Workshops
Babyoke
Ages 0-2 Drop-in
Whether it's Baby-Elvis, Baby-Doris or Baby-Slash; release your little one's inner Diva and let them entertain you. Don't forget your camera!
Jubilee Square
Mon/Fri/Sat: 12pm-4pm
Brighton Fishing Museum
Wednesday: 12pm-4pm

Butterfly Wings Workshop
Ages 2-5 Drop-in
Take a peek at the Booth Museum's butterfly collection and create your very own beautiful butterfly wings.
Booth Museum
Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri: 10am-12.30pm & 2pm-4.30pm

Mask Making Workshop
Ages 2-5 Drop-in
Be inspired by Brighton Museum's amazing mask collection and make your own mask to wear at home.
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri: 10am-12.30pm & 2pm-4.30pm

Moving Pictures
Ages 2-5 Drop-in
Have a look round Hove Museum's moving image collections and make your own moving pictures to take home with you.
Hove Museum
Tues/Fri: 10am-12.30pm & 2pm-4.30pm

Build a Story Den
Ages 2-5 Drop-in
Let's make a story den, decorate it, snuggle down inside and listen to stories. Let your child's imagination soar, as they are taken on this exciting adventure.
Jubilee Children's Library
Monday
Den Building: 10am-12pm
Storytelling Sessions: 1pm-1.30pm, 2.30pm-3pm & 4pm-4.30pm

Active for Life
Ages 5-8 Drop-in
Become an athlete with the Active for Life Project and train for The Grand Hotel Mini Mile Races part of Brighton's first marathon on Sunday 18th April. Athletics taster sessions are offered for children aged 5-8 in local community venues across the city.
Monday
Portslade Sports Centre: 1pm-2.30pm
Tuesday
Manor Road Gym: 10am-11.30am
Queens Park, Brighton: 1pm-2.30pm
Wednesday
Carlton Hill School field: 3.30pm-5pm
Thursday
Carden Community Centre, Hollingbury: 10am-11.30am
Hollingdean Park, Brentwood Road: 1pm-2.30pm
Friday
Vale Park, Portslade: 10am-11.30am

Cut & Paste
Ages 6-11 Drop-In
Children are invited to create their own collaborative version of Brian Eno's mesmerising work 77 million paintings. Led by artist Jane Fordham, Cut & Paste is a drop-in workshop where participants paint and draw to contribute to a huge collage of images.
(Brian Eno is guest curator of Brighton Festival 2010)
Fabrica www.fabrica.org.uk
Monday: 1pm-4pm

Customise Your Wordrobe
Ages 6-11 Book in advance
Like standing out in the crowd? Need help creating that edgy look? A shirt is all you need. We'll help you customise it into something unique, then pose, pose, pose.
Jubilee Library
Wednesday: 11am-12.30pm, 1pm-2.30pm & 3pm-4.30pm
(All participants must bring a shirt to customise)

Create a Picture Book at The Book Nook
Ages 6-11 Book in advance
Create a picture book with wonderful local author David Lucas at The Book Nook. David will be reading from his books and helping children create their own picture books.
The Book Nook
Wednesday: 2pm-3.30pm

Brighton Big Sing Workshops
Ages 6-11 Book in advance
Come and learn our chosen festival songs in preparation for the Big Brighton Sing in Jubilee Square on Sat 17th. Learnt them already? Come to a rehearsal prior to the main event!
Brighton Unitarian Church
Saturday
Workshops: 12pm-12.45pm & 1pm-1.45pm
Rehearsals: 2pm-2.40pm & 2.50pm-3.30pm

Horror Movie Makeup Workshop
Ages 10-11 Book in advance
Attracted to the dark side? Read Darren Shan and Twilight? Now learn how to do specialist movie makeup including how to fake a wound! Blood and gore included!
Hove Library
Tuesday: 2pm-3.30pm & 4.30pm-6pm

The Paper Cinema Workshop
Ages 6-11 Book in advance
Step into a world of puppet making with Paper Cinema; draw puppets, make a story and sounds and merge them together into one performance.
Phoenix
Thursday: 11am-1pm
Don't forget to then take your puppets to our special screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed accompanied by Mira Calix at the Duke of York's, 2pm-4pm.

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