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HANDS ON tickets are £3.50 and admit ONE CHILD with ONE ADULT. Some dance and movement activities allow UP to TWO children with each adult - this is indicated by two hands on the programme. It is £1 for each additional child (therefore a ticket for one adult with two children would cost £4.50).

Ticketed eventsback to all shows and taster sessions
Click on the image below to go to THEIR website time asn = suitable for children with additional support needs
max no. of children permitted: hand = ONE two hands = TWO
age guide max no. children
ceilidhkids 10.30am
(45min)
£3.50
(£1 for an extra child)

CeilidhKids fun and fitness for you and your child - based on Scottish traditional dances, this has always been one of our most successful activities, year-on-year.

3-7y
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Alison & Julia 10.30am
(50min)
£3.50
Imaginative Sculpture commissioned by Plu, Alison Johnston and Julia Hamilton have created this workshop for children with additional support needs which runs each day. Using a range of materials to capture your child's imagination: tying, threading, taping and binding to make a sculpture to take home.

2 - 5y

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Family Learning 11.30am
(45min)
FREE
(£1 for an extra child)
Family Learning Fun With Rhymes join Duncan Place Family Learning Centre for some rhymes and a fun craft activity - make a wee rhyme book to take home with some colourful home-made decorations.

18m- 3y

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Knotstressed 11.30am
(45min)
£3.50
Baby Massage can help stimulate sensory development and improve sleep patterns plus gives new wys to interact and bond together. Mats and oil provided. By Onie Tibbet of Knotstressed.
pre-crawl

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Croileagan

12.30pm
45min
FREE

Sow & Grow (Cur is fàs) plant your own flower, fruit and vegetable and learn a simple Gaelic song with Cròileagan Dhùn Èideann (Edinburgh's Gaelic Playgroups). Take home your planted pots and other goodies! No Gaelic required.
3 - 5y
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Mini Movers 1.00pm
45min
£3.50
(£1 for an extra child)
Mini Movers a stimulating mix of creative dance, movement, play, music and colourful props to encourage social skills. By the multi-talented and hugely popular Ximena Vengoechea.
18m - 3y

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Bookstart 2.00pm
45min
FREE
Rhyme Time used to know all the nursery rhymes but have long-since forgotten them? Join Bookstart for this ever-popular nursery-rhyme singalong session.

 

6m - 3y

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two hands
Alison & Julie 2.30pm
50min
£3.50
Creative Clay the second of two workshops specially created for Plu by Alison Johnstone and Julia Hamilton. For children with additional support needs, this lovely activity will see you sqeeze, shape, cut and decorate pieces to take home.

 

2 - 5y

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Gallus Parties 3.00pm
45min
£3.50
Gallus Parties paint and take home a salt dough wall-hanging (dinosaurs, football, butterflyl, fairy - lots to choose from!). Includes frugal crafting ideas, recipes, hints and tips.

 

2 - 5y


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Mini Movers 4.00pm
45min
£3.50
Mini Movers for children with additional support needsa stimulating mix of creative dance, movement, play, music and colourful props to encourage social skills. By the multi-talented and hugely popular Ximena Vengoechea.

 

2 - 5y

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ComputerXplorers 4.15pm
45min
£3.50
Under The Microscope become a scientist with our Digital Blue QX5 microphones. View everyday objects such as fingers, ears and hair and then add your own touches using special effects programmes on the computer.

 

3 - 5y


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