By Imagine Frankston on Friday, 21 June 2024
Category: Lifestyle

Your guide to the winter holidays

School holidays are here again! Looking for ideas to entertain the kids? Relax, we’ve done the searching for you and put together your go to list to make sure everyone has fun these holidays.

Sparkle and Glow Silent Disco!

Wednesday, 10 July 2024 | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM

Looking to channel that groovy, small person energy into a vibrant, fun, and memorable experience these school holidays?

Pohss Studio is calling all 5-12 year olds to grab their BPF and join them under low disco lights, with great beats flowing through Silent Disco headphones, they will ignite creativity and imaginative movement through guided and free dance, craft & connection.

Spots are limited. One day only!

Frankston Arts Centre

$15 per person

Details here 

Fairy Visits, Hair braiding, cupcake decorating and more.

Hotel Lona is serving the fun these July school holidays.  They have four different events with activities for all ages running from 12.30pm-2.30pm, starting from $25 per child.

Kids Entertainer Charlie Silly Pants will be there with music, magic and puppets. Other days feature kid’s discos, hair braiding and cup cake decorating.

All programs include a kid’s meal, kids drink and an ice cream for dessert!

To discover what’s taking place and when, Click here 

Budgie Life Painting Workshop  (yes you read that correct!) 

Saturday, 29 June 2024 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Saturday, 29 June 2024 | 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM

We LOVE that you can do this in Frankston. What a cool, creative different activity to do with our kids these school holidays,.

Join budgerigar breeder and artist Vanessa White for a fun and engaging lesson in painting the much-loved budgie. Vanessa will bring her own prize-winning budgerigars for you to paint from life!

Recommended ages, 8-12. Adults welcome too.

Details here 

The Listies: Make some Noise

Friday, 05 July 2024 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Friday, 05 July 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

For over a decade the award winning Listies have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidults - that’s kids and their adults. Now it’s Frankston’s turn!

Winner of the 2023 Melbourne Fringe Award for Best Kids Show, this will be hilarious, fabulous fun for the whole family!

Details here 


Adounta West African Drumming Experience

Saturday, 6 July 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Come and experience West African Drumming with Master Drummer Ousmane Sonko of Adounta Cultural Movement. Ousmane had delivered joyfull drumming workshops around Australia for 14 years for schools, community and corporate groups. Drums provided. Ousmane will share drumming, singing and movements. This is a beginner friendly class.

Details here 

Discover Australia’s best street art tour

Sunday, 7 July 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Saturday, 13 July 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Frankston’s street art walking tours have been awarded Australia’s best, an impressive THREE years in a row.  They’re now proudly in the Street Art Awards Hall of Fame.

The tours take you through the streets and laneways of Frankston, showing an impressive range of murals created by well known street artists from around the world every year.

The tours are $15 per person, led by expert guides and include a coffee stop along the way. 

Details here 

Sk8house School Holidays Sk8 Club

The fabulous crew at Sk8house have created the ultimate club for these school holidays. Dive into the world of skating with their expert instructors on each week of the holidays,  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 11am, followed by endless fun at our General Session from 11am to 4pm. All that skating, across 4 days, for only $70. (p.s that’s half price!)

Details here 

Frankston City Libraries Free School Holiday events  

Join Frankston City Libraries for a special Winter School Holiday program of activities and events that includes NAIDOC week festivities, Andy's Antic, Olympic Break Dancing, STEAM by Scienceworks, movie nights, Winter Warming Crafts and more! Best of all, it’s all FREE!

For all the dates and details, click here

Looking for indoor or outdoor spaces

The winter weather can be a little hard to navigate these school holidays. So whether you’re looking for space to play in the fresh air, or somewhere to escape the rain, we’ve got you covered.

https://www.imaginefrankston.com.au/playgrounds-and-playcentres

Kids eat free!

Keen to head out for a night or have something to celebrate?  This wallet friendly nights might help

Hotel Lona - Kids eat Free Monday to Thursday

1 x fee meal per child under 12 with a main meal purchase (min value $20)

Frankston RSL – Tuesday nights

With the purchase of a main meal kids eat free

Rashays – Kids eat free Mondays

One free Lil Rascals meal with every main meal purchased when you dine in

Oshima Japanese all you can eat – Kids under 4 dine free

TGI Fridays Monday – Thursday kids eat free.

Simply order any full price adult meal, then get a free kids meal*.

Head to the businesses websites for all the information and details. 

Looking for more inspo? Head to imaginefrankston.com.au for even more great ideas of things to see and do across Frankston City or visit whatsonfrankston.com to see all the events and activities taking place.  

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