If you are considering booking any of our wondercrump workshops, please read our terms and conditions on the front What's On page. We advise pre-booking for workshops. Museum charges apply unless otherwise stated.

Fantastic Mr Fox
Sunday 3 August 1.30pm to 2.30 and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ years: Cunning Mr Fox had to be quick-thinking to escape Boggis and Bunce and Bean, the three nastiest farmers you could ever meet. Come along and make your own Mr Fox and a handy burrow for him to hide away.
£2 per person

Cinderella’s Bum*
Tuesday 5 August 1.30pm to 2.30 and 3pm to 4pm
For 7-11 years: ever wondered ‘does my bum look big in this?’ Fear no more as Nicholas Allan explains why we come in all shapes and sizes and why it was good that Cinderella, Queen Victoria and Santa Claus had large behinds! Join the author of The Queen’s Knickers, and Cinderella’s Bum, for a drawing, writing, magic and storytelling bonanza.
£3 per person.

Chocolate decorating
Wednesdays 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 40 minute sessions between 10.30am and 3.45pm 
For all ages: Decorate your own chocolate bar with help from local experts, The Chocolate Source. Not pre-bookable.
£3.50 per participant

To infinity and beyond!*
Friday 8 August 1.30pm to 2.30 and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ year olds: Get ready for a buzz of creativity, a leap of imagination, a whir of thought, a tingle of feeling and a large DOLLOP of play! Michael Loader tells traditional stories in a not-so traditional way.
£3 per person.

Discover Dahl’s Archives
Saturday 9 August 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
For 10+ year olds: A behind-the-scenes look at our archive store which houses Roald Dahl’s manuscripts and letters, with Enquiries Archivist, Jane Branfield.
FREE for Museum visitors

A National Year of Reading event
*Tales from the belly of the Trojan Horse
Tuesday 12 August 1.30pm to 2.30 and 3pm to 4pm
For 6+ year olds: What was it like to compete in chariot races and run in full armour?  Storyteller Sudha Mooney takes you back to a time when men were heroes and the Gods ruled their fate. Be enchanted by tales of the great games of the ancients to get you in the Olympic mood.
£3 per person.

Meet Norma the talented anteater!
Thursday 14 August 1.30pm to 2.30 and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ years: our former Illustrator in Residence Paula Metcalf introduces her latest creation, Norma Snows, the extraordinarily talented anteater. Norma will help you find out all you could ever want to know about anteaters and Paula will help you make your very own accomplished anteater to take home.
£3 per person.

Down in the jungle
Friday 15 August 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ years: discover the creatures lurking in some of Roald Dahl’s poems and make your own animal print to create a truly terrifying picture!
£2 per participant.

Make a Minpin tree
Sunday 17 August 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ years: Discover the delights of Roald Dahl’s last picture book, make your own magical minpin and create a tree-house home for them.
£2 per person.

*George’s Marvellous Experiments 
Tuesday 19 August 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For 7+ years: make your own whizzbanging rockets, erupting volcanoes and super-bouncy balls.
£3 per person.

*Rastamouse
Tuesday 26 August 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For all ages: come and meet Michael De Souza, one of the creators of Rastamouse and the Easy Crew. Listen to some of this crime-fighting rodent’s adventures and meet his crucial friends.
£3 per person.

Giants and Worms
Friday 29 August 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For 5+ year olds: What would it like to be bigger than your parents?  And much bigger than your friends?  What would it be like to be tiny?  And to have no legs or arms?   Joe Friedman, author of the “warm, wise and wonderful” Boobela and Worm books, will explore being very big and very small with you.  We’ll also look at creating stories and what goes into making a book. Joe, an American, has done stand up comedy so you’re guaranteed an interactive, entertaining session.