Tag: Family and kids

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A smiling library worker holding up three picture books with their front covers facing out, seated cross-legged on the floor in front of library display shelves.
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Songbirds

Come along to City Library on Fridays for songs, rhymes and stories.

Girl looking out at mini village display in the garden.

The best free and cheap family activities

Find family-friendly fun and free events in Melbourne.

Historic Cooks' Cottage stone English building with ivy and hedges in Fitzroy Gardens.

Cooks' Cottage

Come and explore Cooks' Cottage and learn about its English origins and relocation to Melbourne.

Indian dancer wearing traditional dress in a crowd of dancers with confetti.

Thrive: Multicultural Women’s Festival

Celebrate culture, connection and community at a free festival for all at Queen Victoria Market.

Polly Woodside sailing ship permanently moored at South Wharf.

Polly Woodside

Polly Woodside is a historic museum ship moored at South Wharf.

Things to do with kids for under $20

Things to do with kids for under $20

Find fun things to do with your family that cost less than $20 per person.

Puss in Boots cat puppet figure wearing a waistcoat and feathered hat, hiding behind illustrations of trees.
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Puss In Boots

A surprising puppet tale of courage, magic and clever tricks for ages four and older.

A child wearing a plastic coat, squirting paint with a paintgun at a pink canvas on a wall splattered with paint.
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Melbourne Paint Lab Art Workshop

At Melbourne Paint Lab you can splash, splatter and drip paint to unleash your inner artist.

A pair of giant roving elderly character puppets on the streets of Carlton, performing as part of the Festival of Puppetry.
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Melbourne Festival of Puppetry

Performances, workshops, free events and more, presented around the city.

Rows of cinema seating.

HOYTS

Cinema complex inside Melbourne Central showing the latest blockbusters.

A drawing of five colorful sheep (purple, blue, yellow, orange, and red) walking on a green grassy hill with small flowers.
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Where is the Green Sheep?

A wild and woolly adventure to find that elusive green sheep.

A smiling adult holding a ukulele seated at a low table, with two picture books resting on the table, in a library setting.
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Preschool Storytime

Share the wonder of books with your children at narrm ngarrgu Library.

A group of people running across the finish line with a banner above them reading CONNOR'S RUN FINISH.

Connor's Run

Take part in Connor’s Run, Australia’s largest event for paediatric brain cancer.

A parade of performers walking a long lion puppet down a street during Chinese Lunar New Year

Melbourne's best Lunar New Year events

Featuring lion dances, delicious street food and weekend pop-ups.

Children's author Sally Rippin, smiling with curly blonde hair, against a wall of cream bricks.

Lottie, Pog and the Runaway Ghost with Sally Rippin

Join the author for interactive storytelling and activities.

A children's performer in pale blue overalls and a wattle-patterned headband with a cute kangaroo puppet.
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The Wobbly Wallaby Show

Enjoy an enchanting musical adventure for children aged 3 to 8 years this September school holidays.

Two people seated below a neon sign.
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The Story of the Moving Image

A permanent exhibition that journeys through the past, present and future of the moving image.

Side view of a child typing on a laptop.
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STEM Holiday Workshop for Young People: Auslan and English

Young people are invited to experience a free hands-on STEM workshop at Science Gallery Melbourne.

'Wonders of the sea' themed high tea treats including mermaid-tail cupcakes on a white plate on a display of sand and shells.
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Le Petit Wonders of the Sea: Kids High Tea

An enchanting under-the-sea themed High Tea designed especially for small explorers.

A solar eclipse, with light emerging around the edges of the blacked-out sun.
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Solar Tours

Come and experience the wonders of the Sun at the historic Melbourne Observatory.