Seed Bomb Making Workshop At Darwen Market WITH THE MAKING ROOMS Free February Half Term Family Friendly Fun! Join us for an exciting FREE seed bomb workshop where we’ll craft sustainable seed bombs using recycled cardboard. Discover how to spread a little flower power while learning fun and eco-friendly ways to make a difference. Perfect…
Crankie Making Workshop At Darwen Market WITH ALICE ROWBOTTOM Free February Half Term Family Friendly Fun! Make your own crankie theatre to take away with you – crankies are a way of telling stories with pictures. Draw, craft and create your very own cardboard crankie theatre. A FREE drop-in workshop led by Alice Rowbottom. The…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Music and Crafts with Shared Sounds At Darwen Market WITH THE BUREAU CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Come and explore some exciting musical instruments with The Bureau Centre for the Arts Shared Sounds team at the market. Create soundscapes, joining in with everyone to create your own music. Get crafty at Darwen…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Bat, Cackle, Pop! At Darwen Market WITH STORY CRAFT THEATRE It’s Winifred the Witch’s birthday and she thinks that everyone has forgotten. There’s going to be a Surprise party, but first we need to make a special birthday cake. We just need the last 3 rather spooky ingredients… The show is…
Free Family Friendly Activity: DIY Kamishibai At Darwen Market WITH ALASTAIR PRICE Kamishibai is Japanese for ‘paper theatre’, tales told by travelling story tellers, using pictures. Make up a new story, or add to an old one, see it told on the small stage. Or, for more modern children, why not ‘upload’ a picture onto…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Junk Modelling At Darwen Market WITH STORIES IN THE DUST Join the cast of Stories in the Dust to make junk model puppets. Using all sorts of materials, found and recycled, you’ll be guided through with tips and tricks to help you make any animal you like, real or imagined, to…
Free Family Friendly Activity: Den Building At Darwen Market WITH CHRIS HARMAN Join us for a one off workshop in Darwen Market. Get hands on designing and building your own den. Our den-maker extraordinaire will bring all the materials you’ll need to create your masterpiece, from bamboo, piping, recycled material and reusable, eco-friendly zip-ties. Use…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Placards of Kindness At Darwen Market WITH PHOEBE FOXTROT Join Phoebe Foxtrot with her soap box and mic. Make a placard of kindness and share your kind thoughts with the world. Hearing kind words spoken by a stranger can change your day, and in a domino affect change the day of…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Circus Skills Workshop At Darwen Market WITH CIRCUS HOUSE Join The Circus House team for a circus skills workshop. Have a go with diablo, spin some plates, learn to juggle or even try aerial hoop! The fully trained circus team will be delivering all of the sessions between 11am and 3pm…
Free Family Friendly Activities: Splat! At Darwen Market WITH OFFTHEJAKEL Splat is a silent comedy about art and creativity for ages 3-7. Two artists, one tidy and one messy. Will they both manage to complete their masterpieces and learn to work together? This is a splashy, splat-filled journey from the early scribblers to the great…