If you go down to Milton Keynes Museum this August, you are sure of a big surprise - the history hub is hosting a fabulous new event: a Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
Visitors are invited to bring your favourite teddy to the Museum for the day, for lots of bear-illiant fun - for them and for you!
The event - running on August 12, 13 and 14 - will include storytelling sessions throughout each day, a Museum trail to seek out the famous bears found around the Museum, and a Teddy Bear zipline, hook them up and watch them go.
All Ted’s who complete the course will take home a certificate.
The Nature Trail will be open, and appropriately themed, ‘We’re going on a bear hunt,’ and you can make your own paper plate bear in the always-popular craft sessions.
Unfortunately, one cuddly bear has lost his nose - luckily you can play the pin the nose and get him looking smart again, and how many gummy bears are in the jar?
Guess the correct amount and you’ll win the pot of sweeties.
There will be the chance to guess the name of another Ted too. Guess right and you’ll have a new furry pal to take home.
If Ted is feeling under the weather, a trip to the Museum pharmacy will soon get him or her feeling paw-some once more.
And, of course, the Museum’s ample green space is the perfect place to sit down with your family, friends and furries for a perfect picnic.
“It’s a super fun new edition to our summer season and will appeal to children of absolutely all ages!” said education officer Ellie Megram, “We can bear-ly contain our excitement about this event!”
All the usual Museum attractions will be open; visit the Ancient Gallery to see how our ancestors lived and worked, go window shopping in the Street of Shops, and make your way around the Farmhouse, which includes the Story of Childhood and an opportunity to get hands-on with toys from yesteryear.
From Victorian survivors to Fuzzy Felt, Fisher Price toys and those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and so much more.
Pay once and enjoy unlimited visits to the Museum for a whole year.
