{"id":17065,"date":"2019-02-08T13:38:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17065"},"modified":"2019-02-08T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:38:55","slug":"playful-museums-festival-brings-a-sensory-story-tent-to-ballymoney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/02\/playful-museums-festival-brings-a-sensory-story-tent-to-ballymoney\/","title":{"rendered":"Playful Museums Festival brings a sensory story tent to Ballymoney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/press2-3-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17066\" width=\"256\" height=\"195\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A sensory story tent will be the main attraction at the Playful Museums Festival at Ballymoney Town Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfestival will tell the story&nbsp; of \u2018A Mermaids Tail\u2019 which is inspired by a\nyarn collected&nbsp; on Rathlin Island by Sam Henry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside\nthe tent, there will be lots of things to touch, feel, smell and see and\nchildren will be able to explore the story at their own pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nfree event has been tailored for children aged 5 and under. Younger or older\nsiblings are also welcome to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\nwill be able to enjoy sea themed craft workshops and a reading corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop\nin sessions for the festival in Ballymoney Town Hall are available on Friday 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\nFebruary, 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm,&nbsp; Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February from\n10am-12pm and Monday 25<sup>th<\/sup> February from 2pm \u2013 4pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nquiet session will take place on Friday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> February between\n1pm-2pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please\nbe advised that booking is necessary for groups over 8 and children must be\naccompanied by an adult. \n\nFor more information please contact Sarah Carson\nby calling 028 2766 0230 or email <a href=\"mailto:sarah.carson@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk\">sarah.carson@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sensory story tent will be the main attraction at the Playful Museums Festival at Ballymoney Town Hall. The festival will tell the story&nbsp; of \u2018A Mermaids Tail\u2019 which is inspired by a yarn collected&nbsp; on Rathlin Island by Sam Henry. Inside the tent, there will be lots of things to touch, feel, smell and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/02\/playful-museums-festival-brings-a-sensory-story-tent-to-ballymoney\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17068,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065\/revisions\/17068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}