Bunjil has family fun aplenty for the festive season and summer school holidays.
Meet Santa at the Twilight Christmas Market from 3pm to 9pm and watch the Christmas tree lighting at 8pm on 3 December.
Christmas films will hit the plaza big screen on 4, 11 and 18 December at 5.30pm.
Watch Elliott the Littlest Reindeer, Merry Madagascar and A Boy Called Christmas for $5 a ticket, including a gingerbread man.
And Christmas Storytime will run at 11am on 14 December and noon on 21 December.
Children and families can enjoy free art activities and workshops on 23, 24 and 25 January, 11am to 2pm, as NGV Kids on Tour visits the Bunjil Place foyer.
On 20 January, 11am to 2pm, drop in for a free wearable-art making workshop, and children and families are invited to spend time exploring their own creativity through unstructured play from 11am to 2pm on 21 and 22 January.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand present Operation Ouch live at 1pm and 3.45pm on 5 January and 10am and 1pm on 6 January.
Enjoy all-new crazy experiments, mind blowing illusions and amazing facts, as the doctors explore the fascinating world of biology. Tickets are priced from $49.90.
Hypercolour Summer in the Plaza will run from 7 January to 1 March, featuring shows in the theatre, family movies on the outdoor screen, lawn games, ice cream sculptures to climb on, fountains to play in, and umbrellas to relax under.
Loose Parts will offer kids various objects to play with from 9 to 13 January, 10am to 4pm.
Tangle invites children and their families to create a giant, vibrant, interactive artwork that shifts and grows over time.
As they enter, each child is given a ball of colourful elastic thread which they can weave in and around tall golden poles.
Tangle will run 17 to 20 January, 10am, 11am, 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Tickets are $5 each, including a choc top.
What happens when you invite seven children from Rainbow Families to create a show? You end up with a disco koala, a wildebeest, a farting unicorn and a fairy that can freeze tickle monsters all co-habiting in a very tall, yet tiny Rainbow Tree.
Check it out at 6pm on 14 January, or 10am or 2pm on 15 January. Tickets are $16.
The Gruffalo will hit the theatre stage at 1pm on 17 January and 10am on 18 January.
Budding filmmakers, screenwriters, actors and directors can take part in a five-day intensive workshop from 16 to 20 January, 10am to 2.30pm, for $15.
Windmill Theatre presents the World of Musicals for Kids on 21 January, 2pm and 5pm, and 22 January at 2pm. Tickets are priced from $18.
Touch and Go invites two and three-year olds to enter a playful world of shapes and pathways,
stepping stones and lines, with two friendly dancers and a live musician.
Take part on 9 and 10 February at 10am and 1pm. Tickets are $10.
The State Youth Ballet Company will present colourful and family-friendly ballet Alice in Wonderland on 21 and 22 December at 7pm, with tickets from $45.
The Victorian State Ballet presents Snow White for all ages on 25 March at 7.30pm and 26 March at 2pm, with tickets from $33.
Visit www.bunjilplace.com.au for tickets and more information.
