The children loved having free reign within the museum. The staff were extremely helpful and were great at getting the kids engaged and making them feel special. There needs to be more free heritage type activities that gently stretch and nurture our children. I’m so thankful
Bespoke Cultural Activity for Children in Care
We love working with Leicestershire County Council’s Virtual Schools service to run bespoke workshops tailored toward children and young people in foster care. Our teams within Communities and Wellbeing pull together to involve and inspire primary school aged children and their siblings and carers to access and use our local heritage venues and the resources they offer. Our aim is to enable children in care to be given accessible and meaningful opportunities to experience cultural activities.
![Assortment of colourful skull artwork](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9688-e1588167912484-360x240.jpg)
![Assortment of colourful skull prints](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9689-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful skull drawing](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9695-e1588167937741-360x240.jpg)
![Person's hand holding sponge over table with skull print drawing](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9696-e1588167962846-360x240.jpg)
![Hand drawing on clay skull. completed coloured clay skull in the background.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9704-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful skull print drawing](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9702-360x240.jpg)
![Child's hands holding sponges above skull painting](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9699-360x240.jpg)
![Multiple hands working on skull images on card](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9698-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful skull prints with painted sponges and printed wooden blocks on the table](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9694-360x240.jpg)
![Pastel skull drawing with printed out sheet of patterned skull images and printed wooden blocks](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9692-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful clay skull](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_9705-360x240.jpg)
Terrible Tales
In 2019 nearly 90 participants got involved with Terribulous Tudors at Melton Museum, Disgustarous Diseases at the 1620’s Manor House and Gardens, Dastardly Dinosaurs at Harborough Museum and Mexican Day of the Dead at Charnwood Museum. To name but a few! It was a huge success.
This year, between lock-downs we’ve managed to safely run several workshops, and we have several workshops in the planning in 2021. At special invite only, our guests can partake in workshops such as Rotten Rocks and Frightful Fossils, Spooky Birds and Super-Creeps, Dastardly Drama and Secret Agents, Menacing Mining and Awful Aliens…should they dare. Here are a few pics from the 2020 sessions!
![Black and white photo of one hand on top of another holding a paintbrush. Painting is a partially visible black shape.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween1-780x520.jpg)
![Various paintings of crows](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween6-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful neon patterned clay skull](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween10-360x240.jpg)
![Child's hands, one holding a paintbrush to a black watercolour painting of a bird](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween4-360x240.jpg)
![Black and white painting of a crow](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween7-360x240.jpg)
![Three paintings of a crow](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween8-360x240.jpg)
![Table with various paintings of a crow on it. One crow painting is displayed on the wall behind.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween9-360x240.jpg)
![Stuffed owl. shown from the neck up.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween11-360x240.jpg)
![Paintings of crows. One drawing outline of a crow.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween12-360x240.jpg)
![Painting of a crow in flight.](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween13-360x240.jpg)
![Black and white painting of a crow](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween14-360x240.jpg)
![Colourful neon painted clay skull](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween2-360x240.jpg)
![Painting of a crow](https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Halloween3-360x240.jpg)