Events Archive: Ages 8-12

Step into The Ark this summer and experience a world full of COLOUR! Let us guide you through our interactive exhibition that brings to life the fascinating stories of creating and using colour in all its forms.

Exploring the role of colour in animation. What’s a happy colour and what’s a sad colour, a warm colour or a cold colour? What makes them happy or cold?
Find out in this FREE talk with artist Rory Conway from the multi award nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon.

Join award-winning translator Sarah Ardizzone for this unique event. For ages 6+. Part of International Literature Festival Dublin.

Captivating dance for Ages 7+. Part of the Dublin Dance Festival Family Season. Something wild is prowling outside and wants to get in...

A highly interactive workshop for 3rd-6th class using telepathy, magic necklaces and shrinking machines! Part of ILFD 2015

From a smelly watering hole in the Serengeti to the ferocious Colosseum, join Julius Zebra and his motley menagerie of friends as they gear up to be gladiators in a madcap new book series. For 3rd & 4th Class.

Become part of a knee-high board game (created by Spanish designers Milimbo) and create your own fairy tales. For ages 3-9 and their families. Part of International Literature Festival Dublin

Are you a young reader? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home? Then pop along to the Book Clinic! Free event for all ages. Part of International Literature Festival Dublin.

Meet author and zoologist Nicola Davies as she shares the secrets of her work with animals from all over the world. For ages 7-10. Part of International Literature Festival Dublin