DAILY | SWELL KIDS | Seedling Planter Workshop | Free

Seedling Planter Workshop Join us for a free hands-on workshop where you’ll decorate recycled flower pots and plant seedlings to take home! Get creative with materials like buttons, fabric scraps, and bottle caps to personalize your pot. Learn planting basics and choose from a variety of seedlings.   Brought to you by Southern Beaches Community Garden.  
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DAILY | SWELL KIDS | Dino-mite Explorer Show | Free

Dino-mite Explorer Show with Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Come on an exciting journey through the prehistoric world of dinosaurs! Dive into the fascinating realm of paleontology as we sing, dance, and discover alongside our adorable baby dinosaur friends, Stella, Razor, and Chompa. This fun and educational show brings the wonders of ancient Earth to life, making
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DAILY | SWELL KIDS | Stepping Into Your Own Story with the Storyfest Beach Library | Free

Stepping Into Your Own Story with the Storyfest Beach Library Stepping into Your Own Story with the Storyfest Beach Library Storyfest’s Beach Library activation for SWELL 2025 will be themed around Stepping into Your Own Story. This immersive, interactive activation will celebrate storytelling, identity, and community connection, all while making books accessible and fun. This free Beach
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WEEKENDS | SWELL KIDS | ARC Circus Into Space Roving Astronauts | Free

ARC Circus Into Space Roving Astronauts It’s launch time! At SWELL this September, the ARC acrobats will do acrobatics and juggling roving in their astronaut suits, interacting with the audience up and down the beach of Currumbin, bravely exploring the out of this world sculptures.   A sneak peak of Into Space, premiering at HOTA, Home of
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WEEKENDS | SWELL KIDS | Play With Clay with Monte Lupo

Play With Clay with Monte Lupo Unleash your creativity with Monte Lupo! Have a play on the pottery wheel and experience the joy of working with clay. This hands-on workshop is perfect for all skill levels and provides a fun, relaxed environment to explore your artistic side. Whether you’re shaping your first pot or refining
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WEEKENDS | SWELL KIDS | Floral Dreams with Monte Lupo

Floral Dreams with Monte Lupo Unlock your creativity in our Floral Dreams Workshop! Kids will paint beautiful watercolour masterpieces, then make them extra special by adding dazzling mosaic tiles to their frames. It’s a magical blend of painting and crafting, perfect for little artists who love colours, textures, and fun! Let imaginations bloom—book your spot
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SAT 13 SEP | SWELL KIDS | Create Birds with Al Phemister

Create Birds with Al Phemister Did you know that our native birds are disappearing and need our help? But what can one person do? Can we be part of the solution? Let’s start a conversation and learn about endangered birds. Come and join Al and make a bird using materials that you can find around your home. Learn
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TUE 16 SEP | WELLNESS | The Dreamtime Artistry | Free

The Dreamtime Artistry For SWELL 2025, headspace Southport will be on site, at SWELL Kids Elements, weaving art, indigenous programming and design, and wellbeing education into a calm, crafty, chill out zone. Come hang out and make your own indigenous-inspired art piece to take home, with art activities lead by Auntie Erica Eurell. When |
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SWELL 2025 School Workshops

SWELL 2025 is excited to once again be presenting SWELL Kids Elements, an area for children to immerse themselves in the creative culture of sculpture. SWELL Kids Elements will operate alongside the main exhibition from 12 – 21 September 2025 in the Wallace Nicoll Park, Currumbin Beach. SWELL School Workshops will be held in pop up
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DAILY | SWELL KIDS | Who Cares? Scavenger Hunt & Colouring Competition

Who Cares? Scavenger Hunt & Colouring Competition by Merge Creative Created in Collaboration by Amanda Gorman, Dion Parker, Richard Scott & Caitlin McArthy Who cares? Come join our little friends on a journey to discover the secrets of the sculpture walk and how to care for our beautiful Gold Coast beaches. Get your art on
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