Brioso restaurant is running kids cooking classes
Release your little ones into the kitchen where they can work on their culinary creativity (and make a mess no doubt) while Mums and Dads relax and tuck into some Italian classics.
Budding Massimo Bottura’s will be given the opportunity to throw on their favourite toppings before the restaurant’s pizza masters place them expertly into the wood-fired oven. Buon appetito Dubai-based famiglias.
Dhs59 per child. Sat 14 Mar, Sat 28 Mar, 3pm-7pm. Crowne Plaza Dubai – Deira, www.ihg.com (04 262 5555).
Fun in the sun
Enjoy a luxurious pool day at The Bvlgari Yacht Club where the entry price is redeemable on food and drinks. And if you fancy some you time – it is Mother’s Day after all – the kids’ agents in the Little Gems Club will keep your kiddos safe.
Free (kids under 12), Dhs200 (weekdays), Dhs350 (weekends). Jumeirah Bay, Dubai, www.bulgarihotels.com (04 777 5555).
A prenatal wellness retreat
A two-day retreat is on the cards for pregnant ladies this month that is promising to prepare mums-to-be for birth and beyond. Mums-to-be can enjoy a range of activities like yoga, hypnobirthing, parenting, reflexology and more.
Dhs2,200. Fri Mar 6-Sat Mar 7. Desert Palm, Dubai, info@yogabellas.com.
A Mother’s Day meal at Marea
Treat the most special lady in your life to a delicious three-course set menu. And while all family members pay Dhs250 for the dinner, Mums eat absolutely free. Kiddos, it’s over to you.
Dhs250, Marea, DIFC, Dubai, www.marearestaurant.com (04 583 6366).
A new 3D musuem is open in Abu Dhabi
Paintings and artefacts at the pop-up gallery adopt a life of their own and move independently across the room… Eek, hold on to those little hands tight Mums and Dads. Your tour guides are a mischievous little mouse and a disgruntled genie who bring the paintings to life – literally! Have fun.
Free. Until Fri Apr 24, 4pm-10pm. Nation Towers Mall, Abu Dhabi, www.nationtowersmall.com (02 333 8288).
Troon family fun day at Yas Links Abu Dhabi
Families in the capital are in for a treat if they head to Yas Links Abu Dhabi on Saturday March 7, where an international buffet is on offer alongside heaps of fun for the little ones including face painting, balloon twisting and fun games such as tug of war, sack race, sack and spoon races and limbo rock
Free (under four), Dhs60 (four-ten), Dhs130 (soft drinks), Dhs250 (house beverages). Sat Mar 7, 12pm-4pm. Yas Link Abu Dhabi, www.troonabudhabi.com.
