It’s only the first weekend after New Year’s Eve and already it feels like January’s flying by. The weather’s not up to much but that’s still no reason to be stuck indoors.
We’ve rounded up the best of what’s happening for kids and families in London this month. As usual, we will update these listings over the coming weeks, so do check back.
Peter Rabbit: The Tale of the Tale at V&A Museum, SW7 (ends Jan 8 )
Skate School & Penguin Club at Somerset House, WC2 (Jan 8-22)
Family Gamelan Taster Workshops at Southbank Centre, SE1 (Jan 8-Apr 24)
Disney 50 at BFI Southbank, South Bank, SE1 (Jan 16-Jan 1, 2012)
La Porta (The Door) Magic Show, Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall), SE1 (Jan 20-23)
LSO Discovery Saturday Family Morning, LSO St. Luke’s, Barbican EC1 (Jan 22)
George’s marvellous Medicine at Bloomsbury Theatre, WC1 (Dec 14-Jan 22)
Monster Parade Family Sunday, Serpentine Gallery, W (Jan 23)
Food Glorious Food, V&A Museum of Childhood, E2 (Jan 29)
Crossing Borders, Horniman Museum, SE23 (Jan 29)
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, London-wide (Jan 29-30)
Thomas the Tank Engine Live, HMV Hammersmith Apollo, W6 (Jan 30)
Ice Zone, O2 Centre, Greenwich SE10 (until Feb 28)
Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain, Science Museum, South Kensington SW7 (until Mar 31)
Ongoing
Institute of Play,V&A Museum of Childhood (until March 2011)
Enchanted Palace at Kensington Palace (ongoing until Dec 2012)
Nelson’s Ship in Bottle by Yinka Shonibare at Trafalgar Square (ongoing until 2012)
Calendar Cutie
Our January cutie is of course my own cheeky babe, Jedidiah (almost 2!) pulling his best part sweetie/part trouble expression. Jed is shaping up to be a typical bloke – he loves cars, football and ‘DIY’!
Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com
I just came round to see if you did that North London guide for tods you were talking about. Trying to extract information from about a million different websites, yaaawwwwnnn… Skateschool sounds great, but I think we’ll have to wait until next year. She is still a bit too young, unfortunately.
Hope you are well, Deborah xx
Hey Deborah, ah ha you’ve caught me out. I’m a bit behind but definitely still working on it so don’t give up! I know how difficult it is trawling through all those sites. I was trying to persuade Ezra to do skating but he still refuses. Maybe when our little ones are old enough we can pair them up. They’d look cute on the ice together ;-)