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Play Dough Craft & Woodblock Printmaking Workshop

Saturday 21st February 2026

13:30 – 15:00 

Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, Westmoreland Street, Dublin D02 VR66

To celebrate the Year of the Horse, MagicCube Arts & Culture welcomes families to enjoy a hands-on creative workshop inspired by Chinese New Year traditions.

Participants will shape festive symbols using colourful play dough and create traditional New Year woodblock prints to take home — a joyful keepsake to welcome 2026 with creativity and good fortune.

Free but booking required.

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