Birthday Parties for Children at the Museum
At the
Weald and Downland we offer a very warm and friendly welcome. We aim to
give you and your child a hassle free, but personal party. Children enjoy
the freedom and space of our Downland site and the relaxed atmosphere.
They are not kept behind ropes and constantly told ‘not to touch’.
Parties
are for children aged 5 and over. For a
child’s birthday party we build on this happy atmosphere, and on the
heritage theme of the Museum. We will be able to hold your party in one of
the Museum buildings if the weather is poor. We offer a selection of mixed
activities designed to appeal to different age groups, which are set out
below:
|
Activity |
Suitable Age Group |
|
Horse
grooming (by arrangement) |
5 years and above. |
|
Bug
Hunt – find mini beasts in the woods and identify them using a key |
5 years and above. |
|
Tudor
soap making – make soap to an original recipe |
5 years and above. |
|
Tudor
sweet making – make sweets to a Tudor recipe using fresh flower petals
and sugar |
5 years and above. |
|
Rag Rugging
- Make a small rag rug to your own design |
5 years and above. |
|
Corn
dolly making – make a small favour to take away |
5 years and above. |
|
Mask
making
– make a mask with a Museum theme to take home |
5 – 8
years |
|
Wattle
& daub – make wattle panels and learn how to mix and apply daub
(By arrangement only) |
8 – 16
years |
|
Woodland
Sculpture - Make your own
picture out of twigs and leaves in the woods |
5 years and above. |
Group
numbers
A minimum
of 10 and a maximum of 20 children please.
Charges
£7.50 per
child. A minimum of two adults is required to help and you are welcome to
have one adult per child. Please ask any additional adults to pay
admission at the ticket office. Each party will have their own dedicated party
organiser and will last for two hours, including 30 minutes for food.
Please drop off and collect children promptly from the Museum shop.
Birthday Party Food at the Museum
Party
bags
You can
provide your own or we can supply Museum ‘party’ bags containing a
selection of items from the Museum shop – price £2.50 per child. These
include notebooks, pencils, colouring pencils, postcards, rubbers.
Party
food
Menu 1
A selection of sandwich shapes, crisps, sausages, jam tarts, chocolate
crispy cakes, jelly. Fruit squash to drink.
£3.00
Menu 2
Hot dog (using real sausages), crisps, homemade Happy Faces (large
decorated shortbread biscuit). Fruit squash to drink.
£2.75
Menu 3 - Picnic
Option
A selection of
sandwiches, bag of crisps, iced biscuit, chocolate crispy Picnic option
cake. Individual carton or jug of squash.
£2.50
Numbers for food must be confirmed
one week before the party. We will charge for the confirmed number.
If there is something which you would
like to change in any of the above menu suggestions, please do not
hesitate to ask. However, we regret we cannot supply chips or chicken
nuggets.
The party food described can be supplied by the café at the Museum, but
you may prefer to bring your own picnic.
Booking
Please
contact
Lisa Pescott by
email
or telephone 01243 811363 at the Museum in order to check availability of
your desired date.
