Venture through Osterley House and its gardens to discover all the quirks and scandals of Georgian life via fun and educational activities.  

Enter the fascinating world of The Robot Zoo and discover the mechanisms that give animals the ability to see, eat, hunt and hide. 

Escape into a world of mystery at Hampton Court Palace for a royal quest. Join Queen Elizabeth I’s spy network and go on an undercover operation. Quiz suspicious characters going about the palace, decode secret messages and report back your findings to the Queen. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who isn’t?

Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival returns to spark creativity with world-class performances, art and free fun for children and their grown-ups. Stylist’s fashion director Lucy Reber’s pick of the festival is There’s A Bear On My Chair. “My little one loves a show, and the Southbank Centre always does brilliant ones. It’s billed as a relaxed performance and kids can move around as they please, which is lovely,” says Reber. There are plenty of performances, shows and events for older kids as well.  

Embark on a fascinating journey through ancient Egypt and explore how it continues to influence art, design and popular culture. 

Meet paper dragons, corrugated crabs and cardboard space robots in this STEM-based, hands-on interactive cardboard adventure. 

Inspired by the animals that have helped deliver mail throughout history, design and create your very own animal postie puppet at the Postal Museum. 

Get creative at the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Family Festival and explore the Tirzah Garwood: Bayon Ravilious exhibition through marbling, badgemaking, toy theatre and many more workshops perfect for the whole family. 

The Florence Nightingale Museum is hosting lanternists Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker for an entertainment show like no other. Combining original glass slides from the 19th and 20th centuries as well as modern slides with an authentic triple magic lantern, the fast-moving show will highlight the most spectacular effects the lantern can produce

This vibrant production adapts four beloved stories by Eric Carle, including Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; 10 Little Rubber Ducks; The Very Busy Spider; and, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 

A thrilling mix of acrobatics, jaw-dropping aerial feats, mind-bending juggling and tricks will all be on display at Jacksons Lane’s first homegrown circus cabaret for kids. It’s an unmissable event filled with circus magic that will leave everyone grinning from ear to ear.