Are Family Learning Days suitable for all age groups?

Yes! Our activities are designed for children, adults, and seniors, ensuring everyone can join in and have fun.

What animals can we meet during the event?

Families can meet a variety of friendly mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, including rabbits, snakes, lizards, and more. All animals are safe and handled by trained professionals.

Is slime-making safe for kids?

Absolutely! We use non-toxic ingredients and guide participants carefully. Children can safely make and play with their slime under adult supervision.

Can we host the event indoors?

Yes, our sessions are adaptable for indoor or outdoor venues, including schools, nurseries, and care homes.

How do we book a Family Learning Day?

Simply contact Wild Science via our website or phone to check availability and discuss your event needs. We’ll take care of everything.

Slime Bubbles & Animal Encounters for All Ages Fun

Looking for a fun, hands-on family event? Wild Science brings you exciting educational sessions featuring slime recipes, bubble experiments, and real animals — perfect for kids, adults, and elders.

Bring families together for a day of discovery, laughter, and learning with Wild Science’s Family Learning Days! We host Family Learning Days across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, and the surrounding counties.

Our interactive sessions combine slime-making, bubble experiments, and animal encounters that delight children, adults, and families of all ages. These hands-on activities are designed to spark curiosity, encourage teamwork, and create unforgettable memories.

Fun-Filled Family Science Experiences

At Wild Science, we believe that learning should be fun, interactive, and for everyone. Our family learning events are perfect for schools, care homes, clubs, and community fairs looking to host something unique. Whether it’s creating your own slime, discovering fascinating facts about reptiles and mammals, or learning about the science behind bubbles, every session is educational and packed with joy.

Our knowledgeable presenters make science accessible to all, blending creativity with learning through demonstrations, explanations, and guided hands-on experiments. It’s an opportunity for families to explore the wonders of science together, no matter their age or ability.

Hands-On Science Fun: Create Your Own Slime

One of the highlights of any family learning day is our slime-making session. Participants can mix glue and other safe ingredients to create their own clear slime, blue slime, or dough-like mixtures. Each family member learns how to measure, mix, and observe the fascinating chemical process that transforms liquid into a stretchy, squishy substance.

Explore Different Slime Recipes for Every Age

From colourful goo to clear slime, our workshops let kids and adults experiment with various slime recipes — understanding how glue and borax create different textures.

Our team ensures every activity follows health and safety standards, and all materials are safe for children. Once the fun is over, families can store their creations in an airtight container to take home! Furthermore, families can reuse a bottle or an airtight container to store their slime creations.

Did you know? Adding just a few drops of borax or glue changes how the slime mixture behaves—turning it from sticky to smooth in seconds!

The Science of Bubbles: A Burst of Fun!

Who doesn’t love bubbles? Our bubble experiments are a big hit with both kids and adults. Learn how to make giant bubbles, explore surface tension, and even create bouncing bubble balls that seem to float in mid-air!

Families can experiment with their own bubble recipes using soap and water, learning how air, liquid, and surface energy work together to form these magical shapes. These sessions encourage teamwork and laughter—perfect for bonding and learning together.

Our knowledgeable presenters are passionate about discussing the fascinating science behind slime, bubbles, and animals, making every session both fun and educational.

Tip: Mix your bubble solution a few hours before your event to make it stronger and last longer!

Animal Encounters: Meet Our Wonderful Creatures

Of course, no Wild Science event is complete without our amazing animal encounters! Families can meet a variety of animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, snakes, lizards, and insects—all under the supervision of our trained handlers.

Our experts introduce each animal, share fascinating facts about their habitats, diets, and behaviour, and explain how every species plays a vital role in nature. These sessions are calm, engaging, and adapted to suit the audience—making them ideal for nurseries, schools, care homes, and family events alike.

Do your animals bite? Our animals are incredibly well-socialised with people and other animals, and are accustomed to being handled frequently, daily.

We often have the wonderful opportunity to bring animals to nurseries, schools, children's parties, and care homes. These visits are great for educational sessions, exhibitions, or to provide comforting animal therapy. Families always say it feels like the best party they’ve ever attended — full of laughter, learning, and hands-on fun.

We ensure animal welfare is always our top priority, providing a safe and comfortable environment for both visitors and creatures.

Meet Certain Animals Up Close

Wild Science brings the classroom to life with real animal encounters. Families can meet and learn about certain animals — from reptiles to mammals — in safe, guided sessions that teach respect, habitats, and welfare.

Did you know? Reptiles regulate their body temperature using external heat sources. That’s why you’ll often find snakes and lizards basking in the sun!

Why Choose Wild Science for Your Family Learning Day

Hands-on Learning: Families create, touch, and explore rather than watch.
All-Age Engagement: Activities are suitable for children, adults, and elders alike.
Educational & Fun: Our sessions mix science, animals, and creativity for a full learning experience.
Flexible Options: We can tailor our workshops to suit your venue, whether indoors or outdoors.
Trusted Team: With experienced presenters and strict safety standards, every event is professionally run and filled with fun.

Book Your Family Learning Day with Wild Science

Wild Science offers nationwide educational events, bringing excitement and discovery to families across the UK. Whether you’re planning a school fair, a care home activity, a community event, or a family club gathering, our slime, bubbles, and animal encounters are sure to bring smiles all around.

Contact Wild Science today to plan your next Family Learning Day and let us help you create a world of wonder, learning, and laughter that everyone will remember!.

Our Family Learning Days are available to book throughout the UK, including Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, and surrounding counties.

If you have any special requests, our team can adapt activities for accessibility or group size!

We booked a corporate animal therapy session as part of Mental Health Awareness week, and it was truly loved by everyone. The animal expert Harriet was absolutely fantastic - super knowledgable, engaging and clearly passionate about every animal she introduced us to.
The visit included a snake, rabbit, gerbil, snail and more - all of which were super theraputic! It was amazing to see how quickly the team relaxed and connected with the animals. Harriet created such a calm environment that even our more hesitant colleagues were soon happily holding the snake.
We can't recommend Wild Science highly enough - if you're looking to boost morale, reduce stress or just do something a little bit different for your team.

This experience is absolutely perfect for introducing young children to science! It’s amazing for teaching topics like vertebrate classifications or different types of species, even for children as young as 3! Harriet and her animals are wonderful! They are so calm, friendly, and engaging. You can really see how much she cares about both the animals and the children’s learning. Thank you for such a fantastic and educational experience! Highly recommended! 🦎 🐇 🐹

We were delighted to have both Shannon & Amy attend our free family event at Crystal Peaks shopping centre this Friday.
Their communication on the run-up to our event was great. On the day, the head office called us to check everything was ready & the hosts arrived in plenty of time.
We had a lot of very excited guests that got to enjoy a range of fascinating creatures throughout the day.
The team were great with the public & very knowledgeable about their little critters.
We can't recommend Wild Science enough.
Thank you for making our day so good.
🐌🐍🦎🐀🐛😍

Amazing experience with harriet, we had a birthday party for a 22year old and she was so lovely and explained everything very well. She gave us all enough time with each animal and even let us have mango the snake around our necks while we held other creatures!!
Everyone had an amazing time and the pictures came out wicked!! Even got a picture with carlos the crested gecko on the birthday boys head😆Thank you so much wild science and a big thank you to Harriet for being a great host☺️

What an incredible experience! Booked for my sister’s 31st birthday, we couldn’t have had a better time! Jess immediately made everyone feel at ease and relaxed, was incredibly attentive to my sister’s energy levels (she has severe M.E.), asking if she wanted to take breaks or lay quietly with a Guinea pig.
Jess shared her wealth of knowledge with us in a very humour filled way, answering any questions we had. The animals she brought with her were amazing and all seemed incredibly happy and healthy. Such a range of different animals, a lesser tenrec, a tree frog, two Guinea pigs, a tortoise, a scorpion, a giant snail and a python!
Thank you Jess for such a special birthday treat for my sister, and incredible memories for our whole family to cherish!

George Brown was booked for our granddaughter's birthday party. He and his wonderful animal friends enthralled everyone there from 2 years old to 70 somethings. George has a wonderful gift for communicating his knowledge and love of the animals he generously shared with us. Book him! You won't be disappointed.

Amazing experience with Harriet, we had a birthday party for a 22-year-old, and she was so lovely and explained everything very well. She gave us all enough time with each animal and even let us have Mango, the snake, around our necks while we held other creatures!
Everyone had an amazing time, and the pictures came out wicked!! Even got a picture with Carlos the crested gecko on the birthday boy's head😆
Thank you so much, Wild Science, and a big thank you to Harriet for being a great host☺️

Wholly recommended the experience with Wild Science. From the telephone call through to the day itself, the team are professional and very communicative. Harriet was amazing with the animals and children. Our birthday girl and friends had such a great time petting the animals (as much or as little as they wanted to). Harriet had some wonderful facts to share and responded so sensitively and helpfully to answer all questions the children had. Thanks so much- it was a delight to have you for our daughter’s birthday party.

We really enjoyed our experience with the reptiles, they were so calm and settled, just amazing and great ❤️

Great fun for kids the lady was very nice and the animals were cool

An unforgettable experience. Your kids will love it! We had Susie in Edinburgh, she was exceptionally good - with the animals and the kids, and the grown-ups too! We all had an amazing time. I highly recommend booking Susie for Wild Science if you're in Scotland. So many memories made!

Suzie held an event in Sandylands holiday park today and we had a ball! every animal is well cared for and beautiful. very versed on each animals needs and nature, took the time to explain certain facts and even sat down at the end of her time to talk more on her other animals! cannot recommend suzie enough!!

We booked a corporate animal therapy session as part of Mental Health Awareness week, and it was truly loved by everyone. [...] Harriet was absolutely fantastic - super knowledgable, engaging and clearly passionate about every animal she introduced us to. [...] Harriet created such a calm environment that even our more hesitant colleagues were soon happily holding the snake. We can't recommend Wild Science highly enough - if you're looking to boost morale, reduce stress or just do something a little bit different for your team.

Susie was at Parkdean in Saltcoats and it was a fantastic experience. Very knowledgeable and chatted and answered questions from children and adults. Loved it.

Made my child's summer holding a royal python!

Attended a group with my husband & kids. Youngest being 1 & it was incredible. Different kinds of animals, was able to hold what we could & pet the rest.
Thanks again for the incredible experience! Fidget was amazing & we are now thinking if adding ferrets to the family. I hope fidget enjoys his chicken 🐔

Kids had a total blast at Wild Science. So did mum!
We got to meet a cockroach, a snake, 2 geckos, a bearded dragon, a ferret, a mexican tarantula, and a bunny!
The lady was going to name a cockroach 🪳 after my son Leon 🤣 poor kid was peed and pooped on, it was sooo funny! Everyone had such a great time. Thanks for entertaining us. 😆

Animal visit (Summer Fair Gilmerton Community Centre)
The management committee would like to thank Susie and trainee Amy for bringing the animals to the Community Centres Summer Fair. Once again, they were very popular with adults and children. Those attending said they enjoyed meeting and learning about the animals up close.

We were delighted to have both Shannon & Amy attend our free family event at Crystal Peaks shopping centre this Friday. Their communication on the run-up to our event was great. On the day, the head office called us to check everything was ready & the hosts arrived in plenty of time. We had a lot of very excited guests that got to enjoy a range of fascinating creatures throughout the day. The team were great with the public & very knowledgeable about their little critters. We can't recommend Wild Science enough. Thank you for making our day so good.

The animal expert we were lucky enough to have from wild science was excellent. She even managed to keep the kids at a 7 year old birthday party relatively quiet and very interested. Would highly recommend.

It was a wonderful day had by all, the adults and children really had a great time every animal was explained in great detail and we will be booking them for further events

My son (4) and his friends had the most wonderful time! The scientist was totally able to engage their attention for over an hour and they had fun and learned so much too! Thanks for the best party!

We have used Wild Science for 3 years at our school. Each year they deliver wonderful sessions to Nursery and Reception children. We have never had any issues and would recommend them to everyone. The children love the experience and the animals and staff are amazing!

Thank you Wild Science for such an amazing party! Amy was super professional and had the kids eating out of the palm of her hand. My son absolutely loved the animals she brought and we were so impressed with how she handled the group (of 3-5 year olds) and gave them interesting and fun facts about each animal which kept all the kids interested and engaged. It was so much fun, we would highly recommend it!!!

Ross was absolutely amazing. So patient, kind and knowledgeable of the animals and the slime workshop. We had a party of 20 and with the madness that ensued he was always calm and reassuring for each child if they were apprehensive of holding any animal - big or small. Would 100% book Wild Science again, especially Ross.
Thank you for making our animal lovers birthday so special!

Ross came to my sons 3rd birthday, he was brilliant, the kids had a great time, the whole thing was really relaxed and everyone got a good amount of time with the animals and really enjoyed the experience - the customer service beforehand was really good, great communication and lots of questions answered - highly recommend!

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