{"id":7181,"date":"2016-12-07T11:35:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T11:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2016-12-07T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T11:35:26","slug":"free-christmas-holiday-activities-south-gloucestershire-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/community\/free-christmas-holiday-activities-south-gloucestershire-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Christmas holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries across South Gloucestershire are holding a seasonal programme of activities to help keep children entertained throughout the festive period.<\/p>\n<p>All activities are free drop-ins for 4 to 11-year-olds unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 10 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christmas card making<br \/>\nHanham Library, 10am to 3pm<br \/>\nKingswood Library, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm<\/p>\n<p>Let it snow<br \/>\nDownend Library, 10am to 4pm<br \/>\nSnowman themed crafts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 12 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stories around the Christmas tree<br \/>\nKingswood Library, 5.30pm to 6.30pm<br \/>\nWear your pyjamas and bring a teddy bear along for festive stories and crafts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 17 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dazzling decorations<br \/>\nCadbury Heath Library, 10am to 11am<br \/>\nFestive crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Countdown to Christmas<br \/>\nDownend Library, 10am to 4pm<br \/>\nSanta themed crafts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 19 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Festive fun<br \/>\nThornbury Library, 11am to 12pm<br \/>\nFestive crafts and stories.<\/p>\n<p>Let it snow<br \/>\nFilton Library, 2.30pm to 4pm<br \/>\nFestive crafts and seasonal stories.<\/p>\n<p>Stories around the Christmas tree<br \/>\nCadbury Heath Library, 5.30pm to 6.30pm<br \/>\nStories and carols for the whole family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 20 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let it snow<br \/>\nPatchway Library, 10am to 11.30am<br \/>\nFestive crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Twas the night before Christmas<br \/>\nStaple Hill Library, 10.30am to 12pm<br \/>\nFestive crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas fun and festivities<br \/>\nEmersons Green Library, 2pm to 4pm<br \/>\nSinging, choir and crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Stories around the tree<br \/>\nYate Library, 10am to 12pm<br \/>\nStories and a festive singalong hosted by the Yate Library Teen Focus Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 22 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jingle all the way<br \/>\nBradley Stoke Library, 10.30am to 12pm<br \/>\nChristmas crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Festive fun<br \/>\nYate Library, 10.30am to 12pm<br \/>\nChristmas crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Winter wonderland<br \/>\nHanham Library, 2pm to 3pm<br \/>\nCraft activities.<\/p>\n<p>Go Christmas crackers<br \/>\nDownend Library, 10am to 11.30am<br \/>\nCrowns, cards, decorations and festive fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 29 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Year fun<br \/>\nHanham Library, 2pm to 3pm<br \/>\nCraft activities.<\/p>\n<p>Some libraries will also be holding free story times and rhymetime sessions for babies and toddlers and their parents or carers to enjoy stories, action songs and rhymes together.<\/p>\n<p>For more information telephone the library service on 01454 868006 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southglos.gov.uk\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\">www.southglos.gov.uk\/libraries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries across South Gloucestershire are holding a seasonal programme of activities to help keep children entertained throughout the festive period. All activities are free drop-ins for 4 to 11-year-olds unless otherwise stated. Saturday 10 December Christmas card making Hanham Library, 10am to 3pm Kingswood Library, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm Let it snow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7271,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions\/7271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}