🌟 Featured Event
Bluey’s Big Play (Wednesdays – Sundays from 1 Jul – 12 Jul) The Heelers’ first-ever live theatre show, with puppets your kids will lose their minds over. Fresh from sold-out runs overseas. 📍CBD
🗓️ Melbourne CBD ➝ More CBD picks
Alison Lester: 15 Years of Noni the Pony (Wednesday 1 Jul) Rhymes, stories and Noni the Pony come to life with Australia’s first Children’s Laureate. Ages 2+, $5 kids’ tickets. 📍CBD
Play School: Come and Play (Daily until Sunday 12 Jul) Celebrate 60 years of Play School with hands-on roles like presenter and director, plus the Rocket Clock. Free, bookings essential. 📍CBD
Meet Coowonga at SEA LIFE Melbourne (Daily until Sunday 19 Jul) Meet SEA LIFE’s newest saltwater crocodile with keeper talks, crafts and interactive Croc Academy activities. 📍CBD
🗓️ Melbourne NORTH ➝ More north-side picks
Fab Fiona’s Toybox (Tuesday 30 Jun – Sunday 5 Jul) Forgotten toys spark extraordinary magic in this spellbinding family magic show, packed with surprises for all ages. 📍Carlton
Sensory Tray Sessions (Tuesday 30 Jun) Pour, scoop and splash through unstructured sensory play, with all the setup and clean-up handled for you. 📍Bundoora
Bubble Planet (Daily until Monday 31 Aug, excl. Tuesdays) Oversized bubbles, balloons and a hot air balloon simulator fill this sensory, science-fuelled immersive world. 📍Brunswick
🗓️ Melbourne SOUTH ➝ More south-side picks
Kinder Holiday Program (Mondays – Fridays until 10 Jul) Arts, sport, music and cooking fill this inclusive holiday program, open to all children, no enrolment needed. 📍Cheltenham
Very Young Voices of Melbourne (Mondays) Babies, toddlers and preschoolers explore beat, rhythm and pitch through singing and movement, Kodály-style. 📍Prahran
🗓️ Melbourne EAST ➝ More east-side picks
The Alphabet of Awesome Science (Tuesday 30 Jun) 26 quirky science demonstrations float, fly and explode in this interactive show where the audience decides what’s next. 📍Ringwood East
Spike the Echidna (Friday 3 Jul) A shadow puppetry tale of a stolen egg and an echidna without spikes, exploring kindness and standing up to bullying. 📍Bayswater
Family Fiesta Heads to the Forest (Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 Jul) Theatre, dance and hands-on discovery transform MPAC into a forest ecosystem, with free and ticketed activities. 📍Clayton
🗓️ Melbourne WEST ➝ More west-side picks
Mini Movers (Monday 29 Jun) A fun 30-minute sports session building core movement skills for kids aged 3 and 4 through running, jumping and balancing. 📍Truganina
Rhyme Time School Holiday Session (Tuesday 30 Jun) Stories, songs and rhymes build early language and motor skills for children aged 1 to 5 in this 30-minute session. 📍Manor Lakes
Plastic Free July Celebration (Thursday 2 Jun) Join Tot Hot or Not founder Joyce to kick off Plastic Free July with kid’s activities, creative workshops, a showcase of community-led projects, local climate and sustainability groups, plastic free alternatives, inspiration and free snacks. 📍Footscray
