1 EASTER CONTENTS We have activities and events happening across North Lanarkshire. Read on to discover what’s happening in each area… Airdrie & Chapelhall .............................................................3 Bellshill, New Stevenston & Viewpark ................................3 Coatbridge ............................................................................4 Chryston & Stepps ...............................................................7 Abronhill, Condorrat, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Moodiesburn .........................................................7 Motherwell, Newarthill and Cleland ....................................9 Wishaw & Newmains ..........................................................12 Shotts ..................................................................................13 Workshops and Events ......................................................14 Venue Directory ..................................................................17 Diary Listings ......................................................................18 DID YOU KNOW? You can get a 50% discount on your Lets Go Easter activities in libraries with your NL KidzCard. Just show your card when you book your activity. your You can also make your KidzCard library card! Ask staff for details. 2 Airdrie & Chapelhall Bellshill & New Stevenston Airdrie Library - 01236 758070 Easter Crafts Bellshill Cultural Centre - Wednesday 3 and Thursday 11 April 01698 346770 1-2pm Easter Bookbug 5-12 years Monday 1 April £2 – booking required 10-10.30am - 0-18 months 10.45-11.15am - 18 months-4 years Chapelhall Library - 01236 750099 Free - drop in session Egg-cellent Easter Crafts Thursday 4 and Thursday 11 April Easter Craft Fun 3.30-4.30pm Wednesday 10 April 5-12 years 2-3pm £2 – booking required (refreshments 5-12 years included) £2 - booking required New Stevenston Library - 01698 403787 Lego Challenge Club - What will you create? Friday 5 April 2.30-3.30pm 5-12 years £1 - booking required Easter Craft Fun Wednesday 10 April 2-3pm 5-12 years £2 - booking required 3 Coatbridge Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life - 01236 636150 Clay Modelling Coatbridge Library - 01236 856444 Monday 1 and 8 April Lego Challenge - 1-3pm What will you create? 4 years+ Thursday 4 April £2 – drop in activity 2.30-3.30pm 5-12 years (under 8s must be accompanied by an adult) £1 - drop in session Harry Potter Extravaganza – Wonders of Science with Family Event thinkScience Friday 12 April Tuesday 2 April 2-4pm 11am, 1pm and 2pm 8 years+ 4 years+ £2 per person for craft activity, free £5 – booking required (one entry to quiz - booking required accompanying adult free with child) Celebrate all things Harry Potter! Make Witness death-defying feats of physics; a wizardly wonderful craft and stay for gasp at lethal chemical reactions; our family quiz. There’s even a prize for marvel at the cutest bubbles and the best-dressed team! balloons; Wonders of Science has something to enthral the whole family. Library Bear Hunt Saturday 13 April 11.15am–12pm 0-5 years Free - booking required Help us celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Rosen’s, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by going on our very own bear hunt! Can you help us find them all? 4 Woolly Weaving - learn the basics of fabric weaving and make a woven animal Wednesday 3 and 10 April 1-3pm 4 years+ £2 – drop in activity Powering Up! Friday 5 April Brick Engineering Workshop with 11am-3pm Bricks 4 Kidz All ages welcome Tuesday 9 April (must be supervised at all times) 11am and 1pm Free – drop in activity 6 years+ The Scottish Power Foundation, in £5 – booking required association with National Museums Do you want to learn, build and Scotland, present Powering Up! Fun, play with lego bricks? Our specially hands on activities to learn about wind designed theme-based models provide turbines, hydro-electricity and much the building blocks for the Bricks 4 more. Kidz approach to educational play. Enjoy activities that engage your curiosity and creativity. Come and join us to build a motorised lego model following our instructions and using our special Lego kits. Then have a go at modifying it and making it better. Toys Through Time Friday 12 April 1– 3 pm 5 years+ (all ages welcome) Free / £2 optional craft – drop in activity From marbles and spinners, to board games and retro computer games, we have a wide selection of toys and games to try. You can also make your very own peg dolly or bobbin tank to take home. 5 Don’t forget Hop along to to join us over the Easter school Summerlee break for family fun activities! Mon 1 - Sun 14 Apr, Museum 10am - 5pm this Easter FRIDAY 19 - MONDAY 22 APRIL ACTIVITIES FROM 11AM - FREE ENTRY* Join us for face painting, arts and crafts and spring animals each day! On Sunday 21 & Monday 22 April we’ll also have balloon modelling, photo badges and breakfast with the Easter Bunny! Breakfast with the Easter Bunny - Sunday 21 & Monday 22 April £16.50 - one adult & one child / £29.50 - two adults & two children Additional child, £6 and additional adult, £8.50 Book your delicious Easter breakfast now by calling 01236 856150! MUSEUM OPEN 10AM - 5PM HERITAGE WAY, COATBRIDGE ML5 1QD *With charges for some activities CultureNL Limited is a registered Scottish charity number SC043891. Company SC435540 Chryston & Stepps Cumbernauld Library - 01236 632702 Chryston Library - 01236 856281 Easter Bunny Crafts Easter Crafts Tuesday 2 April Tuesday 2 April 2-3pm 11am–12pm 4-12 years 5-12 years (under 8s must be £2 - booking required accompanied by an adult) £1 - booking required Easter Bookbug Wednesday 3 April Stepps Cultural Centre - 01236 10–10.40am 638555 0-3 years with parents and carers Create an Easter Bonnet Free - drop in session Tuesday 2 April 3-4pm Springtime Garden – design & 5-12 years create a springtime garden £2 - booking required (all materials Tuesday 9 April provided) 2-3pm 4-12 years £2 - booking required Abronhill, Condorrat, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth Harry Potter Dragon Eggs – make & Moodiesburn your own egg Saturday 13 April Abronhill Library - 01236 731503 2-3pm Holiday Lego Fun – what will you 5 years+ create? £2 - booking required Thursday 11 April 3-4pm 5-12 years £1 - booking required Condorrat Library - 01236 736615 Easter Craft Session Tuesday 2 April 10.30-11.30am 4-11 years £1 - booking required 7 Cumbernauld Museum - Knights & Castles 01236 632702 Thursday 11 April 11am-3pm Toys Through Time 5 years+ (all ages welcome) Wednesday 3 April Free / £2 optional craft – drop in 1-3pm activity 5 years+ (all ages welcome) Learn about life in medieval Free / £2 optional craft – drop in Lanarkshire. Try on some costumes, activity dress up in knights’ armour and handle some replica weapons. You can also From marbles and spinners, to board make your own medieval tapestry to games and retro computer games, take home. we have a wide selection of toys and games to try. You can also make your Colzium house and museum will very own sock puppet to take home. also be open to the public with friendly volunteers on hand to answer any questions or give a Knights & Castles guided tour. Wednesday 10 April 1-3pm Kilsyth Library - 01236 632880 5 years+ (all ages welcome) Free / £2 optional craft – drop in Lego Club Taster Session - What will activity you create? Learn about life in medieval Wednesday 3 April Lanarkshire. Try on some costumes, 11am-12pm dress up in knights’ armour and handle some replica weapons. You can also 5-12 years make your own medieval tapestry to £1 - booking required take home. Moodiesburn Library - Colzium House Museum - 01236 856295 01236 638352 Spring Crafts Toys Through Time Tuesday 2 and Tuesday 9 April Thursday 4 April 3-4pm 11am-3pm 5-12 years (under 8s must be 5 years+ (all ages welcome) accompanied by an adult) Free / £2 optional craft – drop in £1 - booking required activity From marbles and spinners, to board Easter Bookbug games and retro computer games, Friday 12 April we have a wide selection of toys and 10.30-11am games to try. You can also make your very own sock puppet to take home. 0-3 years Free - drop in session 8 Motherwell, Newarthill Springtime Arts & Crafts & Cleland Monday 1: Easy Printmaking Wednesday 3: Design a frisbee Motherwell Library - 01698 332626 Thursday 4: Design a mug Saturday 6: Clay modelling Easter Craft Fun Tuesday 2 April Monday 8: Clay modelling 2-3pm Wednesday 10: Easter baskets 5-12 years Thursday 11: Paint a wooden £2 - booking required egg cup Saturday 13: Beginners Storytime and Craft Weaving Tuesday 9 April 10.30-11.15am Monday - Friday 3-7 years 10.30am-12pm & 12.30-2.30pm £1 - booking required Saturdays 12.30-2.30pm Lego Challenge Club - What will you 5 years+ (all ages welcome) create? £2 - drop in activity Friday 12 April 2-3pm Bunny Rabbits’ Picnic - stories, 5-12 years songs and a craft activity £1 - booking required Tuesday 2 & 9 April 10.30-11.30am North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Under 5s - 01698 274590 £2 – booking required Back Garden Games – traditional Springtime Seed Planting - decorate toys & giant games your own flowerpot and plant a little Monday to Saturday throughout the seed holidays Tuesday 2 & 9 April 10am–4pm 12.30-2.30pm All ages welcome (must be supervised 5 years+ (all ages welcome) at all times) £2 – drop in activity (outdoor, Free – drop in activity weather permitting) 9 Family Film Screening Springtime Bookbug Saturday 6, 13 & 20 April Fri 5: Chitty Chitty Bang 10.30-11am Bang (U) Under 5s Sat 6: Night at the Free – drop in activity Museum (PG) Fri 12: The Flintstones Easter Bonnet Decorating & Crafts Saturday 20 April Sat 13: Finding Nemo (U) 12.30-3.30pm FAMILY FUN DAY 10.30am–12.30pm 5 years+ (all ages welcome) All ages welcome (must be supervised £2-£3 per craft – drop in activity at all times) Free – drop in activity Science in Motion Friday 5 & 12 April 12.30-2.30pm 5 years+ (all ages welcome) Free / £2 optional craft – drop in activity Hands on experiments to help you understand the science of forces and motion.