Help Santa feed all the zoo animals and enjoy animal crafts, festive talks and a recycling challenge with The Magic of Christmas at London Zoo.

When: November 23 to January 5

Where: London Zoo

Ticket price: Included with admission tickets. Additional charge for Meet Santa.

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The Magic of Christmas activities include:

• Christmas Crafts for Kids: Bring your little ones and get creative with sustainable crafts. You can make toilet roll stars using recycled materials like toilet rolls, ribbons, and bio-glitter. You can also design your own festive wrapping paper using recycled brown paper, stamps, and ink pads to take home as a fun keepsake.
   
• Pop Up Santa: Keep your eyes peeled as Santa will be popping up around the Zoo throughout the day to feed some of the animals.
   
• Festive Animal Talks – 12 Animals of Christmas: Enjoy special animal talks throughout the holiday season, focusing on 12 iconic species, including lions, gorillas, penguins and giraffes. Learn how climate change affects their natural habitats and discover simple ways to help protect wildlife.
   
• Reindeer Rubbish Round Up: Take part in a recycling challenge, a fun, interactive way for families to learn about sustainability. Discover how small changes can make a big impact on the environment this Christmas in this material sorting game.
   
• Post your Christmas letter: Meet Santa’s elves in the elf postroom in the Winter Village and write your letter to Santa. Once written, pop your letter in the post box; the elves will take care of the rest!
   

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