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SPRING FAMILY ACTIVITY PACK

FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGED 5+
March 20 - June 30

Details

Start:
March 20
End:
June 30
Time:
Museum opening hours
Cost:
£4
Event Category:

Venue

The Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom + Google Map
Bunny in the grass

SPRING-INSPIRED THINGS TO DO IN THE MUSEUM, GARDEN AND AT HOME!

Pick up your activity pack at the museum shop. £4 per pack.

This pack includes:

  • A story: Little Mouse and the Challenge from Lady Spring
  • Spring gallery spotter sheet
  • Spring object word search – and create your own too
  • Spring recipes from The MERL Library collections
  • Colouring sheets: Little mouse plants a seed
  • Stickers: Little Mouse, springtime bird and butterflies
  • Fun with growing cress and make seed labels
  • Make a frog lifecycle mobile
  • Make your own bumble bee flick book animation and design your own too
  • Make magic willow wands
  • Spring flower postcards
  • Make dancing ladybirds
  • Create a book mark
  • Egg box scavenger hunt
  • Woodland trust spotter sheets

This packs includes: activity sheets and templates for crafts , 3 willow sticks (25cm) for magic wands and mobile, twine, wool, cress seeds, 2 cotton wool balls for growing cress, 2 willow sticks (14cm) for seed label

*You will need: glue stick, sticky tape, scissors, egg box, cereal box card, loo roll tube, colour pencils

Remember to share your creations with us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

Please note that we are no longer operating a booking system for museum visits. Plan your visit here, and find out about our measures to help keep everyone safe.