Last month, I stumbled on a new event for the Artsplorers calendar of events – a monthly family day at the State Library of New South Wales. At least a couple of the readers here let me know they were…
Listening Ears On!: A Review of Hey Hey, Let’s Play by Nay Nay
Is it a universal truth that all kids love pop music? I now know enough about the 3 – 5 year old set to tell you that not all those downloads Katy Perry and Taylor Swift get are coming from…
The Biennale of Sydney – Cockatoo Island With Kids
The Biennale of Sydney is a major art exhibition that takes place every two years. It runs for 12 weeks (16 March – 11 June, 2018), and features the work of 70 artists from 35 countries in 7 different locations…
Listening Ears On!: A Review of Tiptoe Giants’ Little Steps Big Adventures
This is the second in a monthly series highlighting children’s and family music that we’re enjoying, and we think you might like, as well. You know you have a winner on your hands when the 5 year old asks you…
Jurasic Plastic and the Makerspace Workshop
“Wow, it looks just like my living room,” I quipped, as we approached the “mountain of toys” that opens the Jurasic Plastic art space. I immediately feel certain the volunteers have heard this joke a hundred times today. It’s a…
The Funatorium: Captain Hook’s Pirate Party at the Sydney Opera House
“The pirate is a lady!”. My 4 year old girl lit up when she saw the art for The Funatorium: Captain Hook’s Pirate Party in the Sydney Opera House’s season brochure. And so it was that this show became a…
Listening Ears On!: Review of Angie Who’s Littlefolk
When the Mini Artsplorer was born, a good friend sent me a couple of children’s CDs with a note that said, “you’re going to need some music that you can stand to listen to!” I loved her selections, but I…
Team Artsplorers’ 10 Greatest Family Arts Adventures of 2017
What a year, what a year! As the wild world swirled and whirled around us, my little family hunkered down even more than usual, as we welcomed our second baby in April (and, oh my goodness, was I tired and…
Baby, It’s Hot Outside!: Thong Wreath For an Australian Christmas
When I moved to Australia seven years ago, one of the hardest things to adjust to was Christmas in the summer. It didn’t help that the David Jones windows were full of jumpered up revelers sitting in front of a…
Holiday Crafting With 12 Oh Creative Days of Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … and, if you have a young child at home, the candy canes are undoubtedly made of pipe cleaners and the holiday bells cut out of salt dough. It’s Christmas craft season,…