Rosebud Ceramics (3 miles)
Sunderland
Rosebud Ceramics is a pottery painting studio based in Sunderland city centre, offering a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere great fun for all of the family. A lovely place to meet and spend quality time with the children whilst creating a perfect keepsake. Great value and a large selection of pottery.
Pots and Pancakes (6 miles)
North Shields
Crafty Little Devils (7 miles)
Wallsend
Crafty Little Devils A fabulous award winning paint your own pottery studio (Top of the Shops 2012 winner) where families can create their own individual works of art while doing something together. We stock a huge range of pottery to cater for all tastes from fairies and dragons to teapots and vases. Also available for parties.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (9 miles)
Gateshead
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Children of any age can come along and get creative! There’s a huge area where you can draw, create and play. And if you like detective work, we have free explorer packs to take around the exhibitions. Plus special free events for families in the holidays.
Squiggles N Giggles (10 miles)
Killingworth
Squiggles N Giggles Is an Award Winning messy, creative and sensory group, the only one in the North East with both indoor and outdoor space. Sessions are suitable for babies aged from 5 or 6 months up to age 7. Children grow in confidence as they become part of a sociable group and develop their skills by participating.
Popolo Ceramico (11 miles)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Popolo Ceramico Children’s ceramic parties in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. All activities take place indoors in central Gosforth at the amazing Play Station soft play children's activity centre. Each party lasts around 2 hours and prices start at £10 a head. Food and drinks available all day.
Buttercups Ceramic Studio (32 miles)
Hurworth-on-Tees
Buttercups Ceramic Studio you can paint a piece of functional pottery such as a mug, plate, bowl, platter and much more or how about a fun item like a money box, figurine or fun home accessory.
Doodlepots Ceramic Cafe (43 miles)
Whitby
Doodlepots Ceramic Cafe Whatever your age or artistic ability, you can create something unique to treasure for ever at Doodlepots. Choose an item to paint from our wide range of plain ceramics - you’ll find there’s something for everyone from novelty items to useful mugs, plates, bowls, vases etc.
Pot Doodles Ceramic Studio (55 miles)
Pickering
Pot Doodles Ceramic Studio Come and choose a piece of pottery andpaint it to your own design. We will then fire it, leaving you with a work of art, an ideal present, keepsake or useful everyday item.
Crafty Monkeys (58 miles)
Penrith
Crafty Monkeys Come and have fun throwing paint and clay around in our pottery and craft studio. We have Potter's Wheels, Pottery painting, Mosiac making and our BRAND NEW craft is Building a Teddy Bear.
All parties welcome - open to all ages and abilities.
No need to book, but please call in advance if there are 5 or more in your group.
Pots 2 Go Ceramic Cafe (66 miles)
Harrogate
Pots 2 Go Ceramic Cafe Paint pottery for a great interactive family activity or hold either a pottery painting or jewellery making party. We also do Magic Custard clay prints and solid casts in a range of materials from plaster to silver (Please book in advance).
Rainbows Ceramics Painting Studio (68 miles)
York
Rainbows Ceramics Painting Studio - is a well established paint your own pottery studio situated in the heart of York ( 2 mins walk from the minster!). Children of all ages can pop in to paint for a fun and creative experience. Whether you’d like to paint a frog, a gnome or a plant pot for grandad, we will have something for you!
Fired Art Ceramic Studio (74 miles)
York
Fired Art Ceramic Studio is a paint your own pottery studio based in the historic market town of Pocklington, situated only 20 minutes from the City Walls of York. Something for every age from pottery painting, clay building or throwing a pot on a potters wheel to decopatch, art clubs and much more!
Blue Reef Aquarium (7 miles)
Tynemouth
Blue Reef Aquarium Take the ultimate undersea safari at the award-winning Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth where there's a world of underwater adventure just waiting to be discovered.
Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens (19 miles)
Ponteland
Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens Visit Northumberland’s newest tourist attraction with over one hundred species of animals including emus, wallabies, marmosets, pygmy goats, donkeys, meerkats and many more.
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (3 miles)
Sunderland
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day.The stunning Winter Gardens stimulates the senses with over 1,500 flowers and plants brought together in a spectacular showcase of the world's natural beauty.
South Shields Museum and Art Gallery (5 miles)
South Shields
Toy Museum (6 miles)
North Shields
Toy Museum The Toy Museum has over 4,000 toys on display dating from 1890-1970. We have clockwork and mechanical toys, dolls, prams, cars, puzzles, games, pedal cars and childhood memorabilia.
Stephenson Railway Museum (7 miles)
North Shields
Seven Stories (9 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Seven Stories The UK's first children's book museum. As well as oodles of books to examine, join in with dressing-up and dramatic fun, story times, creative writing and wordplay, illustration and craft activities.
Laing Art Gallery (10 miles)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Laing Art Gallery The North East's Large Visitor Attraction of the Year has something for everyone to enjoy. A dynamic exhibition programme brings an exiting variety of art to your doorstep, while fun learning events encourage even the youngest children to get involved. Our impressive permanent collection includes work by John Martin and Henry Moore.
Great North Museum Hancock (10 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Great North Museum Hancock A truly stunning day out awaits your children here with spectacular features from live exhibits to mummies, a life-size T-Rex dinosaur skeleton and the planetarium.
Centre for Life (10 miles)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Centre for Life Life is an award-winning Science Centre full of exciting exhibitions and activities. Life's science explainers are on hand around the Centre to help you get the most out of your visit. Life is home to the North East's only 4D Motion Ride, the biggest planetarium in the North, the Young Explorers' Zone for under 7s, a Science Theatre and various exciting permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Discovery Museum (10 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Discovery Museum Discovery is the North East’s most popular free museum and the place to find out about life on Tyneside. From the area’s renowned maritime history to world-changing science and technology it has something for everyone. The museum is bursting with hands-on interactives, which makes it the perfect place to learn through play.
Sunderland Aquatic Centre (2 miles)
Sunderland
Temple Park Centre (3 miles)
South Shields
Temple Park Centre Ideal for swimming or just plain enjoying yourself!
Try out the fun wave machine, shoot down the aqua blaster spiraling water slide and float round the new McDonalds run. Temple Park Centre also boasts a diving pool and learner pool.
Wet 'n Wild (5 miles)
North Shields
Wet 'n Wild has safe water play areas for younger children, dare devil slides for older children and terrifying challenges for the really brave, some of them are 2 seaters so you can go along too! Indoor facility with outdoor lagoon.
Tynemouth Pool (7 miles)
North Shields
Tynemouth Pool Standard swim facility with 1, 3 and 5m diving boards and fun sessions.
Waves Leisure Centre (9 miles)
Whitley Bay
Waves Leisure Centre features three high octane water slides, wave machine, pirate ship with mini slides and water geysers, plus a tipping water treasure chest and water squirting animals in the play area.
Wacky Warehouse - Story Book (4 miles)
Boldon
Wacky Warehouse - Story Book Wacky Warehouse - Story Book - following the familiar Wacky pattern of kids indoor play structure attached to a pub serving reasonably priced food and refreshment - so the kids run themselves ragged while you have a rest - simple but effective!
Castledown Fun Factory (4 miles)
Sunderland
Castledown Fun Factory Bright and colourful indoor play facility attached to a family friendly pub with a healthy kids' menu. Classic fun features include slide and ball pit.
Wacky Warehouse - Sandcastle (4 miles)
Sunderland
Wacky Warehouse - Sandcastle Wacky Warehouse - Harbour Lights - i would imagine it is the usual wacky warehouse scenario - sit down and have a rest while the small run themselves ragged in the playcentre - job done!!!
The Dunes Adventure Island (5 miles)
South Shields
KiKis Kabin (6 miles)
North Shields
KiKis Kabin Award winning soft play with multiple toddler area and dedicated special needs session. Also does parties.
Mister Twisters Wacky World of Fun (6 miles)
Gateshead
Mister Twisters Wacky World of Fun Perhaps the north's largest children's play venue with a massive 4-storey climbing frame, soft sports pitch, and separate toddler zone.
Pirates Cove (6 miles)
Jarrow
Pirates Cove Pirate themed indoor playground, with dedicated toddler section and plenty of classic fun features like slides, climbs and ballpits to keep them entertained.
Wacky Warehouse - Magic Lantern (7 miles)
North Shields
Wacky Warehouse - Magic Lantern Wacky Warehouse - Magic Lantern - indoor playcentre with playframe attached to pub selling reasonably priced food and drink. Great for the kids to run around and let off steam for a couple of hours.
Runamokka (8 miles)
Whitley Bay
Runamokka Two level soft play mainframe with a separate baby and toddler area. Clean, modern and exclusively designed softplay equipment.
The Splat Centre (8 miles)
Whitley Bay
The Splat Centre A Shop, Play, Learn and Talk centre for children that is simply the perfect place for family fun and indoor play and learning in a safe, sociable environment. Also home to The Splat Coffee Lounge, The Splat Academy, The Splat Shop and Splat Birthday Parties.
Jacks Den (8 miles)
Whitley Bay
Jacks Den A great place for children (aged 0 to 8) to play in a safe and fun environment, and a relaxing cafe for parents to unwind in.
Thanks for all the great things to do and Pottery Making and Arts and Crafts near Whitburn with kids you keep sending in.
Now we have the easter and summer holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find the best days out and as many fun things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, horse riding, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, outdoor play at the best local parks, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Tyne and Wear can enjoy the great day out as well.
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