It annoys me when these things advertise themselves as suitable for all ages when they actually mean suitable for over-twos.
Creative
This month, grab your little and lose yourselves in toddler-friendly live music events and spine-chilling Halloween festivities.
After a lot of running around brandishing her painty weapons, Bab thankfully decided against a dirty protest.
My excitement about trying out a new, gallery-based activity was pretty evenly matched by a fairly strong sense of foreboding.
Everything here was child-friendly provided Bab didn’t spend so long playing with it that she found ways for it to not be.
I can comment on things like ambience and croissant quality – and really does anything else actually matter when you think about it?
Soak up some culture with your under-5s with vibrant kids’ theatre, creative gallery sessions and immersive music mornings.
There seem to be surprisingly few children’s art sessions that take place in an actual gallery setting, in the presence of actual art.
I was initially a bit skeptical about the child-friendliness of an earsplitting indie concert held in a concrete basement in Shoreditch.
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.
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