Claremont Landscape  Garden, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Kt10 9JG
Saturday 9 June,

10.30am-4.30pm
Admission: £1.50 per boat for model junk boatbuilding workshop plus normal admission charges.

Sail model boats on the lake at Claremont. Watch the model sailing yachts race on the lake or join in the model junk boat building workshop in the Thatched Cottage (11am-1pm, all materials and instructions provided) then launch your boat on the lake!  Visitors are invited to join the Guildford Model Yacht Club members as they celebrate their clubs 80th anniversary by sailing their miniature sail or model (non-motorised) boats on the lake at Claremont.

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Sealclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
Thursday 21st - Sunday 24th June
Admission: Child (6 and under) FREE but ticket must be obtained, Child (7-12 years) from £80, Adult from £160. A traditional music festival which positively welcomes children and features a ‘Kids Zone’ to keep them entertained, which featured children’s stage shows, a dressing up tent, face-painting marquee and art and crafts marquee last year. Visit the toddler area with your little one to experience music workshops, story-telling and a mother and baby chill-out room with changing facilities. Camping and non-camping tickets are available, depending on just how adventurous you’re feeling!
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call 08444 999955 (ticket hotline)

Stoke Park

Guildford, Surrey
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 July
Admission: Child (11 and under) FREE, Child (12-15 years) from £35 day ticket / Adult from £45 day ticket

GuliFest is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year and prides itself on being a family friendly music and arts festival.  Offering 8 stages crossing all genres, there should be something to please all of the family, including comedy, theatre, arts and crafts.  There is also a ‘KidZone’, featuring visits from favourite TV characters, clowns, theatre productions and art and music workshops.  There is also a special quiet camping area just for families and ready-pitched tipis available to hire for a hassle-free festival.
Click here for more or call 0871 2301106

Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH
Saturday 2nd - Sunday 10th June. Admission: Under 3’s FREE, Child £14, Adults £18, Family £60
Go back in time with Marwell’s history trail around the park, finishing at Marwell Hall which will host a fascinating exhibition telling 40 years of the Marwell Wildlife story. Also, as part of Winchester’s ‘Best of British’ Jubilee holiday theme, you can enjoy cream teas in the secret garden at the Hall and enjoy varied traditional fun throughout the week, including Morris dancing, Punch & Judy shows, seaside entertainments and even wandering costumed characters from Marwell’s history, like Tudor King Henry VIII and the ghostly ‘Mistletoe Bride’
Click here for more or call 01962 777407

Various locations throughout Surrey.

See website for exact dates and locations
Friday 20th - Saturday 21st July Admission: FREE (but tickets are required – see website for details)
The Olympic Flame will arrive in Surrey from Maidstone, passing through 11 towns and villages in the county including Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill and Reigate, Dorking, Westcott, Shere and Godalming, before arriving in Guildford for an afternoon and evening celebration in Stoke Park. The celebration is promised to be a family-focused event with an exciting stage show, lots of sports, arts and other activities to try out and enjoy. On 21 July, the torch will head up through Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell on its way to London. Read more

Various venues across Surrey and the UK
Times and dates differ, though the overall event runs from Saturday 7 to Sunday 15 July.

Please see the website for specific details.
Big Dance 2012 will be the UK’s biggest celebration of dance with thousands of events happening in unusual spaces – lidos, parks, palaces, museums, high streets and libraries – in all dance styles, as part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the cultural Olympiad.

As well as plenty of dancing the programme includes seven weeks of countdown events to warm-up the nation, which kicks off on May 18th with a global Guinness World Record attempt and the launch of the Big Dance Bus tour with pop up dance floor!
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Brush-Baby

Brush-Baby’s dental-care range gives your baby’s oral health, the best start, right from toothless gums, through teething and onto caring for baby teeth. Soft Dental Wipes keep baby gums clean and Brush-Baby’s award-winning Chewable Toothbrush and Teether is perfect for teething tots, used with their gentle Baby & Toddler Toothpaste with xylitol and low fluoride, it’s the perfect combination to help protect little teeth.

For more information visit www.brushbaby.co.uk
Then click here to enter the competition

The Little Picture Company
Recently redesigned with a touch of sparkle and a sprinkling of fairy dust, we adore this magical online art gallery for children.

The Little Picture Company are currently holding a competition with us offering you the chance to win a gorgeous print from their ‘enchanted seasons’ collection.

For your chance to win, simply visit their website here, click on the ‘pull me’ tag and correctly identify the artwork that appears in the background.
Then click here to enter the competition

Baby Joule’s

Designed to last a lifetime, this gorgeous basket and bedding will become a family heirloom you’ll want to pass down through the generations. Made with the care you’d expect from British high street clothing icon Joules, it comes with leather handles, a protective hood, cotton fitted sheet, cotton padded liner and cotton print reversible coverlet. The three lucky winners can choose from Baby Joule’s stunning ‘On the Farm’ or ‘Mad Hatter’ prints. For more information click here Or click here to enter the competition