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Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA; Tel: 020 7739 9893
On the first Saturday of every month the Geffrye offers a range of fun activities, including quizzes (all ages) and creative crafts (suitable for young people aged 5 - 11). All children must be accompanied by an adult. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis 30 minutes prior to the workshop.
Explore the period rooms and gardens - take some pictures and make a funky photo frame.Part of My East End project.
Design and make your own garden.
Bring the outdoors inside and make greenhouses from bottles, nature domes and plant puppets and bake biscuits and create edible gardens and Easter bonnets.
Explore the 19th century love of flowers in this interactive storytelling and craft session.
Make a garden sculpture inspired by Victorian nature domes.
Bake exotic plant-shaped biscuits and create a greenhouse-style box to take them home in.
Craft an animal-shaped plant holder from clay.
Create a wacky plant-pot hat and get the chance to win some Easter treats for the best designs.
Explore how flowers and plants grow in this interactive storytelling and craft session.
Use brightly coloured papers to create a beautiful window hanging.
Make and decorate a flower or bug-shaped cushion for your room.
Craft a potty plant-pot puppet using a variety of materials.
Explore strange plants that eat meat, are shy and even jump, in this interactive and storytelling session.
Make a wacky plant, bug and greenhouse-style mask.
Decorate a plant pot and learn how to take cuttings of indoor plants.
Use colourful clay to create plant and bug badges, keyrings and magnets.
Make a funky planter to label your own plants using a variety of materials.
Explore where our household plants come from in this interactive and storytelling session.
Make a bug or bloom notebook to keep a record of what you see in the park or garden.
Be inspired by springtime plants and insects and create a short animated film.
Decorate a fab plant-pot photo frame to take home.