Festive Thursdays at Liverpool ONE
21 Nov, 28 Nov, 5 Dec, 12 Dec & 19 Dec
3pm-7pm
Free to enjoy
Make those late-night shopping adventures sparkle with Christmas magic! When you visit on Thursday evenings, each week something new and enchanting will take over Liverpool ONE – from ice carvings to giant penguins!
Link for more information – https://www.liverpool-one.com/whats-on/thursday-shopping-activity/
In this bumper meet and make session at Sudley House they will spend the day printing unique Christmas cards and wrapping paper. After a break for lunch you will then design beautiful homemade soaps to gift (or keep for yourself!). The whole time you will learn new skills and and get to know new people.
Their friendly facilitator will guide you through the processes and there is no need to have any experience, just bring yourself and some enthusiasm. They’ll break for lunch to the café for a chat where you can enjoy a hot drink on us.
This session is perfect for adults over the age of 18 who are interested and inspired to continue creating. Your £30 ticket includes materials, facilitator, and a hot drink in the café.
Join them for a traditional Victorian Christmas at the wonderful Sudley House. Enjoy heart-warming Christmas Carols, children’s crafts and storytelling events all set against the backdrop of the beautifully decorated home.
A wonderful day out to make memories, discover local history, and enjoy the excitement of preparing for a traditional Christmas. Adults and children are all very welcome and will find something to enjoy in this wonderful day.
The Christmas Story Trail around Liverpool’s historic Calderstones Park is back for a fifth year due to popular demand.
Families – including their furry friends – are invited to take the lead and join the new self-led festive trail based on children’s picture book, An Odd Dog’s Christmas, by the best-selling and award-winning author/ illustrator Rob Biddulph, as part of The Reader’s festive programme for 2024.
Martyna Puciato, co-manager of The Reader’s magical playspace, The Storybarn, said: “This Christmas we’re excited to continue the tradition of our much-loved interactive Christmas Story Trail in close collaboration with publishers Harper Collins.
“We chose this joyful, beautifully illustrated festive story by Rob Biddulph as the Storybarn team all absolutely love the first book in the series, Odd Dog Out, which is all about celebrating difference. So, when we read An Odd Dog Christmas, we couldn’t resist the story’s message that the best Christmas presents come from the heart.
“We also love the wonderful winter wonderland he creates through his illustrations and felt it would be ‘paw-fect’ for Calderstones Park. We know that families from across the North West will love the outdoor trail and enjoy reading the book together for many Christmases to come.”
The story, about a sausage dog in search of the perfect Christmas gift for a friend, was famously read aloud by film star Tom Hardy on a CBeebies Christmas Eve special in 2021, the same year the book was published.
The Christmas Story Trail will run every weekend from Saturday November 23 until Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24 December) from 10am to 2.30pm, with bookable 30-minute slots, and walk-up tickets available.
Families are encouraged to bring along their pet pooch and join the ‘Odd Dog’ on a festive journey on the imaginary ‘Paw-lar Express’ in her search for a gift, and perhaps save Christmas along the way.
The fully accessible trail combines Rob Biddulph’s stunning illustrations and warmhearted humour with plenty of fun Storybarn touches to bring the story to life.
By following 14 clues on their trail maps, children will search for supersize pages from the book and complete activities, including listening out for outdoor disco tunes and having a festive boogie en route. The trail starts and ends at The Reader’s Ice Cream Parlour archway.
New for 2024, the Liverpool-based charity will also be adding a special guided Christmas Story Trail for pre-schoolers, aged one to four on Fridays. They will be led by a Storyhunter from The Storybarn, and start at 10am – 11.30am.
More than 3,500 families have participated in the trail since it was first launched during the pandemic in Christmas 2019.
Groups are welcome to book the Green Room inside The Mansion House to meet up with friends and family before or after the trail during this period. The Reader’s catering team will take orders for breakfast, brunch or lunch from the on-site cafe. Exclusive room hire for an hour is £15.
The trail is £15 per family in advance or £17 on the day and includes a copy of An Odd Dog Christmas, as well as a trail map and pencil for every child. The trail will go ahead come rain, shine, or even snow and is perfect for all ages.
Hot chocolate with all the trimmings can also be ordered in advance and collected from The Reader’s Bookshop Cafe afterwards. ‘Puppy-cinos’ will also be added to the menu for children and their four-legged friends.
All proceeds will help The Reader to continue to support those who need it most through its Shared Reading groups across Liverpool and the UK.
Halloween in Prescot Town Centre
Please flyer for all activities, locations and timings.
There’ll be storytelling, dance performance, face painter, pumpkin carving, Halloween crafts, cake decorating, ghostly game train and two performances from Batala Mersey
Why are some eyes blue and some brown? Do you know where a horse’s knee is? And what is it really like to grow up in Liverpool?
Head along to the Museum of Liverpool to discover more about the world around us, how our bodies work and what real life scientists at the University of Liverpool are doing to help us all be healthier and happier. Join them for a fantastic FREE drop in event that’s fun for children of all ages, (and adults too!) Try your hand at their interactive activities, follow the treasure trail and be wowed by the wonders of science.
Here is a taste of what you can expect:
🐶 Furry Frontiers – From hooves to heartbeats, from furry friends and future vets, come and explore some paw-sitive discoveries happening right here in Liverpool! Can you find a dog’s heartbeat? Can you find the horse’s knee? Might you have what it takes to become a vet? Come along and find out!
👶 Children Growing Up in Liverpool – Many of us call Liverpool home, but what does it mean to grow up here? And can living here play a part in our health and how we feel? The Children Growing Up in Liverpool study is following 10,000 babies and their families to understand how Liverpool can be a happier and healthier place for all of us.
While you’re at the museum, why not check out the Young Voices Big Ideas pop-up display to hear more about the exciting research happening right here in Liverpool!
🧬 Gene-ius creations – We all have a genetic code that makes us unique – from the colour of our eyes and even the shape of our ears! See if you can copy the code faster than our cells and make your very own bracelet to take home.
See you at the museum!
For more information visit the University of Liverpool’s Public Engagement team website.
What was that noise? A footstep on the stair? Your bedroom window creaking open? No, it was just the memory of the ghost story you heard in Sudley’s Library. Wasn’t it…?
What’s that shadow dancing against your bedroom wall? Is it some long dead ghost? Perhaps a ghoul from the bowels of hell come to terrify you? No, it’s just the creepy craft you made in the Sudley House Craft Room. Wasn’t it….?
What’s that at the window? Some creeping monster come to taunt you? A reaper come to carry you off? No, it’s the memory of a ghoulish pumpkin from the Sudley Pumpkin Trail. Wasn’t it….?
Hallowe’en at Sudley House will be family friendly but they do recommend that their very youngest visitors might like to be pre-warned that the theme of the event will be a bit spooky! Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Adam Partridge, who regularly appears on television programmes as an antiques expert and auctioneer, will be joined by his team of experienced Valuers at what many consider the most iconic building in the city.
For one day only the public are invited to have their items valued for free and are welcome to consign them for auction at Adam Partridge’s Liverpool Saleroom on Jordan Street in The Baltic Triangle.
There will also be an exclusive chance for people to view items from The Royal Liver Building archives, which are not usually on public display.
The building will be open from 9am – 5pm so everyone can make the most of the fully accessible ground floor area and fully licensed cafe during their visit.
Join Bluecoat in their beautiful Grade I listed building for a delicious two course Christmas dinner, prepared by their in-house chef.
£26pp (includes a carvery main and dessert, with a drink on arrival)
Dates:
Thu 28 & Fri 29 Nov
Thu 5 Dec
Thu 12 & Fri 13 Dec
Thu 29 & Fri 20 Dec
Available times:
12-2pm
2-4pm
4-6pm
Mildred, Tate’s art-loving cat, wants you to help her find 6 artworks posted around the inner quay of the Royal Albert Dock.
Collect a free Art Trail booklet from Tate Liverpool + RIBA North at Mann Island or The Nest art & design shop at The Royal Albert Dock. Follow the map on the back to find the artworks. There’s plenty of space and guidance inside the booklet to encourage young visitors to create their own amazing art along the way.
Inspired by the much-loved children’s book about Mildred the Gallery Cat at Tate, the Art Trail is available to take part in throughout the year and is a self-led, free, family activity suitable for children aged 7-11.
Mildred also likes word games! There are 5 hidden letters near the artworks that can be rearranged to spell a word.
The Art Trail is a great way for families to spend time together, doing something that is both creative and active.
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own pencils to complete the trail.