Activities, Events, Things-to-Do for Families visiting Scotland
| Events in 2012 | |
| Puppet Animation Festival April | The Puppet Animation Festival offers children and their families opportunities to be transported to magical worlds of make-believe. Taking place all over Scotland during April |
| Edinburgh International Science Festival April | Offer a range of events, throughout Edinburgh for a variety of ages from 2 - 17 old that bring exciting and new ways of showing science to kids |
| Imaginate International Children's Theatre Festival May | Drama, comedy and puppet productions from all over the world converge on Edinburgh for for a week of top quality children's theatre. |
| The Big Tent Festival July | Set on the beautiful landscape of Falkland Estate in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland, Big Tent is a fantastic weekend of music, arts and family activities mixed with stimulating debates on social and green issues. |
| The Wickerman Festival July | Gorgeous location for family welcoming festival with children's area and events as well as other family friendly shows and activities. |
| Glasgow Show July | An exhilarating weekend of amazing entertainment and exciting activities. With live music, extreme sports, dance performances, street theatre, countryside activities, children’s funfair rides and a main arena filled with international acts. |
| Edinburgh Fringe Festival August | World's largest international festival has a huge selection of family and kids shows from all over the world |
| Edinburgh Book Festival August | Younger kids can catch up with the playground's latest book buzz while hot debates and exciting graphic novel events are designed to engage teenagers. Programme literally hundreds of events each year for children from babies to teenagers and there are many free events too. |
| Largs Viking Festival Aug/Sep | Spectacular week long Viking themed festival with events for all of the family |
For hundreds of other up-to-date events, activities and family friendly attractions around Edinburgh and Glasgow please visit these sites


