{"title": "Mini Marvels: Early Years Sensory Play", "start": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "place": "Estorick Collection", "address": "Canonbury Square 39a, N1 2AN London", "price": "Free for children accompanied by a paying adult", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.estorickcollection.com/shop", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Mini Marvels: Early Years Sensory Play is a play space for families with young children at the Estorick Collection. It is run by the Estorick Collection, a museum of modern Italian art. The families' area in the temporary exhibition galleries offers sensory and creative resources for children under 5, and a new quieter Relaxed Mini Marvels space in a separate gallery has dimmed lighting and reduced capacity. Children are free when accompanied by a paying adult, and advance booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mini-marvels-early-years-sensory-play-35951/", "official_url": "https://www.estorickcollection.com/events/mini-marvels-early-years-sensory-play-11-november", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7eec0b36d67e8ebd1fd556cc08b9658058a140f8045a9f515ecf7adb1094909e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "place": "Estorick Collection", "address": "Canonbury Square 39a, N1 2AN London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-09T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-09T11:00:00Z", "place": "Estorick Collection", "address": "Canonbury Square 39a, N1 2AN London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Mini Makers: Messy Play", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery", "address": "", "price": "£15 standard (one child and one adult), £1 concession", "price_from": "1.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/book-tickets/?eventid=1001ADGKSHLJDTDBJQTBMGLLJRLBJCMNN", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "Mini Makers: Messy Play is a hands-on, child-led session for children aged 1 to 5 years, held at The Rickyard in Walpole Park. 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Sessions are messy, so suitable clothing and a spare change of clothes are advisable, and children must be supervised by their accompanying adults at all times.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mini-makers-messy-play-38065/", "official_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/mini-makers-messy-play/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b9b1d221175d893e67b7c9c3085d3ad1c53cbac741d68b229584da7e592a86f6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SEND Play (August -Dec 2026) Drop-in", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-05T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young V&A", "address": "Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/buy-membership", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "SEND Play is a drop-in session for children with sensory differences or special educational needs and disabilities and their families, part of Young V&A's Power of Play programme. 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It is gently guided by artist and early years facilitator Abigail Hunt, who has over twenty years' experience working with families and developing creative projects for galleries and museums. The session suits 2-5 year-olds who must be accompanied by an adult, and is led entirely by your child's imagination. Families are encouraged to take only memories home, so all materials can be used again.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/play-make-art-37650/", "official_url": "https://orleanshousegallery.org/events/play-make-art/2026-10-30/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b6b3655037b81bfc31b702d31a887fbf7d90c82673b6ed2727c62125fa20412b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Draw: Relaxed Family Morning", "start": "2026-10-31T09:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/drawing", "occasion"], "description": "The Big Draw: Relaxed Family Morning is a relaxed morning visit at the Wallace Collection, designed for neurodivergent children with SEND, their families and friends, starting before the museum opens to the general public. The Big Draw festival connects with the museum, with artist Marc Woodhead leading exploration of the shapes and spaces of the galleries through gesture and movement, and artist Ian Crighton running a creative workshop in the Studio on experimental mark making. The free event requires booking via families@wallacecollection.org, and afterwards the Studio is available for packed lunches, with drop-in drawing in the galleries and trying on real and replica armour with Hands on Armour volunteers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-39898/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f4d866527108a7835470e72ede950ab0077294efb89bab77db51c1adf003a64-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Stay and Play", "start": "2026-11-04T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of Methodism", "address": "City Road 49, EC1Y 1AU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["community"], "description": "Stay and Play is a space for under 5s and their parents or guardians. Children can develop through play, story time and song time. 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It was designed by interdisciplinary artist Sarina Mantle (Wildsuga), Associate Artist for All The Things. Suitable for children aged 8+ and their families, players roll the dice, move around the board and see where their creativity takes them. Game packs with two counters, a pencil, a small sketchbook and a flyer about Sarina Mantle can be borrowed for free from the Front Desk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/play-explore-draw-family-activity-37646/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fac23921b4b9b278f91d884f46c33e71765ec398461b302150a283823310ea25-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Little Stars", "start": "2026-11-02T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T12:30:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free, pre-booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=NMMEV#16716", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "science/astronomy"], "description": "Little Stars is a storytelling session and social club for families with children under 5, exploring the themes of space and time. It is run by the museum's Astronomy team together with a friendly facilitator and their rabbit friend Pip, with music, movement, role play, sensory exploration and relaxation. After the roughly 35-minute story, families can stay for a drop-in social club where children play with toys and colour while grown-ups enjoy free refreshments. Free pre-booked entry is required, as spaces are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/little-stars-37279/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/little-stars", "image": "https://noky.io/images/558f2e268b7c1920026b195ca3ccb3831f9e2cbf8481594f0301d4738e9e7b34-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Early Years Adventures - Wednesdays 10:30am-11:30am", "start": "2026-09-02T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-21T11:30:00+01:00", "place": "Upper Norwood Library", "address": "Westow Hill 39, SE19 1TJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/uppernorwoodlibraryhub/2313830", "category": "kids-family", "tags": [], "description": "Early Years Adventures is a weekly session for children aged 10 months to 3 years, where they enjoy movement, games, music and imaginative play while learning skills such as Makaton, phonemes, colours, shapes and numbers. It is run by Upper Norwood Library Hub and is for families on a low income accessing benefits and families with low income with no recourse to public funds, helping children build learning, confidence and curiosity while meeting other local families in a friendly, welcoming space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/early-years-adventures-wednesdays-1030am-1130am-40026/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e08e8f27a02129418abc3bf637ae671013ed866c5e4cdb7817230d4aa739798f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "PlayWorks at Pitzhanger: Free Family Play", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/book-tickets/?eventid=1001ADGKSHLJDTDBJQTBMGLLJRLBJCMNN", "category": "kids-family", "tags": [], "description": "PlayWorks at Pitzhanger: Free Family Play is three days of free, child-led outdoor play in the walled front garden of Pitzhanger, where children can build, invent and explore with giant blocks, boxes, fabric and other loose parts at their own pace. It is delivered by Outdoor People, a Hackney-based organisation helping children and families connect with nature through play, together with their experienced team of Playworkers. It is connected to the PlayWorks Studio, the independent successor to Assemble Play and linked to the Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble, which creates playful environments where children explore, build and imagine in freely chosen ways. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult throughout, advance registration is free and recommended, and drop-in visitors are also welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/playworks-at-pitzhanger-free-family-play-38063/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c3bfd81c1bae7bb1d2202737d5a544381f9a90e4be537d2bd1b4ca74d5e494b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Curious Tots", "start": "2026-11-03T10:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Orleans House Gallery", "address": "Riverside, TW1 3DJ Twickenham", "price": "£6 / £4 (concession)", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-arts-service/curious-tots/e-kgoqyg", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["music/early-childhood-music"], "description": "Curious Tots is a sensory musical session for babies and toddling toddlers, held fortnightly on Tuesdays at Orleans House Gallery. It is led by Finn Chatwyn-Ros, the gallery's Early Years artist-in-residence, who introduces her original songs and musical games. Together with puppets, instruments and creative activities, families explore sensory environments, soundscapes and free instrument play in a calm, nurturing space. The session supports parents and carers with dedicated time to connect with their baby and socialise with others.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/curious-tots-37651/", "official_url": "https://orleanshousegallery.org/events/curious-tots/2026-11-03/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c47469f33859ed777b49b780825957903c95e59d90839e3265ac64474d9f605-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mudlarks family gallery", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "3.95", "price_to": "4.95", "tickets_url": "https://museumtickets.londonmuseum.org.uk/ticketbooth/shows/1173647814", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Mudlarks family gallery is an interactive play space at London Museum Docklands for children aged up to eight. Run by the London Museum, it brings the docks to life through play that keeps little ones occupied and supports their development. Kids can find out what the docks were used for and what life was like for sailors years ago, driving a DLR train in the soft play area, moving ships along the docks on the water play station and helping workers move cargo with wheelbarrows. Each 45-minute session ends with a bell rung five minutes before tidying-up time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mudlarks-family-gallery-37067/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07c3773f438adcea796a64cd1d6469bd542b02435ac6f0b403736ed36c836b41-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tots at the docks", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/london", "literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "Tots at the docks is a free monthly drop-in play session for babies and toddlers under five and their carers, themed around London's past and present. It is run by the London Museum at London Museum Docklands in the historic heart of Canary Wharf, with activities changing each month, such as sensory areas, role play, soft toy sea creatures, a mini digger and puppet shows. On this day the theme is fairy tales, and entry may be limited during busy times.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tots-at-the-docks-37060/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/tots-at-the-docks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87e4ba3b7708a669e3aacb0050aecdbe7dd94b327fcba18cdeaccdf2b2001b5a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Masterpiece Kids Art Class", "start": "2026-11-08T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T14:30:00Z", "place": "Mileto Caffè", "address": "Engineers Way 2, HA9 0JP Wembley", "price": "£25 per child", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.miletocaffe.com/masterpiece-kids-art-class", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Masterpiece Kids Art Class is a creative art workshop for children aged 5–11, introducing young artists to the world of famous painters. Led by an art teacher, children explore different artistic styles, colours, shapes and techniques, taking inspiration from names such as Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Monet and Leonardo da Vinci. Each child experiments with and creates their own unique artwork to take home, with no previous art experience needed. The 90-minute session includes a babyccino for each child, places are limited and booking in advance is required, with parents or guardians remaining at the café throughout.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/masterpiece-kids-art-class-50313/", "official_url": "https://www.miletocaffe.com/events/masterpiecekids", "image": "https://noky.io/images/14a8dd88a3a5214f52a22ce92ccc2bcef97136235d0a3963869ed7a088a714ee-2000.webp"}]}