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Three excited young children sit behind a table full of colourful pots. The middle child holds up a piece of card with different coloured beads glued to it to form a pattern.
Three excited young children sit behind a table full of colourful pots. The middle child holds up a piece of card with different coloured beads glued to it to form a pattern.

Children & Families

Enjoy art and culture as a family with lots of fun activities for children from Sunderland Culture.

Learn & Create with our venues

Arts Centre Washington
Children in a dark room hold pieces of colourful plastic up to lights.

Arts Centre Washington

Entertain the kids all year-round with family theatre, craft clubs and more.

Arts Centre Washington
National Glass Centre
A group of children and adults stand behind a barrier and watch as molten glass is poured out of a metal ladle and into a dish of sand.

National Glass Centre

Enjoy a day out with the family at National Glass Centre and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art – family spaces, activities and workshops.

National Glass Centre
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
A young child sits on the floor is front of a shallow red container that has large plastic beakers and test tubes. They are pouring a colourful liquid from one beaker into another.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Discover a family fun during the school holidays – from themed crafts to activity trails.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Learn & Create at home

Creative Challenge: Rainbow Beads
A grey cardboard frame with colourful paper tube beads strung from one side to the other to form a wavy rainbow.

Creative Challenge: Rainbow Beads

Recycle scrap paper, magazines, newspapers and more to create your very own beaded creations at home!

Creative Challenge: Rainbow Beads
Creative Challenge: Rainbow Rocks
A grey, round rock painted with a colourful rainbow and a patch of flowers sitting on a black background.

Creative Challenge: Rainbow Rocks

Create your own colourful, rainbow rockery. Using this worksheet, you can decorate real rocks from your garden or make your own using paper mâché!

Creative Challenge: Rainbow Rocks

Upcoming events for Children & Families

Autumn Sparks: Painting Creatures of the Night
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Autumn Sparks: Painting Creatures of the Night

31 Oct 2025

5-12

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City-wide

Creepy Creatures Trail
Free
A white wolf surrounded by other animals including a deer and an emu

Children and Young People's Activities

Creepy Creatures Trail

31 Oct – 01 Nov 2025

Ages 4+

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Tuesday Museum Club
An adult female with long dark brown hair is kneeling on the floor. She is wearing a red cardigan and black dress. Her right hand is outstretched. Her palm open and is holding sweets. A number of small children face her. They are engaged in what's she's saying.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club

04 Nov 2025 – 03 Feb 2026

Ages 5 – 11

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Victorian Christmas Cards
Free
A lace bound Christmas card with an embroidered inscription, The card is old and the lace which was white is greying.

Children and Young People's Activities

Victorian Christmas Cards

29 Nov 2025

All ages

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Tuesday Museum Club: Travel and Trains
A large metal station sign with Sunderland in a gold lettering. Below the letters is a curved red and white pattern with a gold football at the centre.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club: Travel and Trains

02 Dec 2025

Ages 5 - 11

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

A Festive Treat
Free
Two young females with dark long hair and glasses sit behind a table. On the table are handmade bead bracelets, knitted christmas toys and other crafter objects. The girls are smiling.

Children and Young People's Activities

A Festive Treat

06 Dec 2025

All ages

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens