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SUMMARY:School Holiday Activities | April 2026
DESCRIPTION:We have some great activities running throughout the school holidays for kids of all ages. Check them out below\, or visit the Ashburton District Council What’s On page to see all of the school holiday events across our facilities! \n  \nWitching Words | Poetry Competition \nMarch – 23 August | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \nWitching Words: A Poetry Competition invites visitors of all ages to step into a world where language shimmers and imagination leads the way. Inspired by the playful poetry of Margaret Mahy and the evocative illustrations of David Elliot\, this competition encourages you to create your own poem using words\, rhymes\, and ideas drawn from the Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum exhibition\, The Word Witch – Flights of Fancy. \n  \nEgg-static \n04 April – 06 April | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \nUsing our lasercut egg shapes\, create decorations to celebrate this Easter holiday period. \n  \n\nFantastical Friends \n04 April – 12 April | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \nTake inspiration from David Elliot’s illustrations in ‘The Word Witch – Flights of Fancy’ and the words found on the whimsical leaf hunt to create funky friends with our broad selection of collected materials. \n\n  \nMake a Monument \n13 April – 19 April | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \nConstruct and decorate your own maquette of a local monument from our unique card templates. \n  \nWhimsy Leaf Hunt \n03 April – 19 April | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \n\nWander our exhibitions and building searching for leaves with whimsical words of inspiration from the ‘The Word Witch – Flights of Fancy’ exhibition where we see David Elliot’s original illustrations from this delightful book of poems by Margret Mahy. Use the words found to inspire your creativity. Don’t forget to hand in your completed form to go in the draw for our holiday prize. \n  \nPaint like a botanical artist \n4 April – 19 April | 10AM-4PM | Free | Drop in \n‘Botanical Correspondents: Crossing time with Julia Holderness and Emily Cumming Harris’ is an exhibition that travels across time. Come learn about the time and life of Emily Cumming Harris (1837-1925) and then imagine you are a 19th century painter while creating a painting at our still life art studio space in the Learning Centre.
URL:https://ashburtonmuseum.co.nz/event/school-holiday-activities-september-october-2025/
LOCATION:Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum\, 329 West Street\, Ashburton\, New Zealand
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