A series of mini-adventures for the Summer holidays
Ealing
Summer Kids is a series of mini adventures for children from Saturday
24th July to Sunday 15th August, with free activities and ticketed shows
for children throughout the blues, jazz, street arts festivals and the
London Mela.
Run over two weekends, the Pic n Mix is a sweet and colourful assortment
of free activites. Children can help themselves to anything from a menu
that includes story telling, puppet shows, circus skills workshops, arts
and craft activities and music and dance held at Walpole Park, Mattock
Lane, from 2pm�6pm.
SATURDAY 31 JULY
Play, make and take board games
Times: 3pm, 4pm and 5pm
Odiri Storyteller
Times: 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm and 5.30pm
Arts and craft with Ealing 135 group
Times: 2pm-6pm
Music and movement
Times: 2pm and 4pm
Wild Art with the Parks and Countryside Rangers
Time: 2pm-4pm
Charlie the Clown with the Children's Information Service
Time: 2pm-6pm
SUNDAY 1 AUGUST
Circus skills
Time: 2pm�6pm
Professor Crump
Time: 2pm-6pm
Arts and craft with Ealing 135 group
Time: 2pm-6pm
Music and movement
Times: 2pm and 4pm
Wild Art with the Parks and Countryside Rangers
Time: 2pm�4pm
Feats per minute Dance Workshop
Times:3pm and 5pm
Also on site is a mini-fair of small rides just for children, the Ealing
Gazette bouncy castle on 30, 31 July and 1 August and beautiful henna
tattoos at a small, subsidised cost.
SATURDAY 7 & SUNDAY 8 AUGUST
Ealing Summer Streets children's shows will be held in the Children's
theatre tent, in Ealing Green (in front of Pitzhanger Manor), W5. There
are two shows that cost £4 per ticket.
Chicken Licken: Saturday 7 August presented by DNA at 1pm and 3pm
A one-man, several-puppet show for six to eight year olds from the innovative
storytelling outfit, Dynamic New Animation, and based on classic tales
from the Ladybird books. Cuddly farmyard friends are brought to life as
we follow the adventures of a growing chick and her encounters with a
hungry fox.
The Magician's Daughter: Sunday 8 August, presented by multi story at
1pm and 3pm
Two crazy washerwomen weave a tale of kings, queens, giants, true love,
missing toes and a magician's daughter - for children aged five to nine
years. Adapted from a traditional folk tale, the story is told with the
aid of mops and buckets and a wicked sense of fun.
SUNDAY 15 AUGUST
Magic Mela
Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane W3
1pm�6pm
The Magic Mela is a dedicated area of the London Mela festival site, devoted
to the education and entertainment of young children. There will be interactive
art activities, puppet shows, street-style theatre and music workshops
taking place throughout the duration of this spectacular finale to Ealing
Summer 2004. There will also be a large funfair at the London Mela.
July 30, 2004
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