Kids’ Garden

Clownish capers, playful pranks, arts, crafts, story-telling, and extremely entertaining workshops. It’s fun, fun, fun in our Kids’ Garden. We try to make our activities free, but there maybe some that will incur a very small charge, and we’ll mark these very clearly on the day. Here’s a taster for what’s in store:

Chocofrolics

Chocofolics logoExpect the cheekiest of chocolatey smiles after your kids take part in one of Simon Dunn’s extraordinarily fun-fun-fun master-classes. From frogs and dinosaurs to mobile phones and sunglasses, they’ll get to create some imaginative chocolate novelties, learn lots about chocolate, and come away with their very own personalised chocolate lolly. Just don’t expect them to share it.

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Circus Stardust

Clown from Circus Stardust juggling at Lawnfest 2011The best of the big top comes to Lawnfest. Acrobats, jugglers, crazy clowns on stilts, fire-eaters. Human Cannonballs. Be prepared for an awesome extravaganza of spectacular circus tricks from the award-winning Circus Stardust team.

More about Circus Stardust: circusstardust.com

Nadia Shireen

penguin holding a lollipop - illustration by Nadia ShireenOnce upon a time there was a girl called Nadia who bewitched an entire audience with tall tales she had written and illustrated about a Good Little Wolf, a cat that was a magician and some mayhem-making bunnies. Later Nadia announced she’d be coming to Sevenoaks to tell her stories at Lawnfest. Grab yourself a cushion and make your way to the Kids’ Garden Story Corner: let the story-telling spell begin.

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Face Painting by Emma Miles

Emma Miles painting the face of a child during Lawnfest 2011The celebrity make-up artist whose brushes usually work on the likes of Daisy Lowe, Sienna Miller, and Dior’s catwalk models, is also a dab hand at face-painting. Monsters. Butterflies. Fairies. Pirates. Princesses. Superheroes – a feast of colours and imagination awaits.

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Captain Calamity

Bubbles floating in the airEnter a world of bubbletastic brilliance as Captain Calamity invites you on board his bubblicious adventure. But watch out! You might find yourself inside one of his giant bubbles, or giggling fiendishly as he creates some outlandishly silly shaped bubbles, places hundreds of little bubbles inside one enormous one, or creates a bubble chain of giant proportions. Ingenious. Hilarious. And very, very bubbly.


Rag Club T-Shirts

The Rag Club show children at Lawnfest how to customise t-shirts with their own designsDraw. Paint. Create. Then take your design away on your very own Lawnfest T-shirt. A one-off, money-can’t-buy offspring special that’s bound to become your new wardrobe staple!

More about the Rag Club: theragclub.blogspot.com

Plus there will be plenty for kids to play on, too!