Kids Art Festival 2015

Last weekend my girlfriend J, and I took our girls out to the kids art festival that was held at the Perth cultural center in the city.  We were very brave in doing so because herding 3 toddlers in public area require being 101% attentive and equipped with good fitness level, especially on my part because I've got a runner on hand. Yep, she bolt and apparently its very fun.

Fun for her, not for me.

The art gallery has a kids friendly exhibition called the Animal Ark, which features works from the State Art Collection that highlight the many ways in which the animal motif has been used by generations of artists.

There were some really cool artwork in there and I actually enjoyed browsing through (in speed mode obviously) the displayed art myself, even though it was brief.

Miss Three surprised me  as she actually enjoyed it  and was so excited at the sight of animal art that she kept squealing loudly ' Mummy Look!, repeatedly.

It took me a lot of cajoling to get Miss Three to leave this video exhibit all because there was a dog in the video (not shown in the picture). She eventually left.

The family activity space was a hit with the kids. We spent a little bit of time there and got the girls to do some colouring so that J and I could sit down and rest our legs.

We left the art gallery and explored the free activities they had outside. The girls spotted this building blocks (made of foam) and had a little bit of fun there. Everyone played nicely.

We stopped for ice cream break but not before long when Miss Three decided that she's had enough of ice cream and wanted to run around like a mad thing.

J and I later proceeded to herd our 'lambs' over the bridge and into the city heading towards the Itty Bitty City event - all these while trying our best not to lose any one of them (mine) along the way.

The Itty Bitty City was a free event that provide kids the opportunity to make city buildings and houses from cardboard boxes, paints and other crafts materials. Children's art work will then be placed on a grid of 'streets' in the tent, creating an ever growing and changing cityscape.

I thought that this was a terrific initiative and very interactive event, excellent for the kids. We didn't get to create a building/house because the Q line was very busy but the kids managed to do some colouring and explored the cityscape display.

If you're not familiar with Perth iconic buildings, the above is a cardboard replica of the Perth Council House. Pretty impressive. Sneaky suspicion that this might have not been done by little people.

So was this Perth Swan Bell Tower but it was still pretty cool.