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.

Make your own Revolting Recipe
Sunday 6 July 2.30pm to 3.30pm
For 6+ years: join Tiffany Crouch, head chef at Café Twit to make Nishnobblers from The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me and whizzpoppers.
£4.50 per participant. 

Discover Dahl’s Archives
Saturday 12 July 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.

Chocolate decorating
Sunday 13 July 40 minute sessions between 11.15am and 3pm
For all ages: Decorate your own chocolate bar with help from local experts, The Chocolate Source. Not pre-bookable
£3.50 per participant

Make your own crocodile
Sunday 20 July 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For all ages: listen to crocodile themed extracts from Roald Dahl’s books and make your own moving crocodile.
£2 per participant

James and the Giant Peach mask making
Thursday 24 July 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm
For all ages: Hear about James and his magical, juicy adventure, then create a fantubulous character mask: you could be a scary Aunt, a wise old earthworm, a talented spider or even the hero himself, James!
£2 per participant.

*George’s Marvellous Experiments
Sunday 27 July 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.

A National Year of Reading event
*Riddles, nonsense and tongue twisters
Tuesday 29 July 1.30pm and 3pm
For 6+ years: Storyteller Kate Corkery will entertain you with fantastic folk and fairy tales and magical myths and legends from the Irish tradition. She’ll also throw in some mind-boggling riddles, nutty nonsense songs and tricky tongue twisters to keep you on your toes.
£3 per person.

Chocolate decorating
Wednesday 30 July 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

National Year of Reading event
Mary had a little slug: Writing Revolting Rhymes!*
Thursday 31 July 1.30pm  to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4pm
For 6+ years: Come along and let slug fan, poet and guitarist James Carter first entertain you with a revolting range of potty poetry from his brand new collection Time Travelling Underpants Macmillan, August 2008) - and then it's time for you to pen your very own putrid poems with lots encouragement and top tips from James. Perfect for upsetting and generally annoying visitors at your summer barbeques. Horrible - but heaps of fun!
£3 per person.