Come along to the Autumn Moon exhibition and live festivities, with 45-minute sessions commencing at 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm:

Design your own mini costume! In this workshop you will dress two small (30 cm) polystyrene figures in your flights of imagination and get to take them home.

From the incomparable storytellers of Bangarra Dance Theatre comes a major new work. At Yuldea, stories hover in the sky. The stars reveal a divine Songline, stretching between earth and sky. 

The Europa Night Market brings your favourite European street eats this spring to Melbourne’s iconic sheds at Queen Vic Market.

The Footy Festival Live Site at Yarra Park is packed with free entertainment for the whole family, including player appearances, giveaways, music and some of Melbourne's best food trucks and bars.

Join Collective Closets sister duo and Melbourne Now designers, Fatuma and Laurinda Ndenzako, for a bracelet beading workshop.

Trash Puppets’ playful puppetry workshops are a hands-on, technology-free way for children and families to get creative together. Trash Puppets teaches kids to create their very own one-of-a-kind puppet made completely out of recycled materials. No glue or paint required!

Delight your child’s senses with free nature play experiences on Western Lawn and The Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden this spring.

A fun, new sketch comedy show for children and families full of puppetry, clowning, song and of course – plenty of trash! 

Created for kids 4+ and families, Trash with a Porpoise will navigate the depths of our waterways – battling whirlpools, cracking jokes with a walrus and learning how we can reduce our impact through everyday actions!

Did you know that Puffing Billy’s NA locomotives were built right here in Melbourne?

Join us on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 of September for a fantastic LEGO® display at the Lakeside Visitor Centre from 9am to 4pm each day.

Visit Queen Victoria Market for a bumper two-day celebration of harvest and thanksgiving at the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival.

Join the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne for a Bandicoot bonanza of performances, free kids activities and guided walks.

Create accessories, jewellery or even a jet pack using recycled and upcycled materials. 

Join author Matt Chester for a reading of this delightful story of best bear friends Elm & Willow.

Go on a journey with your imagination as we dig through old books & magazines and find exciting images that catch your eye.

Join The Australian Shakespeare Company for this interactive theatre production

Captain Jack and the Caribbean Pirates is a swashbuckling adventure!

Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation will finally make its Australian debut after critically acclaimed runs in New York, London and Chicago.

Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robinson and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit and Owl (oh… and don’t forget Tigger too!) have come to life in a beautifully crafted stage musical adaptation featuring stunning life-size puppetry for audiences of all ages.

Tickets on sale 15th June.

Looking to get outdoors these school holidays? Come and explore the historic Como House with your intrepid youngsters and make precious memories together.

School Holiday Activities at Heide Museum of Modern Art

Time to take a breath – renew, refresh and reinvent.   

This spring at Fed Square, RESET offers us an opportunity to start afresh.  

Bring the kids along to Queen Vic Market for some free interactive and fun activities this spring.

Celebrate the miracle of flight and metamorphosis at Butterfly House, where you can meet a giant praying mantis or make friends with a caterpillar.

SciencePlay Kids classes are designed to encourage 4-12 yos to explore science in an accessible, tactile, hands-on way. Each class, run for around an hour, has 3 experiments/explorations that foster creative thinking, problem solving, questioning, observing, hypothesising and all things STEAM in a fun and MESSY way.

Room on the Broom adapted from the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Children's books.

The witch and her cat are flying happily on their broomstick – until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand.

Keep young hands and minds busy with this creative and crafty design workshop for kids and families.