Dinosaurs are completely flavour of the month it seems with children from zero to ten at least. The prehistoric giants capture the imagination with little effort – my two year old can recognise most of the common ones from triceratops to brontosaurus or is it brachiosaurus these days? There are lifelike models, cuddly dinosaurs, roaring [...]
What a treat! Next week, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland hits Covent Garden with The Royal Ballet’s production returning for the third time in as many years. The magic of the classic fantasy tale is recreated in Christopher Wheeldon’s production, which showcases Lewis Carroll’s menagerie of colourful characters including an anxious White Rabbit, a terrifying Red Queen, [...]
Spread the word! The wonderful Hervé Tullet, creator of the ‘Press Here’ paper interactive book, is appearing in person at the Imagine Children’s Festival at the Southbank this half term. If you’ve not come across ‘Press Here’ up to now you are missing out. A New York Times Bestseller and winner of numerous awards, Press Here [...]
Nothing feels more quintessentially festive than a spot of ice-skating. And there are numerous ice rinks appearing around the country to fulfil the need. Not so much your traditional Victorian experience and certainly no skating on lakes or rivers these days, but the modern rinks are sure to get the adults and the children excited. [...]
The impressive surroundings of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre will host Rats Tales – a wonderful festive treat for families this Christmas. Rats Tales mixes traditional European fairy tales with some brand new stories written by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. The combination promises to be a particularly exciting performance where old meets new, [...]
Children have their eyes wide open to just about everything, with the only restriction perhaps being their parents own open-mindedness in letting them experience new things. But flip the coin, and having children is a great opportunity for parents to do stuff that being ‘grown up’ meant they would never do again – or to [...]
Camp Bestival is the nom de plume when it comes to summer festivals designed for families with kids. This year’s festivities may just be your Olympics saviour from 26 to 29 July. Let’s pray for some sunshine…or at least not too much of a mud bath then! Do festivals and kids go together? [...]
On the Sly (A Pas de Loup) sees Olivier Ringer direct his daughter Wynona Ringer in the role of Cathy, a little girl who is convinced her parents can’t see her. To prove she is right, she decides to disappear and begins an extraordinary adventure. Fluxling #1 is a film addict. Her favourites include [...]
Bethnal Green’s Museum of Childhood has always been a queer, wondrous hall of curios. Since Cathie Pilkington’s characters moved in, the mood has grown ever more strange – and her art has, she says “enthralled and appalled” children and adults alike at this new London Art Show. Cathie, a graduate from the Royal College of [...]
The Snowman live stage show based on Raymond Briggs’ original book. Music and lyrics by Howard Blake We ran last minute into the hustle and bustle. It seemed everybody was running late. We grabbed our tickets and hurried forth into the auditorium. We’d been given superb seats, 10 rows or so back from the centre [...]
Having seen the striking architecture of the Chill Factore from the motorway near the Trafford Centre, Manchester, I must admit to being curious as to what went on inside. So when we were invited to try our luck on this giant indoor piste it was an easy decision. The dressing area / preparation side felt [...]
Arrietty (Saoirse Ronan) is a member of a race of thumb-sized people called Borrowers, so named because they sneak out of the nooks and crannies of human houses in order to ‘borrow’ whatever they need to survive. It’s a perilous existence, since the smallest, most benign object to humans can be a life-threatening hazard to [...]
“The idea of our workshops with kids is to sensitize them to fashion, and more generally to art as well as to ecology by recycling and customizing clothes, in a funny, playful and colorful way.” Andrea Crews – fashionista’s fashionista; band of pirates; performance guerillas! The Paris based collective led by Maroussia Rebecq are located [...]
Creative designer Momoko Tamura, is the brains behind innovative kids jewellery brand, Momocreatura. With a natural love for drawing and art that stemmed from her childhood, it was inevitable Momo would use her creative talents to do good in the design world, going on to study fine arts and jewellery making in Japan and then [...]
At the moment, our 5 year old is just getting over her ‘ “That’s RUBBISH!” followed by screwing the paper up and throwing it across the room in response to an art masterpiece that went a bit wrong’ stage. And for someone who can quite easily go through 50 sheets of paper a day that [...]
Jo Paterson is a brilliant fashion photographer who has been inspired to move into children’s fashion and portrait photography by the sheer energy and imagination of her subjects. She has been working on this wonderful series of images of children – who she speaks to in depth to get a real representation of their whimsical inner [...]
The Animation Show [slideshow id=6] ‘Watch me Move’ is an exhibition / festival that’ll appeal to anyone from a serious animation junkies to young families. At the Barbican this summer alongside the 170 actual animations, there will be stage sets, storyboards and puppets split into themed sections – Apparitions, Characters, Superhumans, Fables, Fragments, Structures, and Visions. [...]
Collégien – Slipper Socks from the South of France : Getting cosy for winter in the fluxlings household. That means jumpers, tights a...
Traditional Silver Cross doll’s pram : Silver Cross are launching a new range of their traditional doll's pram. For the...
Travel the Magnetic World Map – Wooden Puzzle from Janod : French toy makers, Janod, are a favourite in the fluxlings household. One toy th...
Derek Rose Night-times – children’s nightwear : In our attempts to escape from everything plastic, what could be more wonderfull...
Lomography Sprocket Rocket Camera for budding Photography Pros : Lomo photography - or Lomography - is a wonderfully creative form and a great ex...
Junior Gaultier Pleats Please for girls! : We saw pleats move from the adult collections to the kid's collections last seas...
Ash Gold trainers with the Fanta Odyssey Buckle hightops : Dazzling street style for kids and bound to get them in the mood for dancing!
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Fantasy Chairs for Little Angels : If you can imagine an undersized world – maybe Alice has grown too much this tim...
