Lively Lights
Make a Book Themed Lantern – Holiday Program
Create your own paper lantern and help us build a gigantic book character ‘creature’.
We’ve got big plans for this year’s street parade but we need your help.
Join in the fun on Saturday, 14 April 2018 at the Ipswich Festival Parade (optional).
Ages 7 – 18 years
WHEN: 1pm – 3pm
WHERE: Ipswich Central Library wet area, 40 South Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
Active Breaks
Get out and active during the Easter school holidays for free activites with Ipswich City Council’s Active Breaks. There’s tee ball, OZ tag, athletics and lots more at a range of parks across Ipswich. Ages 5+, reserve a spot to avoid missing out. The program for the April 2018 school holidays is packed full of exciting activities designed to get your kids up, out and about in a healthy way. See the schedule here.
WHEN: various times
WHERE: Sutton Park (Oval A), 61 Workshops Street, Brassall
COST: Free, bookings recommended.
Story Time
Share in the fun of stories, rhymes songs and games to build important language and reading readiness skills. Everyone is welcome.
WHEN, WHERE:
- 9.30am – 10.15am at Orion Springfield (near JB Hi-Fi
COST: Free
Reading Circle
Meet people, share ideas, learn and have fun!Whether you’re into reading, writing, gardening, history, or swapping recipes & remedies, you’re sure to learn something new and maybe make some new friends.
WHEN: 11am – 12pm
WHERE: Redbank Plaza Library, 1 Collingwood Dr, Redbank
COST: Free
Writers Circle
Aimed at budding writers to share creative writing ideas, enjoy a chat, and find out about writing resources.
WHEN: 11am – 12pm
WHERE: Ipswich Central Library, Study Room 1, 40 South Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
Climbing Web
Reach new heights these Easter school holidays at the Ipswich Art Gallery!
Climbing Web features a hand crocheted climbing tunnel by artist Evelyn Roth that fills the entire Children’s Gallery! The Climbing Web is a large-scale multi coloured crocheted net suspended from the gallery ceiling.
Complete with energetic music and spinning disco lights, it’s an exciting and safe environment where kids can climb, tumble, dive and spin while safely suspended off the ground.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, Darcy Doyle Place‚ Ipswich
COST: Free
Wriggle and Rhyme at Orion Springfield
Exploring language through movement. Bounce, clap, wiggle and giggle as we share fun rhymes, songs and stories with our older babies. Ages: 6-18 months with mums, dads and/or carers.
WHEN: 10.30am – 11am
WHERE: Orion Springfield (near JF Hi-Fi)
COST: Free
Disco Weave
Create your very own Disco Weave!
Weave and decorate a recycled compact disc using groovy neons, metallic wools and quirky plastics. Want to make it pop? Why not purchase a bag of funky beads to bedazzle your creation available for $2 at the Gallery Shop.*
Take home your disco weave, or hang it up in the Gallery’s shimmering wall of colour.
WHEN: 10am – 1pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
Smurfs Live Show
Come see Papa Smurf and Smurfette as they put on a fun, family-friendly show at Redbank Plaza.
WHEN: 11am and 1pm daily, photo opportunities at noon.
WHERE: 1 Collingwood Drive, Redbank
COST: Free
Under Construction
Get your hard hats on for a construction zone like no other. Create a masterpiece with LEGO® and other construction systems. Make a day of it with entry to the Museum and all exhibits included in your entry ticket.
Things to see and do for the kids:
Inventors Workshop – Have you ever wanted to build your own transport invention? How will we travel in the future? What types of engineering masterpieces will you create to take home? Let your imagination run wild in this hands on inventors workshop area.
Dream it! Design it! Build it! – Kids and adults will love this area, jam-packed full of Lego® and other construction gear ready for them to build and test their own inventions. Includes a special under 3’s big block builder’s activity space.
Miniature Train Rides – Take a miniature train ride around the Museum grounds. Train operates 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm daily. Additional charges apply.
WHEN: 9.30am – 4pm
WHERE: The Workshops Rail Museum, North Street, North Ipswich
COST: Adult $14.50, Child 3-15 $11.50
Cookie workshop
Are you looking for something to keep the kids busy these school holidays? Muffin Break Riverlink has you covered with a cookie workshop. Simply register at the store and make a purchase to receive a free entry for your child. Children will receive a cookie baked fresh in store to decorate or a ball of cookie dough to roll out and decorate before being baked by the expert bakers at Muffin Break. Limited spots available.
WHEN: 10am-2pm
WHERE: Riverlink Shopping Centre, corner Pine Street and The Terrace, Ipswich
COST: Free (with a purchase at the store)
Boxing
Live Life Get Active is suitable for adults of all ages, body shapes and fitness levels and has a ‘go at your own pace’ philosophy to exercise. The boxing class goes for 45 minutes.
Find out what other exercise you can do for free or low cost around Ipswich – Active and Healthy Ipswich – click here
WHEN: 9.15am
WHERE: Soverign Park, Sovereign Drive, Deebing Heights
COST: Free
Learn tribal bellydance
Take an hour out of your busy week and give tribal bellydance a try. Classes are for women 15 and above. Tribal bellydance helps strengthen your core and is great fun. More info on 0409 414 151.
WHEN: 6.30pm-7.30pm
WHERE: Ipswich Masonic Centre, 82A Nicholas Street, Ipswich
COST: $15 per class
Seniors walking group
Find more activites for seniors at Active and Healthy Ipswich – click here
WHEN: Every Tuesday at 4.30pm
WHERE: Limestone Park (meet at entry opposite Central School), 42A Chermside Road, Ipswich
COST: Free
Social cooking group
Do you love to cook? Want to learn new recipes? Have fun cooking with friends at Gailes Community House’s weekly social cooking group. More info on 3879 3004.
WHEN: 9.30am-12.30pm every Tuesday
WHERE: Gailes Community House, 30 Karina Street, Gailes
COST: $5
Paper Craft Group
Try your hand at card making and scrapbooking. Make beautiful greeting cards and gifts. Learn techniques for stamping, embossing and die-cutting. Materials supplied. No experience necessary. More info on 3879 3004.
WHEN: 12pm-2pm every Tuesday
WHERE: Gailes Community House, 30 Karina Street, Gailes
COST: $4
ANZAC: Photographs by Laurence Aberhart
ANZAC is the result of acclaimed New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart’s thirty year journey photographing World War One Memorials across New Zealand and Australia.
Focusing on the lone ‘digger’ memorials Aberhart’s photographs chart a seemingly simple pathway through the landscapes of these two nations, reflecting the scale the conflict had on these regions.
This exhibition is presented to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the end of the First World War.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, Darcy Doyle Place‚ Ipswich
COST: Free
19th & 20th Century Works
View some of the finest pieces from the Ipswich Art Gallery’s collection of 19th and early 20th century fine art and folk art, as well as contemporary works reflecting Ipswich’s heritage.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until October 14
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: Free entry
