Cheese & Ham Muffins

Last week I picked up a supermarket recipe card for these savoury muffins and it reminded me that when DS was little and just learning to eat, I used to make lots of savoury muffins for him in the hope that he would think he was eating "cakes" while he was actually getting some goodness inside him!  For the most part it worked too. 

Now times have changed and this week I am packing him a lunch box for his swimming club.  Last night I whipped these up and today I am sending DS off with two of these, and they look quite yummy!

Ingredients (makes 6)

125g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp paprika

1 egg

150ml buttermilk

25g mature cheddar, grated

25g ham, torn

50g courgette, grated

Method

Sift the flour, baking powder and paprika into a mixing bowl.  Whisk the egg & buttermilk together in another bowl then fold into the flour mixture along with the cheese, ham and courgette.  Mix well and grind in some black pepper.

Divide the mixture into 6 muffin cases and top with a sprinkling of grated cheddar.  Bake at 180 (160 fan) for 30 mins.

These should keep for a good few days in the fridge, and always freeze well so you can make them ahead.

Breadcrumbs

As I passed the packaged breadcrumbs in the supermarket this morning, I remembered back to the time when I would have bought them when a recipe called for them to be added...until somebody showed me how to make my own.  So just in case any of you are in the same boat, read on and you will never again need to buy them ;)

I always use the crusts from the loaf, mainly because nobody in our house eats them (unless we are really desperate!) but also because you get a good amount of crumbs from them.  Lay the slices out on a baking tray and "cook" them in the oven at 180 for around 20-30 mins.  If you can snap them in half with any trace of softness, they are ready - if not, pop them back in for another 10 mins but watch them closely so they don't burn.

Break the slices up into pieces so they fit into the food processor and give them a blitz.  Voila!  Easy as pie.

Store them in a Tupperware box in the fridge and they will last for weeks at a time.  You can also add Parmesan, herbs or spices to liven them up too.

Gingerbread Biscuits

I baked these for the kid's birthday party yesterday and they went down a treat! 

Ingredients

200g plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons ground ginger

100g brown sugar

50g butter

1 small egg

1 tablespoon golden syrup

Method

Sieve the flour, baking powder and ginger into a bowl.  Rub the butter into the mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs and stir in the sugar.  

Mix the egg and syrup in a small bowl and add to the centre of the dry mixture.  Mix well until you have a dough and knead until it becomes smooth.

Roll out the dough on a flour surface (or directly onto baking paper) and cut out your desired shapes.  Bake for 10-12 minutes at 180C until golden and let the biscuits cool on a wire rack before eating.

Slow-cooked Coq au Vin

I love Coq au Vin but have never attempted to make it myself.  Not sure why though as this was so easy!  Note that you can buy bouquet garni "tea-bags" in the supermarket (amongst the herb aisle) so don't worry about using the real deal.  Don't forget of course that you have to open red wine to make this dish & although that did make me a little queasy at 9.15am when I was putting this in the slow cooker, it was a bonus that evening that I already had an open bottle!

Ingredients (serves 2)

2 chicken breasts

50g butter

3 rashers of bacon, chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 onion, chopped

225g button mushrooms, halved

1/3 bottle of red wine

1 tbsp plain flour

300ml chicken stock

1 bouquet garni

Method

Melt the butter in a large frying pan and brown the chicken on both sides.  Add the bacon for the last 2 mins then remove both and set aside.

Add the onions and garlic to the pan and cook for 5 mins until soft.  Stir in the flour and add the red wine, then bring to a boil.

Put the mushrooms in the bottom of the slow cooker then add the chicken & bacon.  Pour over the hot wine mixture.

Add the chicken stock - there should be enough to cover the chicken completely.  Add the bouquet garni and ensure this also is underneath the liquid.

Cook on low for 8-9 hours.  Discard the bouquet garni before serving with rice.

More Playdough

I agreed to provide some play dough for a local Charity Fun Day so this week I've been busy making different batches.

Using the play dough recipe I previously featured, I tried some different variations including cinnamon scent and lavender water, and various colours of glitter and food colouring.  Here are the results:

Yellow with green glitter, red with black glitter, pale green scented with cinnamon, and turquoise with multi-coloured glitter and lavender water.

I also discovered that if the dough is too sticky, you can add more flour to get a better result.

I hope the kids at the Fun Day enjoy playing with them!

Summer Veg Pasta with Chicken

Sometimes I get stuck in a rut with our dinners, making the same things every week so I thought I would try something new.  This was lovely, really light and clean tasting with all the fresh vegetables - I will definitely be doing this one again.  Plus the kids loved shelling the broad beans with me!

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts, diced

1 onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, chopped or crushed

150g creme fraiche

1 tsp mustard

20g Parmesan, grated

1 tbsp fresh chopped chives

1 tbsp fresh chopped mint

200g broad beans

200g peas

250g asparagus

300g pasta

Method

Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the broad beans for 3-4 mins.  Drain and remove outer skins.  

Heat some oil in a pan and cook the chicken for 5 mins.  Add the onion & garlic and cook for another 5 mins.  Stir in the creme fraiche, mustard, 3/4 of the cheese, the chives and the mint and cook for 2 mins (or until the chicken is cooked through).  

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions, adding the peas and asparagus for the last 2 mins.  Drain, keeping 200ml of the water.  Add the pasta, peas, beans, asparagus and the water to the chicken mixture and stir thoroughly.

Serve immediately with the remaining Parmesan sprinkled on top.

Week To View: 8 - 14 August

Wed 8 August

Event: Magnificent Flying Machines

Location: Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Time: 10.30 – 12.30 / 1.00 – 3.00

Cost: £2 per child

Booking: Not required

Two craft activities on the theme of butterflies and dragonflies.

Event: Mini Beast Safari Day

Location: Birdworld

Time: 10.00 – 6.00

Cost: Included in admission price

Booking: Not required

Join the Birdworld keepers to meet their slithering and crawling critters plus arts and crafts, trails and lots more fun.

Event: Wiggly Wednesdays

Location: Fishers Farm Park

Time: 10.00 – 5.00

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Not required

Hug-a-Bug will be bringing along some Creepy Critters …snakes, geckos and other slimy things for all those brave little monsters!

Event: Family ARTventures

Location: Witley Common

Time: 11.00 – 4.00

Cost: £2.50

Booking: Not required

Pick up and play activities and nature trails.  Bring a picnic and enjoy Witley Common.  Meet outside the Witley Centre on Haslemere Road.

Event: Experiments with Renewable Energy

Location: Shalford Mill

Time: 11.00 – 4.30

Cost: Admission + £1.50

Booking: Not required

Fun with water, wind and bicycle power.

Event: Get Wild on Wednesdays

Location: Polesden Lacey

Time: 11.00 – 4.00

Cost: £4

Booking: Advisable 

With a different theme each week, children will work together to explore anything from minibeasts to den building with our exciting Ranger-led activities. Each session lasts about an hour and can be booked on the day but there is a limited capacity for each session.

Event: Out To Lunch - Crazy M: Fabulously Funny Clowning

Location: Portsmouth City Museum Gardens

Time: 12.00 – 2.00

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Bring a picnic & join in the family fun.

Event: Silly Summer Headgear

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1.00 – 2.30 (4-8 yrs) / 3.00 – 4.30 (8-16 yrs)

Cost: £6.50

Booking:  Required

Create your own funky headgear using new and found materials.  Under 8s must be accompanied by an adult.

Event: Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Location: Winkworth Arboretum

Time: 1.30

Cost: £3 (on top of admission)

Booking: Not needed

Fun filled teddy bears' picnic with storytelling and songs to delight young and old.

Thursday 9 August

Event: Funky Racers!

Location: Farnham Maltings

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Cost: £9

Booking: Essential

Build your very own funky racing car model.  Let your imagination race away with you.  For ages 6-10.

Event: Activity Thursday

Location: The Rural Life Centre

Time: 10.000 – 5.00

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Not required

A variety of fun things to do for accompanied children - find out about traditional crafts, trades, chores and pastimes.

Event: Junior Club – Shadowy Shapes

Location: Haslemere Educational Museum

Time: 10.30 – 12.00

Cost: £7 (£5 for members)

Booking:  01428-642112  
Learn about the art of the shadow theatre and make your own shadow puppet.  Suitable for ages 5-11.

Event: Ugly Bug Ball

Location: Dapdune Wharf, Guildford

Time: 11.00 – 5.00

Cost: £2 per child

Booking: 01483-561389

Bug hunting, bug sculptures, build a bug home, make wings and antennae, bug music, but above all, come dressed up!

Event: Dance School

Location: Applegarth Farm, Headley

Time: 11.00 – 12.00

Cost: £7

Booking: Essential

High energy fun “dance school” for ages 6-9.

Event: Out To Lunch – Stories & Craft

Location: Portsmouth City Museum Gardens

Time: 12.00 – 2.00

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Storytelling fun with Michael O’Leary.  Bring a picnic & join in the family fun.

Event: Funky Fairy Wall Hanging

Location: Farnham Maltings

Time: 1.30 – 3.00

Cost: £7.50

Booking: Essential

Come and create a beautiful wall hanging for your room.  There will be lots of sparkly things to choose from.  Dress for mess – for ages 6-10.

Event: Drawing in the Courtyard

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1.30 – 4.00

Cost: £2 (suggested donation)

Booking: Not required

Come and make large-scale drawings inspired by the Centrepiece exhibition.  For ages 4+ with an adult.

Friday 10 August

Event:  Fun Day

Location: Applegarth Farm

Time: 1030 - 1600

Cost: £5 per child

Booking: Just turn up
Fun day in the garden with a trampoline, bouncy castle and face painting - ages 1-9 years.

Event:  Pony Magic

Location: Hatchlands Park

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost:£2.50 per ride

Booking: Not required

Pony Magic aim to provide a truly magical experience with beautiful, safe ponies and experienced handlers. 3-5 minute ride. Suitable for 2 -11 year old children.

Event: Bubble Fun

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1330 - 1600

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Make your own funky bubble wand to use in the Courtyard and take home. 

Event: Summer Holiday Fun!

Location: Winkworth

Time: 2.00 – 3.30

Cost: Admission +£1

Booking: Not required

Be a nature detective and follow a different trail each week.  Be inspired to write poetry, take photographs or create art of your fascinating discoveries and submit them for the Closer to Nature exhibition in October.

Saturday 11 August

Event: Northchapel Working Steam Show

Location: Northchapel, West Sussex

Time: 10.00 – 6.00

Cost: Adult £6 / Child £4

Booking: Not required

This year’s show will feature working steam exhibits including ploughing , threshing, stone crushing and wood sawing. There will also be a fairground and craft marquee.

Event: Family Bushcraft Day

Location: Alice Holt Forest

Time: 10.00 – 4.00

Cost: Adults £25 / Under 16 £15 / Under 3’s FREE

Booking: Essential

Learn the secrets of the forest as a family.  From fire lighting to shelter building and a spot of open fire cooking.

Event: Lithics Weekend

Location: Buster Ancient Farm

Time: 1000 - 1700

Cost: Adult £7 / Child £3

Booking: Just turn up

The annual gathering of flint knappers.  Watch tools being craft from flint, and even have a go!

Event: Crafternoon: Dream Catchers

Location: Sayers Croft Trust

Time: 2.00 – 4.00

Cost: FREE

Booking: Recommended

An afternoon of crafty fun using the natural materials found at Sayers Croft as well as a few extra bits and pieces provided by us. Parents and children will work together to gather their own materials and make a unique product under guidance from one of our instructors.

Event: Museum in the Park

Location: Churchfield’s Recreation Group, Compton Cresent, Chessington

Time: 2.00 – 4.30

Cost: £1.50 per child

Booking: Not required

Celebrate all things Ancient Greek with boat building, chariot racing and theatrical mask making.

Sunday 12 August

Event: Lithics Weekend

Location: Buster Ancient Farm

Time: 1000 - 1700

Cost: Adult £7 / Child £3

Booking: Just turn up

The annual gathering of flint knappers.  Watch tools being craft from flint, and even have a go!

Event: Northchapel Working Steam Show

Location: Northchapel, West Sussex

Time: 10.30 – 5.00

Cost: Adult £6 / Child £4

Booking: Not required

See Saturday’s entry.

Event: Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Location: Hollycombe Steam Collection

Time: 11.00 – 5.00

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Not required

During the afternoon there will be Punch & Judy and Magic shows by Prof Ray Sparks.  Free Teddy Bear trail around the collection with a small prize for correctly returned forms.  Also Bouncy Castle and Face Painting (small additional charge).

Event: Crafternoon: Edlerwhistle

Location: Sayers Croft Trust

Time: 2.00 – 4.00

Cost: FREE

Booking: Recommended

An afternoon of crafty fun using the natural materials found at Sayers Croft as well as a few extra bits and pieces provided by us. Parents and children will work together to gather their own materials and make a unique product under guidance from one of our instructors.

Monday 13 August

Event: Razzle Dazzle Cheerleading Holiday Workshop

Location: Albury Village Hall

Time: 10.00 – 3.00

Cost: £30

Booking: Essential

Participants will be taught a series of dances using cheerleading, street dance and gymnastics and will perform a  show at the end of the day.  Suitable for ages 5-11.

Tuesday 14 August

Event: Flowers

Location: Magical Rooms, Grayshott

Time: 10.00 – 12.00 / 10.00 – 3.30

Cost: £10 / £25

Booking: Required

Summer arts and crafts with a flowers theme.  Suitable for age 5+.

Event: Princess & Pirate School

Location: Applegarth Farm 

Time: 11.00 – 1.00

Cost: £12.50

Booking: 01428-609340

Tinkerbell will lead a 2 hour workshop getting creative with arts and crafts.  Lots of dancing and games, and Tinkerbell will sprinkle her magical fairy dust!  If the weather is good, there will be a Pirate Treasure Hunt in the garden.  Suitable for ages 3-6 years. 

Event: Family Film – Snow White & The Huntsman

Location: Farnham Maltings

Time: 11.00, 2.30 & 6.00

Cost: £5.50

Booking: Advisable

Event: Out To Lunch – Games & Toys

Location: Portsmouth City Museum Gardens

Time: 12.00 – 2.00

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Play with a variety of old style toys and games.  Bring a picnic & join in the family fun.

Event: Falconry Display

Location: Haslemere Educational Museum

Time: 1.00 – 4.00

Cost: £4 non-members / £2 members

Booking: Not required

The FalconHigh Falconry Display Team will give an interactive flying display at 2pm and 3.30 plus talks and static display, for real close ups at other times.

Event: Junk Sculpture

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1.00 – 2.30 (4-8 yrs) / 3.00 – 4.30 (8-16 yrs)

Cost: £6.50

Booking: Required

Use new and recycled materials to create your own unique sculpture.

Spanning The Week & Ongoing

Event: Blooms & Bees

Location: Staunton Country Park

Time: Mon 13 – Sun 19 August

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Not required

Buzz around the park on the flower trail, meet our own bees and taste their lovely honey!

PYO

On the way home from buying his new school uniform last week <sob>, DS & I stopped at a PYO farm to pick up some goodies.  I've been meaning to take him for some time, seeing as how we didn't get round to planting our own veggies this year - I'm really keen for him to understand that food doesn't all come from the supermarket!

So we pulled in to Sutton Green Garden Centre on Woking Road (between Guildford & Woking) and made our way round to the PYO fields at the back, collecting a basket on the way.

DS loved it - we picked marrows....

...blackberries..

...and a whole host of other things too!

We saw a couple of other families while we were picking but there is more than enough space so you don't bump into each other.  The strawberries were a bit sparse, I'm guessing they are the most popular thing to pick, but we still found some in the middle of the patch.  The blackberries more than made up for it though...they were endless!

There is a new coffee shop on-site with a small toddler house & slide to play with outside, and a farm shop where you can buy anything you didn't manage to pick in the fields.

Here is our stash (marrows, courgettes, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries and blackberries) pictured on the kitchen table once we got home!

Definitely worth a stop if you are passing - since our visit on Thursday, we have used the courgettes in a Spaghetti Carbonara, the broad beans in pesto pasta, had the baby carrots alongside a fish pie on Saturday followed by the strawberries for dessert, and made a pear & blackberry crumble today to enjoy the blackberries!  Best of all, the whole lot was well under £10 ;)

Week To View: 1 - 7 August 2012

OK, here's the first Week To View blog post.  There was so much to include!  I would love some feedback...what is useful, is there anything different you would like included / to see more of, is the format easy to read - anything you have to say, I want to hear it!  Please let me know too if you find something in here that you hadn't heard about and ended up going, and what it was like.

Wed 1 August

Event: Pre School Drama & Music Workshop

Location: Guildford Spectrum

Time: 1000 - 1030 (18m - 2.5 yrs) / 1045-1130 (3-5 yrs)

Cost: £3.70 / £5.20

Booking: 01483-443322

Event: Teddy Bear's Picnic

Location: Birdworld

Time: 1000 - 1800

Cost: Included in admission price

Booking: Just turn up

Bring your teddy along for this favourite annual event at Birdworld. There will be fun, games, dancing and loads of prizes to be won!

Event: Wiggly Wednesdays

Location: Fishers Farm Park

Time: 1000 - 1700

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Just turn up

Hug-A-Bug will be bringing along some Creepy Critters …snakes, geckos and other slimey things for all those brave little monsters!

Event: Storytelling in the Farmshop Courtyard

Location: Secretts

Time: 1100 - 1130 / 1430 - 1500

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up 

Event: Get Wild on Wednesdays

Location: Polesden Lacey

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost: £4

Booking: Advisable 

With a different theme each week, children will work together to explore anything from minibeasts to den building with our exciting Ranger-led activities. Each session lasts about an hour and can be booked on the day but there is a limited capacity for each session.

Event: Baking with the Miller's Wife

Location: Shalford Mill

Time: 1100 - 1630

Cost: Admission + £1.50

Booking: Just turn up

Make a tasty gingerbread person to decorate in whatever style you choose.

Event: Wonderful Wednesdays Children's Activites

Location: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Just turn up

Hands-on activities to occupy accompanied children of all ages! Have a go at all kinds of interesting and unusual countryside skills, traditional crafts, activities and games. Under cover if wet.

Event: Sculpture

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1300 - 1430 (4-8 yrs) / 1500 - 1630 (8-16 yrs)

Cost: £6.50

Booking: 01483-737837

Join artist Jo Carter in this figurative sculpture workshop.

Event: Teddy Bear's Picnic & Storytelling

Location: Winkworth Arboretum

Time: 1330 - 1430

Cost: Admission + £3 per child

Booking: Just turn up
Fun filled teddy bears' picnic with storytelling & songs.

Thursday 2 August

Event: Activity Thursday

Location: The Rural Life Centre

Time: 1000 - 1700

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Just turn up
A variety of fun things to do for accompanied children - find out about traditional crafts, trades, chores and pastimes.


Event: Monster Mini-Beast Hunt

Location: Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Time: 1030 - 1230 / 1300 - 1500

Cost: £3 per child

Booking: Essential: 02392-595040

Explore the different habitats within the Park. See what lives in the woodland and the meadow. Suitable for 4 yrs and upwards. 

Event: Ugly Bug Ball

Location: Dapdune Wharf, Guildford

Time: 1100 - 1700

Cost: £2 per child

Booking: 01483-561389Bug hunting, bug sculptures, build a bug home, make wings and antennae, bug music, but above all, come dressed up!

Event: Family Drop-in Event - Shells

Location: Haslemere Educational Museum

Time: 1100 - 1500

Cost: £4 (members £2)

Booking: Just turn upCome and marvel at the Museum's shell handling collection, learn about how shells have been used in the past and then enjoy shell related crafts, including make your own whelk and a place for it to live.

Friday 3 August

Event: Mill Cottage Farm Experience

Location: Secretts

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up

Event: Bubble Fun

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1330 - 1600

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Make your own funky bubble wand to use in the Courtyard and take home. 

Event:  Pony Magic

Location: Hatchlands Park

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost:£2.50 per ride

Booking: Just turn up

Pony Magic aim to provide a truly magical experience with beautiful, safe ponies and experienced handlers. 3-5 minute ride. Suitable for 2 -11 year old children.

Event:  Fun Day

Location: Applegarth Farm, Grayshott

Time: 1030 - 1600

Cost: £5 per child

Booking: Just turn up
Fun day in the garden with a trampoline, bouncy castle and face painting - ages 1-9 years.

Saturday 4 August

Event: Food Weekend

Location: Buster Ancient Farm

Time: 1000 - 1700

Cost: Adult £7 / Child £3

Booking: Just turn up

Celebrating the abundance of the Earth and the start of the harvest.  Demonstrations of food and cooking throughout the weekend. 

Event: Mummies to Motorbikes Family Fun Day

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1030 - 1700

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Free activities will be taking place throughout the day including a drop-in family workshop, exhibition tours and theatrical storytelling performances of ‘The Unlucky Mummy’ a story about the misfortunes surrounding a Mummy which came from Egypt during the 19th Century.’ Brooklands Museum will also showcase some motorbikes and automobiles from the era.

Sunday 5 August

Event: Cranleigh Show

Location: Cranleigh Showground

Time: 0800 - 1730

Cost: Adult £12 / Under 16's £5 / Family £30 / Under 5's FREE

Booking: Reduced price advance ticket

One day agricultural show with entertainment including motorcycle stunt display team, sheep racing, falconry display, gun dogs, Titan the Robot and much more.

Event: Den Building

Location: Leith Hill

Time: 1000 - 1230

Cost: £5

Booking: Essential: 01372-220644

Build your own survival shelter using material from Leith Hill like a true explorer and enjoy popcorn and marshmallows around the campfire.   For ages 7+ with an adult.

Event: Grayshott Village Show

Location: Applegarth Farm

Time: 1200 onwards

Cost: Adult £10 / Child £5 / Under 5's FREE

Booking: Tickets available at Applegarth Farm or Grayshott Books
Falconry display, medieval battle re-enactment, The Sheep Show, duck herding, pony rides, kids corner with carousel & bouncy castle plus Polo matches. 


Event: Family Fun Day - Butterflies

Location: Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Time: 1030 - 1530

Cost:£2 per child

Booking: Just turn up

Come and learn about the wildlife in the park and have some fun.  Suitable for all ages. 


Event: It's A Naval Knockout

Location: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Time: 1100 - 1630

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up (unless you want to enter!)

Fun for all the family throughout the day, with the chance to channel your competitive spirit and enter a team in the afternoon.  Will your team win the Portsmouth 2012 trophy?  All you need is five willing participants - whether you’re usually a five a side footy team or the greatest pub quiz team ever, there’ll be an event you can excel at!  And of course, there’ll be free candy floss…

Monday 6 August

Event: Caterpillar Crafts Big Bug Hunt

Location: Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Time: 1030 - 1400

Cost:£8 per child

Booking: Essential 
Caterpillar Crafts are working in partnership with the Park to offer fun filled day s for children & young people with disabilities or additional needs and their families.


Event: Punch & Judy Magic Show

Location: Secretts

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up

Tuesday 7 August

Event: Bugs & Butterflies

Location:  Magical Rooms, Grayshott

Time: 1000 - 1200 / 1000 - 1530

Cost: £10 / £25

Booking: Essential
Arts & Crafts to make and take away with a Bug & Butterfly theme. Ages 5 to 11.


Event: Junior Club - Compass Discoveries

Location: Haslemere Educational Museum

Time: 1030 - 1200

Cost: £7 (£5 for members)

Booking:  01428-642112  
See what you can discover on our selection of maps and make your own compass.

Event: Punch & Judy Magic Show

Location: Secretts

Time: 1100 - 1600

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up 

Event: Princess & Pirate School

Location: Applegarth Farm 

Time: 1100 - 1300

Cost:£12.50

Booking: 01428-609340

Tinkerbell will lead a 2 hour workshop getting creative with arts and crafts.  Lots of dancing and games, and Tinkerbell will sprinkle her magical fairy dust!  If the weather is good, there will be a Pirate Treasure Hunt in the garden.  Suitable for ages 3-6 years. 

Event: Out To Lunch: Circus Skills Dickensian Style

Location: Portsmouth City Museum Gardens

Time: 1200 - 1400

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up
Bring a picnic & join in the family fun.


Event: Climbing Puppets Family Workshop

Location: The Lightbox, Woking

Time: 1330 - 1600

Cost: £2 suggested donation

Booking: Just turn up
Build and decorate your own climbing puppet.  For ages 4+ with an adult.

Event: The Big Build Party

Location: St. Catherines Village Hall, Guildford

Time: 1400 - 1530 (2 sessions)

Cost: £5

Booking: E-mail to book
Come and build with Lego, garden building blocks and other building toys.  Art and Craft too. Suitable for age 4-9.

Spanning The Week or Ongoing

Event: Festival of Summer

Location:  Staunton Country Park

Time: Wednesday 1st - Sunday 5th (from 1030)

Cost: Included in admission

Booking: Just turn up

Start off the holidays in sizzling style lots of fun things to do even if the sun stays away!

Event: Wickham Music Festival

Location: The Festival Fields, Blind Lane

Time: Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 August

Cost: Various (see website)

Booking: Essential
A relaxed & family-friendly outdoor Music & Arts Festival featuring Jools Holland, KT Tunstall. The Levellers & The Proclaimers.

Event: Children's Trail

Location: Claremont

Time: Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th (1000 - 1630)

Cost: Admission + 50p

Booking: Just turn up

Event: Magic Toadstool Mystery Tour

Location: Secretts Farm Shop
Time:  On daily from 0900 - 1700 between 21 July - 2 September 
Cost: FREE 
Booking: Just turn up


Event: Nature Detective Trail

Location: Pick Your Own @ Secretts

Time: On daily from 0900 - 1700 between 24 July - 2 September

Cost: FREE

Booking: Just turn up