Creative Stranraer

Hubbub Holiday: Finger Painting Fun
2025-07-25 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Unexpected Garden, Harbour Street, Stranraer
Big colours, bold shapes—and your chance to help decorate a garden! Join us outdoors in The Unexpected Garden for a colourful finger painting session where you’ll get to make your mark—literally! We’ll be decorating a brand-new outdoor bench for the garden, and we want your ideas about what Stranraer means to you to help shape the design. Expect messy hands, bright paints and loads of fun for all ages.We’ll provide everything you need—just bring your creativity and a splash of community spirit!

This workshop takes place outdoors—please dress for the weather!Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

Hubbub: Zines, Shoes and Shorelines Part Two
2025-08-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Return to your creations or join in for the first time to design your own shoes, decorate them with shoreline-inspired patterns, and help create a colourful Zine full of your ideas! We’ll be crafting, drawing, sticking and styling… and discovering a few surprising connections between Stranraer and Norway along the way!

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

Hubbub Holidays: Recycled Art 1
2025-08-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Get creative with materials that would usually go in the bin! Join us for hands-on art-making using recycled and repurposed materials. Led by guest artist Vivien Jones, these playful drop-in sessions are all about experimenting, building and imagining new things from everyday stuff. We’ll have plenty of materials ready to use—but feel free to bring along any bits and bobs from home too! What will you make? That’s up to you! Expect plenty of colour, cutting, sticking and surprises…

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

Hubbub Holidays: Recycled Art 2
2025-08-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom

Hubbub Holidays: Kids' Comic Creation 1
2025-08-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Design your own comic character and bring their story to life! Young comic-makers will create a colourful two-page story featuring their very own character. From big ideas to bold drawings, we’ll guide them through the basics of storytelling and illustration—no experience needed! Each child will take home a page to keep, and the rest will become part of a special exhibition at the end of summer! Materials provided—just bring your ideas and let’s draw!

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

Hubbub Holidays: Kids' Comic Creation 2
2025-08-15 10:00 - 15:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom

Hubbub: Take to the Skies
2025-09-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Build your own flying machine and take off from Stranraer! Did you know Stranraer once had flying boats soaring over Loch Ryan? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll discover the story of the town’s skies, and then dream up your own aircraft to match! From gliders to futuristic flyers, it’s your turn to design, build and maybe even make it fly… just bring your ideas and imagination! Perfect for curious minds and crafty hands!

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

Park Primary School Exhibition
2025-10-10 10:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
The Scottish Civic Trust’s My Place Photography Competition is a Scotland-wide photography competition for school age young people aged 4 to 18. It encourages young people to explore the buildings, architecture, and history in the places they live, and experiment with using photography as a means of investigation and creative expression.

With support from The Wheatley Foundation, 28 pupils from Park Primary School took part in outdoor photography workshops in different areas of Stranraer – this exhibition showcases the creativity and hard work of these local young people.
