Pack in plenty of wintry fun this month, from grotto visits and festive theatre to yuletide markets and seasonal cinema.
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When the smoke, sirens and society in general become suffocating, get yourself down to one of the capital’s many city farms.
Me and Babu are both extremely vomity people and we didn’t need that on our day out at the seaside.
This month, make the most of the great outdoors with festivals, al fresco installations, park fun days and outdoor water-play.
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.
Owner Emily Ajasa has really tapped in to what adults are looking for in a tot-friendly cafe – i.e. not garishly hued plastic crap.
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.
Simply deposit your offspring in the spacious creche and head next door for three whole hours of carefree chill-out time.
From child-led playgroups to parent-focused gigs; lively mummy-and-me yoga classes to calm, childcare-inclusive mothers’ retreats – we give you the definitive, tried-and-tested top 100 activities for little Londoners and their adults.
