Family Craft Saturdays

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Join our volunteer team on Saturday afternoons for family craft activities inspired by the Museum’s collections.

Learn about some of the 350,000 objects in the Horniman’s collections, and discover more about music, nature, wildlife, and the world around us.

Get stuck into some crafts and have fun with our wonderful volunteers at these free, drop-in sessions.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

April

26 April – Earth Collage

Join over 1 billion people worldwide celebrating Earth Day by creating a collage of our beautiful planet.

May

Please note there will be no Family Craft Saturdays on 3 May.

10 May – Buddhist Wesak lanterns

Celebrate the important Buddhist festival with the upcoming May full moon and create a paper Wesak Lantern.

17 and 24 May – Bumble bees

Create your own little bumble bee and learn about the importance of these buzzy friends to celebrate World Bee Day.

31 May – Seedling pots

Decorate little seedling pots and plant your own seeds this National Children’s Gardening Week.

June

7 June – Paper plate crabs

Create a little crab for World Ocean Day.

14 and 21 June – Green collages

This Great Big Green Week we are celebrating green spaces by creating big green collages! Join us to make your own collage.

28 June – Rainbow bracelet

Celebrate Pride with us by making your own rainbow bracelet!