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FAMILIES EVENTS CALENDAR

November Events

Sun 1 November 
10.30-17.00

Free Art Fun Festival: Majestic Maharajas
Experience the life of the Maharajas' courts for a day!  Dress for the part in turbans and saris.  Create beautiful head adornments, join in Indian dance and music workshops and play traditional courtly games.  See a Ramayana puppet show and hear a wise tale or two.  At the end of the day join our magnificent royal procession throughout the museum.
Includes BSL/SSE interpreted storytelling and audio-described performance
(Throughout the Museum)

Sat 7 November
10.30-17.00

Back-Packs
Pick up a Back-Pack and journey across the V&A with fantastic jigsaws, stories, puzzles and games.
(Main Entrance)

Sun 8 November 
10.30-17.00

Drop-in Design: Walking the Line
One thousand lines have escaped in the Museum overnight. See if you can spot some lines in design. Use your discoveries to create an imaginary door to a fantasy world made entirely of lines.
(Lunchroom, Sackler Centre)

Sat 14 November
10.30-17.00

Back-Packs
Pick up a Back-Pack and journey across the V&A with fantastic jigsaws, stories, puzzles and games.
(Main Entrance)

Sun 15 November 
10.30-17.00

Drop-in Design: Get into Shape
Discover crazy objects frozen in shape. Go on a hunt for cool or ridiculous shapes and then use your ideas to design a whacky plate, bowl, teapot or cup to take along to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.
(Lunchroom, Sackler Centre)

Sat 21 November
10.30-17.00

Back-Packs
Pick up a Back-Pack and journey across the V&A with fantastic jigsaws, stories, puzzles and games.
(Main Entrance)

Sun 22 November 
10.30-17.00

Drop-in Design: Juggling Geometry
You have been asked by the king to decorate his palace with beautifully patterned tiles. Hunt through the museum for inspiring ideas and create your own tiles using geometric shapes and patterns.
(Lunchroom, Sackler Centre)

Sat 28 November
10.30-17.00

Back-Packs
Pick up a Back-Pack and journey across the V&A with fantastic jigsaws, stories, puzzles and games.
(Main Entrance)

Sun 29 November 
10.30-17.00

Utterly Clarice Bean!
Drop-in Design by Lauren Child

Join Clarice Bean on a journey through the V&A and discover some mischievous ideas for a story.  Use your ideas and lots of imagination to create and illustrate your story using cut-outs and drawing techniques.
Part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Clarice Bean Books.
(Lunchroom, Sackler Centre)