Free drop-in clay workshops for children aged 4 to 11 and their adults to make festive decorations and hibernating animals from air-dry clay.
The Box is bringing back its family craft sessions for the Christmas holidays with Merry Little Makes, a series of drop-in clay workshops for children aged 4 to 11 and their adults. They run over two sets of dates: 22-23 December and 29-30 December, with sessions from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm on each of those days. Last entries are 12.15pm and 3.15pm, so if you're aiming for the later slot, you'll want to be there a bit before the session ends.
The workshops take their lead from The Way We Live, one of the museum's major exhibitions, and the brief changes between the two sets of dates. The sessions before Christmas are about turning air-dry clay into festive decorations for the home, while the ones at the end of the month shift to sculpting hibernating animals. If you've got kids who'd rather make something they can actually keep and display, the first set is the one for you; if they're more into animals, the second is the better bet. Since they're drop-in, you can just turn up and get stuck in without having to book a slot in advance.
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It's a family-friendly format that returns to the museum's programme for the Christmas break, so it's a handy option if you're looking for something to do with the kids over the holidays. Admission is free, though a £3 donation is suggested and welcomed. You'll find it at The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth.
