Your motley crew might be bored shitless by the museum itself but these immersive playgrounds are almost guaranteed to hold their attention.
Central London
Ultimately all you’re going to do is insert a paintbrush in their fist and grit your teeth while they splash paint indiscriminately at the wall.
Check out cute pop-ups, sprog-friendly theatre, inspiring exhibitions and interesting activities for you and your mini.
Toddlers want to touch stuff and that’s understandable. These people are brand new; of course they want to touch everything.
Children are encouraged to think independently and collaborate to create walkways, see-saws and slides using diverse materials.
This steamy Sunday sanctuary is abundant in lush greenery and Andie McDowell’s apartment in Green Card vibes
What?: Seven-acre inner-city playground occupying the site of the former London Foundling Hospital. If you’ve ever been to the Foundling Museum you’ll already know the story of Captain Thomas Coram, the philanthropist who founded the hospital in 1739 to house and care for the countless abandoned children living on the capital’s streets
What?: The last time we attempted a parent-and-child dance activity it didn’t end spectacularly well. This was more down to personal circumstance, that being my general dislike of clubbing – which had somehow completely slipped by mind – and Bab’s crappy mood on that particular day
Modern furniture, textiles, wall art and cartoon softies designed to look as good outside the nursery as in it
What?: The Japanese House: Architecture and Life After 1945 is an ambitious interactive exhibition exploring some of the fascinating examples of experimental domestic architecture constructed in Japan in the wake of the Second World War, and the intrinsic link between home and self in Japanese culture
