Take your kid and prepare to be side-eyed by every other childless visitor, because they’re all wondering why the hell anyone would bring a child here.
Art
This month, make the most of the great outdoors with festivals, al fresco installations, park fun days and outdoor water-play.
This month, get messy with art in the park, check out the city’s best outdoor installations and build sandcastles at a pop-up urban beach.
The whole “it’s a playgroup on a bus lol” thing is its initial draw, but this is one you’ll return to again and again.
Bab Dad took everything extremely seriously and began painstakingly icing anatomically correct innards onto a gingerbread man.
None of my pre-baby friends had kids and I literally had no idea what you were meant to do with one.
I will say that I’ve been to a lot of other great messy-play sessions that cost a fifth of the price of Artplay, but it was good, and very messy.
This month, pop along to pop-up performances, run riot in private squares and check out this summer’s most anticipated exhibitions.
Rachel (30) has been taking her son Oscar (5) to galleries since he was a baby. Her favourite artist is Yayoi Kusama, whose Tokyo museum she dreams of visiting.
Adam, AKA Bab Dad, has lived in Hampstead for two and a half years. He’s a doctor and dad to Bab, 2, and Margot the cat, 3.
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