Artful Adventures

Artful Adventures start at Valley Gardens on Tuesday 3 November, with sessions running every Tuesday evening until early December. It's a series of mindful creative workshops designed for parents to do alongside their children, who need to be aged eight and over, so it's one of those rare things that actually works as a shared activity rather than something you just supervise.

The whole thing is built around creative expression and parent-child bonding rather than a polished result, which is a good way of saying you don't need to be an artist to get involved. There's no previous experience needed, and the sessions run in a small, friendly group, so it's more about the process of making something together than what you end up with. The activities move across a fair few different mediums: drawing and painting, collage and mixed media, and air-dry clay, so you'll be working with a variety of materials over the course of the series.

It's not a one-off, either. The sessions run on 3, 10, 17 and 24 November, and then on 1 and 8 December, all on Tuesday evenings from 18:00 to 20:00. If you can't make every single one, you're still getting the same setup each time. The sessions are free, and all the craft materials and light refreshments are provided, so there's nothing to bring along other than yourself and your child. You do need to book ahead, though, and you can find the details at visitgloucester.co.uk. Valley Gardens is on Kingsway, Gloucester, GL2 2AR.