Tag: creativity

Cruinniú na nÓg 2025

A day of free creativity for children and young people For Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 pupeteer Sineád Lynch and the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann’s Arts/Craft/Play ‘Tír na nÓg’ team,* bring you an engagingly creative ‘Make and Story’ Shadow Puppetry session. Taking place in room 2 on level 5 at the Lexicon,… Continue reading Cruinniú na nÓg 2025

Tir na nÓg

Children’s Art, Craft, Create, Imagine and Play Workshops from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann team The Museum of Childhood Ireland Músaem Óige na hÉireann (MCI) have hosted free children’s and intergenerational, art, craft, and play engagement workshops across Ireland, since early 2018, known as ‘Tír na nÓg. Throughout 2025 the work… Continue reading Tir na nÓg

Olivia Daly’s Harry Potter Doll House 2015

From an upcycled Barbie house “My daughter Olivia who was 12 years old, and I designed the Harry Potter* house together. She was a big Harry Potter fan for years. She listened to the audio books most nights (she has dyslexia but had a passion for a good story). The movies had also been watched… Continue reading Olivia Daly’s Harry Potter Doll House 2015

MCI at Dublin Comic Con 2025 – Barbie Project!

Hello! Great to see you at Comic Con Dublin 2025 Thank you for your interest in the Museum of Childhood Ireland’s Barbie Project!  Imagine, craft, document, display…Inspired by the Dorothy Hanley collection: The doll that is now in your custody is waiting for you to craft her an outfit/s so that she can be the… Continue reading MCI at Dublin Comic Con 2025 – Barbie Project!

National Play Day 2024

National Play Day 2024 Time to Play The aim of National Play Day is to promote play and recreation opportunities for children and young people across the country. Play Day is between July 13th and 21st. The theme this year is Time to Play. Time to Play will embrace the importance of recognising the significance… Continue reading National Play Day 2024

Cruinniú na nÓg

A day of free creativity for children and young people ABOUT: Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young… Continue reading Cruinniú na nÓg

Glantór/Eraser

For Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 we launched a new monthly online story writing programme from the Museum of Childhood Ireland for Children and Youth aged up to 18 years Following on from the wonderful experiences of our previous creative writing initiatives, and popular teen in-person writing club, this is a new monthly online workshop to… Continue reading Glantór/Eraser

Stylus / Stíleas

For Cruinniú na nÓg, we’ve a new song/music writing platform for children and youth from the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Following on from our previous initiatives, this is a new platform, celebrating and promoting the diversity of song writing from young people at home and abroad. It will be moderated by guest song writers/ musicians.… Continue reading Stylus / Stíleas

Pencil/ Peann luaide

New Art Gallery for Children and Youth from the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Following on from the experiences of our previous Creative Art Initiatives, this is a new platform celebrating and promoting art from young people at home and abroad. This will be online, and highlighted twice yearly. email: info@museumofchildhood.ie New work uploaded February 2025:… Continue reading Pencil/ Peann luaide