Brick By Brick Family Launch

Join us for an action packed day to celebrate the opening of our Brick by Brick exhibition. Have a go at our LEGO® brick challenges*, take part in a mini-figure safari competition and enjoy craft activities.

Free, drop-in

Hull Minster

Easter Messy Church

A morning of creativity, celebration, and hospitality for all the family. Come along at 10am to learn about Easter through craft, worship and lots of fun.

Hanami Hull: Craft Workshops

Hanami, which means ‘flower viewing’ in Japanese, is the traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry trees in bloom.

These beautiful blossoms always bring a smile, so let’s spread some Hanami joy to Hull and make garlands to decorate our windows, rooms, doors and gardens!

Join the We Made This Hull team for a blooming marvellous maker session.

Booking required as space is limited.

Hanami Hull: Craft Workshops

Locations: East Park Library, Holderness Road, Hull

Hanami, which means ‘flower viewing’ in Japanese, is the traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry trees in bloom.

These beautiful blossoms always bring a smile, so let’s spread some Hanami joy to Hull and make garlands to decorate our windows, rooms, doors and gardens!

Join the We Made This Hull team for a blooming marvellous maker session.

Booking required as space is limited.

Hanami Hull: Craft Workshops

Hanami, which means ‘flower viewing’ in Japanese, is the traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry trees in bloom.

These beautiful blossoms always bring a smile, so let’s spread some Hanami joy to Hull and make garlands to decorate our windows, rooms, doors and gardens!

Join the We Made This Hull team for a blooming marvellous maker session.

This session is Adults only. Booking required as places are limited.

Spring Stories, Crafts and Activities

Come and join in at Central Library for this Spring holiday event. You can join in looking at nature, spring, bees, birds and butterflies.

Fun stories about gardening and nature and wildlife friendly gardening.

Booking required.

Age 5+

Bath Bombs Workshop

Come and make bath bombs with us and learn the science behind the fizz.

Every child will make two bath bombs of their choice.

Lab coats and safety glasses provided. Suitable for children aged 5 upwards.

Streetlife Museum

Spring Family Craft Activity

Spring Family Craft Activity: Streetlife Museum – enjoy time together crafting and exploring the museum.

11am-12.45pm and 1.15pm-3pm.

Free, drop in

Easter Bonnet Making Competition

Prospect Shopping Centre will be holding an Easter Event this year!! Hurray!! We have invited ScrapStore to help us make Easter Bonnets.

A competition and much more will be happening on the day – 12th April 2022 -11am-3pm

Easter Crafts

What would Easter be without some craft activity? We’ll be offering up a range of Easter crafts including our rather competitive colouring-in competition!

Come along and get creative and make something to remember your day by.

Join us in the Carriage House, select an activity, find a seat and allow your imagination to run like the Easter rabbits.

Information: 

Dates: 15th-18th April

Times: 10am-4pm

Location: Carriage House (North Stable Block)

Cost: Included in your Grounds or Hall & Grounds admission ticket. Note that prices may vary and additional charges may apply across Easter weekend due to other accessible activities.

Easter Bonnet Competition

It’s that time of year where kids and adults alike become crazily creative and even more competitive when it comes to an Easter Bonnet competition.

We’re giving you the entire Easter weekend to get involved and four opportunities to be crowned king or queen of Easter.

We’re expecting excessive, original and inspirational bonnets to leave our judge’s jaw dropped in astonishment.

Join us outside the Carriage House (North Stable Block) at 1pm, for your chance to win a prize!

Information: 

Dates: 15-18th April

Time: 1pm

Location: North Stable Block – outside the Carriage House.

Cost: Included in your Hall & Grounds admission ticket. Note that prices may vary and additional charges may apply across Easter weekend due to other accessible activities.

Bakers Dozen

A new family-friendly exhibition, funded by Hull City Council’s Grants to Arts programme, will begin this weekend on Humber Street.

Offering free entry, Baker’s Dozen is hosted by Hull-focused arts project Caprani Arts, showcasing contemporary, local talent.

It brings together their diverse talents in design, illustration, photography, sculpture, painting and print, as well as offering creative activities for families to take part in.

Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to get involved in free, artist-led activities, with colouring, illustration and collage in this accessible, joyful and celebratory show.

It’s the first physical event led by Caprani Arts and one that promises to be bright, positive and inspiring.

Visit Baker’s Dozen at pop-up space one, 66-68 Humber Street.

Get Crafty- Nautic’Hull Alphabet

The Hull Maritime project has teamed up with local community arts group, #WeMadeThis to deliver a four year programme of maritime themed creative taster sessions across the city.

The Nautic’Hull Alphabet project enables us to communicate across Hull using nautical flags from The International Code of Signals. Each flag is an individual letter or a whole message. It could be your street name or the name of the place where you live, or your own name to wear as a badge, or on your door. It could be the name of your school, or a message to people passing by, the possibilities are endless.

You can make your own flags at several maker day crafty taster sessions:

  • Western Library on Monday 14 February, 3 – 5pm
  • Fred Moore Library on Wednesday 16 February, 3 – 4.30pm
  • East Park Library on Saturday 19 February, 10.30am – 12noon
  • Bransholme Library on Monday 21 February, 2 – 3.30pm Greenwood Library on Wed 23 February, 3 – 4.30pm
  • Avenues Library on Sat 26 February, 10.30an – 12noon
  • Big T’s Restaurant and Takeaway, 30 Oslo Rd HU7 0YN on Tuesday 22 February, 12noon – 2pm
  • Cups and Scoops Cafe and Ice Cream Parlour 209 Chanterlands Ave HU5 3TT on Thursday 3 March, 2 – 4pm

Arts & Crafts Family Event

Get involved with our Arts & Crafts and create something special this half term!

There’ll be plenty of activities on offer from colouring in competitions to more adventurous creation opportunities – just visit our different craft stations.

Take some time out indoors and join us in making something memorable to take away.

Location: Indoor Riding School (South Courtyard)

 Tickets – This activity is included in your Grounds ticket. Please, aim to book in advance and bring your proof of purchase with you on the day. Although, we will accept drop-ins & ‘pay on the day’.

Burton Constable Annual Pass Holders gain free entry.

Please abide by our policies and procedures at all times, whilst respecting our premises, staff and volunteers.

Hull Museums

Make & Take Club Central Library

Get your craft on at Hull Central Library, every Thursday 6pm.

Learn how to craft and take away your creations! Book your place below.

Spaces are limited – everyone attending must have a ticket.

 

Lego Club Central Library

A great, weekly event for all Lego fans (5+)

Make new friends and build every Wednesday 6pm, and Saturday 2pm book your place below.

Spaces are limited – everyone attending must have a ticket.