Baby BallroomMarch 31Sequins at the ready! Very young children can feel the rhythms of salsa, jive and freestyle dance during this professionally tutored taster workshop at Armagh’s Market Square.Baby Animal FestivalMarch 31Catch the adorable animals on Streamvale Open Farm for t...

participants can cut out and colour in a toy gymnast, add special weights and watch her balance on a beam just like the real thing. 

Easter animalsMarch 31–April 16Livingstone’s Almond Valley heritage Centre will be hosting an Easter egg hunt throughout the on-site farm, giving children a chance to get up close to the adorable baby animals which have arrived in the Spring. Turn up during Easter weekend for the...

Mayor’s Show BallymoneyJune 30Join in the jubilations as a parade winds it way through Ballymoney town centre with a ‘back to the Fifties’ theme. Other entertainment includes a display of vintage vehicles, face painting balloon modelling and music from DJ Barry. Punch And Judy On...

Pig-ScotJune 23Children and adults alike should dig out their race day finery and head along to Cantref Aventure Farm for Wales’ premier porcine racing event! Cheer on the farm’s resident pigs as they trot around a specially built racing track during this brilliant (and ever-so-s...

the school holidays. The schedule will include Tuesday science activities, Friday colouring trails and special guests every Saturday.Handle Exotic AnimalsJuly 4Spiders and scorpions and snakes, oh my! Older children can learn fascinating facts and handle a

from Papa G’s and Sashimi from Wasabi while enjoying live music from vintage DJ’s and activities for children.Make and Do FrisbeesAugust 5Families who fancy a game of Frisbee should head to Seaton Deleval Hall in Northumberland for this creative session

Badger Watching June 28, July 5, 12, 19Wrap up warmly, pack your binoculars and hope for blue skies and you head out onto picturesque Leith Hill in Surrey for an evening of spotting badgers in their natural habitat, accompanied by an experienced guide.  Summer of Love Craft FairJ...

–December 9A celebration of Punch’s 350th Birthday with two different exhibitions at the V&A Museum Of Childhood. That’s the way to do it look s at Punch’s Italian origins while Punch Professors In England displays photography of modern puppeteers.Teddy Bear

What’s your earliest food memory? The breast of my mother. What foods did you like and dislike as a child? There were no foods that I can remember disliking. All my mother’s food was delicious. What did you eat for school dinners? My mother used