Gayle's Guide ✨ 2nd July 26
Issue 105 - Summer fun at local libraries and much more!
Friday 3rd
✨ The libraries seem to be adding lots of full weekly timetables to their Facebook pages so I’ve included a few of them here to get an idea of the variety of stuff they’ve got going on for kids over the summer. I’ve not double checked these links since I last shared them, but hopefully they’ll take you to your local library page!
Balerno - Balgreen - Blackhall - Central - Colinton - Corstorphine - Craigmillar - Currie - Drumbrae - Fountainbridge - Gilmerton - Granton - Kirkliston - Leith - McDonald Road - Moredun - Morningside - Muirhouse - Newington - Oxgangs - Piershill - Portobello - Ratho - Sighthill - South Queensferry - Stockbridge - Wester Hailes
🍿 Toddler Club: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1-5y) FRI/SAT 09.30 🐤
📍 The Everyman Cinema, St James Quarter
Also on Sunday at 09.15.
Saturday 4th
🎈 Labyrinth Challenge SAT/SUN
📍 Dalkeith Country Park
There are some inflatable obstacle courses in Dalkeith Country Park this weekend if you’re needing some fresh air and a guarantee to burn off some of your kids’ school holiday energy!
🎭 A Home for Hamish (4-7y) 11.00/13.30 🧏🌻
📍 Studio Theatre (Festival), Southside
This looks and sounds adorable and there will be a BSL interpreter at both performances. “Playfully merging dance and British Sign language in a sensory world, A Home for Hamish follows the story of May and their imaginary friend, Hamish the Haggis as they travel across Scotland to find a perfect night’s sleep.”
🎨 Art Summer | Artist Weekends (Sat/Sun) 14.00-16.00 🆓
📍 Modern One Gallery
Taking place every weekend during the school holidays, these outdoor, artist-led sessions will spark creativity and play. This weekend’s theme is “Face to face: sun and shadow portraits. Using sunlight, shadows, and simple materials, create collaborative portraits that blur the line between observation, imagination, and change.”
Sunday 5th
🎽 Junior Parkrun (4-14y) 09.30 🐔🆓
📍 Pilrig Park, The Meadows, Inverleith Park, Hailes Quarry
These look like fantastic communities to get involved in, all while raising your kids to be healthy and active. These 2k kids’ runs take place weekly at 09.30 on Sundays. I’m up to 25mins on my Couch to 5k app so I might just be able to keep up with my 6 year old.
🎞️ Madagascar 11.00
📍 Filmhouse, Lothian Road
Also showing in the Planetarium at Dynamic Earth on Wednesday at 10.00!
Monday 6th
🍿 Pip and Posy: The Cinema Show 11.00
📍 Cameo, Tollcross
Tuesday 7th
⚽ Swap and Score 14.00-16.00 🆓
📍 IKEA, Straiton
”Are you collecting the Panini football stickers? Need that one exclusive sticker to complete a page? Come along to our sticker swap event!”
Wednesday 8th
🌧️ Cloudy Crafts and Rainbow Rhymes 13.30-14.30 🆓
📍 National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge
Taking place every Wednesday in July, these are craft sessions based on the theme of rain and weather, inspired by the library’s new exhibition, 'Rain'.
Thursday 9th
