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The root. The spice. The biscuit. The beer. The cat. The hair. This winter, the Pavilion in City Park is dedicated to ginger in all its glorious forms, and almost everything in it is cardboard or gingerbread, drenched in white icing.

Step inside a giant gingerbread igloo, help us decorate a real Christmas tree, and make something wonderful. It's free, for all ages, and you can just drop in.

The Ginger Breadford Challenge
Build your favourite bit of Bradford in cardboard on Saturday 12 December, or in gingerbread on Sunday 13 December. Ice it as much as you dare. Everything goes on display, the public votes, and there are prizes to be won.

Build Bradford
Raid our giant Lego and cardboard stash and build the city your way: towers, terraces, mills and markets, iced or un-iced.

The Appreciation Station
Make cards, wrapping paper and decorations for the people who make your winter warmer.

Pipe and ice
Decorate gingerbread to take home, if it lasts that long.

Ginger creatures
Give a real ginger root googly eyes and a personality all of its own.

A playful pause
Sniff out the spices, squish gingerbread-scented dough and slow down with sensory and imaginative play for all ages, away from the rush of the season.

Wheelchair and pushchair friendly
There's no heating inside, so come in layers
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