Alice in Wonderland to Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Children's Art Week 2015 highlights

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Fourteen highlights across the country for Children's Art Week 2015

The Big Wild Rumpus, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, June 13

A mass reading of Maurice Sendak’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are, before children are invited to emit terrible roars and gnash their teeth in between wild art activities.

Alice in Wonderland Art Workshop, Museum of Modern Art, Powys, June 13

A participatory workshop for families drawing on the children’s classic.

Flying Colours, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, June 13

Make colourful chalk drawings on the amphitheatre steps next to the lake, observing and learning about grebes, cormorants, herons and their fellow species.

The Woolen Woods Project, Lighthouse Yarns, Whitehead, County Antrim, June 13 and 20

Create a woodland-themed project using a mixture of textiles to be added to the Woolen Woods project in Whitehead Golden Jubilee Woods.

Escape Multi-media Bus, Escape Arts, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 13 and 20

Find out about Escape Arts Radio and take part in a range of creative activities on the bus.

Magnetic Picture, ST-ART, Barton-Upon-Humber, June 16

Make your own amazing moving picture using magnets to form a figure dance.

Painted Planes, Royal Airforce Museum, London, June 20

Help recreate the camouflage pattern of one of the museum’s most colourful aeroplanes, the Fokker DVII biplane, by block printing coloured shapes to create its fabric wing.

Design your own bridge, Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust, Bristol, June 20

More than 180 years ago, in his first project, a 23-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel entered a competition to design a bridge to cross the Avon Gorge. Future engineers can design their own bridge to cross a cardboard gorge at Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre.

Puppet Making, Bonnybridge Library, Falkirk, June 20

Hands-on puppet making session using mixed media to bring well-loved stories to life.
 
Curved Kite Making, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, June 20

Inspired by the curves and colours in Bridget Riley's paintings, make a small curved kite and let it dance and soar on the beach.

Tank it up!, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, South Shields, June 20

Inspired by the arrival of a replica MK1V tank at the Fort, the museum is hosting an artist-led day of arty activities and designing, including tank bank money boxes.
 
Monstrous models, Globe Arts Education CIC, Huddersfield, June 20

Manipulate, mould and make monstrous monsters models using a variety of media to create 3-d pieces.

Post it Note Animation, National Portrait Gallery, London, June 21

Join a team of animators for an experimental session using post-it notes to create a group animation.
 
Secret Sounds "Make-It" Workshop, Berwick Visual Arts, Berwick-upon-Tweed, June 21

Make your own echo cup to take away, watch sounds make liquid dance and create amazing noises with everyday objects in this loud fun for families.

• Children's Art Week runs June 13-21 2015. Visit engage.org/childrens-art-week for more.

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