• 3 Aug – Sat 12 Aug(Time varies everyday)
• 3+ yrs
• £8 (free under 12 months)
• Fairytale through song, puppetry and movement

Baby Broadway Family Concert

• Wed 16 Aug, 10am & 11:30am (45 mins)
• 0-6 yrs
• £7 (under 6 months FREE)
• Well-known musical songs with bubbles, puppetry, dance moves, and lots of audience interaction

2. Mess it up in the park (Priory Park London, Greater London, N8 8LN)

• £13
• Friday 10:00-12:00

3. The Postal Museum (15-20 Phoenix Pl, London WC1X 0DA)

Summer of Invention: 27 July – 26 August, included in ticket, drop in, first come first served

• Family STEAM Trail: 27 Jul – 26 Aug 10:00-17:00
• Construction Zone: Every Thursday and Friday during 27 Jul – 26 Aug, 10:00-15:00
• Pioneering Postcodes: 3, 4 & 5 Aug, 11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 (best for 5-11 yrs)
• Mail Rail Science Show: 10, 11 & 12 Aug, 11:00-11:45, 13:00-13:45 (best for 7-11 yrs)
• Pioneering Postage Stamp: 17, 18 & 19 Aug, 11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 (best for 5-11 yrs)
• Revolutionary Robots: 24, 25 & 26 Aug, 11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 (best for 5-11 yrs)

* Add Sorted(Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-16:45 | £4 online, £5 on the day, £11 Museum + Sorted | ages 8 and under) to your ticket!

4. Try an Instrument Workshop for Kids: Book for a FREE 30 minute slot!

• 19 Aug, Highbury Fields Playground, Fellowship Square
• 26 Aug, Fellowship Square, Queen’s Park
• 2 Sept, Cutty Sark

5. Somerset House (Strand, London WC2R 1LA)

Summer in the Courtyard (FREE)

• Weekdays in August: art & installations, food & drink pop-ups and water fountains (The fountains will be off from 7-15 Aug inclusive.)
• Weekends: live events & performances
• 16 Aug 12:00-15:00 Drumming Workshop (for all ages)
• 23 Aug 12:00-14:00 Make Your Own Puppet (for all ages)

6. Strand Aldwych Summer Social

• 5 Aug, 12:00-18:00
• FREE
• Roller staking and face painting, interactive games and activities for all the family

7. National Gallery

Summer on the Square: throughout August, 11am-4pm (break 1-2pm), FREE

• Interactively art gallery: 4-6 Aug
• Tuning in: 7-9 Mon
• London Drawing: 10-13 Aug
• Imagineer and Imagine Bamboo: 14-16 Aug
• Moving colours, moving selves: 17-20 Aug
• Originary Arts: 21-24 Aug
• Leap Then Look: 25-28 Aug

8. Republic London – Sandpit Play Days

• Every Thursday 3-14 August, 11:00-15:00
• FREE
• Enjoy their water gardens, lakeside, and sandpit

9. National Portrait Gallery

• 31 July – 4 Aug, 7-11 Aug
• FREE
• Different art & craft programmes prepared for each day! (Check the programmes here for Week 1 and here for Week 2!)

10. British Museum (Free)

• Little Feet: Ride the Waves
  • 21 Aug, 11:00-14:00
  • Under 5s
  • Water play on the Museum’s front lawn. Playing with soft sand and friendly fish. There will be activities across the lawn with creative elements, multi-sensory stations and relaxing areas.

• Masterpieces in Minecraft: Ancient Greece OR Ancient Egypt
  • 4, 10, 11, 17, 24 & 31 Aug, 10:00-16:00
  • 5+
  • Make your own unique creation, from theatres to temples

• Making masks: Ancient Greece and Persia
  • 5 Aug, 10:00-16:00
  • 5+

• Impossible Images: Ancient Greece and Persia OR Ancient Egypt
  • 12 & 18 August, 10:00-16:00
  • 5+

• Fabulous fans: China
  • 19 August, 10:00-16:00
  • 5+
  • Design a fan inspired by objects from China

11. Museum of the Home (136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA)

MATT + FIONA: Build & Play Summer Residency

• Every Tuesday in August, 10:00-16:00
• Free, drop-in
• Design a modular and interactive play structure

How to Post a Paper Boat

• 25 August, 12:00-16:00
• Free, booking required
• Paper boat making workshop

12. British Library

Family Workshops: Animal Sounds

• 20 Aug, 11:00-12:30, 13:30-15:00
• suitable for 5-11 yrs
• Activities will include movement, making noise with our voices and playing with materials to create sounds.

13. The Kids’ Table

• A pop-up children’s corner service for pubs, restaurants, food halls and shopping centres. Craft, games and creative table-top fun prepared
• Available free of charge on a first come, first served  basis to customers of participating venues in all around London (Check their website for the list)
• Saturdays or Sundays
• 3-10 yrs

Hope you enjoy!

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