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Free children's library activities over half-term

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Published: 13/02/2014


Children aged 3 to 11 can enjoy a range of free drop in sessions with activities including board games, puzzles, and a range of craft workshops. There are also free rhymetime sessions for babies and toddlers and their parents or carers to enjoy together.

 

Monday 17 February

Beauty and the bugs

Cadbury Heath Library, 10.30am to 11.30am for 4 to 11-year-olds

Come along and make your own beastie or beauty using recycled modelling and craft materials.

 

Tuesday 18 February

Games galore

Emersons Green Library, 2pm to 4pm for 3 to 11-year-olds

Join in games and activities including skipping, chess, tiddlywinks, marbles, elastics, Twister, Connect 4, dominoes and parachute games.

 

Chinese New Year

Patchway Library, 10am to 11.30am for 4 to 11-year-olds

Craft and activities fun.

 

Wild Vikings

Yate Library, 10.30am to 12pm for 4 to 11-year-olds

Craft, word search and colouring fun.

 

Wednesday 19 February

Up, up and away

Kingswood Library, 2.15pm to 3.15pm for 4 to 9-year-olds

Crafts and activities.

 

Fun in the jungle

Thornbury Library, 11am to 12pm for 4 to 11-year-olds

Crafts, puzzles and activities.

 

Shake, rattle and roll

Winterbourne Library, 10pm to 11.30am for 3 to 10-year-olds

Come along and make instruments for recycled materials and items from the kitchen cupboard.

 

Thursday 20 February

Digging for dinosaurs

Downend Library, 10am to 11.30am for 4 to 9-year-olds

Unearth your very own dinosaur and enjoy prehistoric crafts and fun.

 

February fun

Hanham Library, 2pm to 3pm for 4 to 10-year-olds

Crafts and activities to beat the boredom.

 

Friday 21 February

Animal crackers

Bradley Stoke Library, 10.30am to 11.30am for 3 to 11-year-olds

Craft activities with an animal theme.

 

Dinosaur roar

Filton Library, 10.30am to 12pm for 4 to 11-year-olds

Dinosaur crafts and stories.

 

Nature watch

Staple Hill Library, 10.30am to 12pm for 4 to 11-year-olds

Hands on nature table activity.

 

Some libraries in South Gloucestershire will also be holding rhymetime sessions for babies and toddlers and their parents or carers to enjoy action songs and rhymes together.

 

Monday 17 February

Cadbury Heath Library, 9.15am to 9.45am

Hanham Library, 9.30am to 10am

 

Tuesday 18 February

Winterbourne Library 9.30am to 10am

Filton Library, 9.30am to 10am (rhymetime and storytime)

Hanham Library 9.30am to 10am (rhymetime and storytime)

 

Wednesday 19 February

Downend Library, 10.30am to 11.15am

Kingswood Library, 10.30am to 11am

Patchway Library, 10.30am to 11am

 

Friday 21 February

Filton Library, 2.30pm to 3pm (rhymetime and storytime)

 

For more information contact the libraries on 01454 868006 or visit www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries


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