Children go wild at Friars Square

By Fiona Gilgrist
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Published 28th Aug 2024, 08:33 BST
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Hundreds of children went wild with enjoyment at a free event celebrating nature from near and far at Friars Square shopping centre.

The biodiversity-themed event featured two wild and wonderful shows about sloths. Children learnt all about sloths and their lifestyle and habitat. They met Buttercup the giant sloth and a baby sloth puppet too.

There were appearances from Creature Encounters’ Orangutan Mr Business and his companion Captain John Voyage. The duo rode around on a tropical tricycle, meeting shoppers.

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A pair of beautiful dragonflies with iridescent wings enchanted everyone they met. They were joined by two colourful mariposa butterflies on stilts.

Children enjoyed a free craft workshop making sloths, elephants, bees, butterflies and more. They also planted seeds to grow at home.

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