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Check out some photos from the Fun4Kids Festival from the past two years.

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Elijah Dowie, 7 from Warrnambool. Picture: Vicky Hughson

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Siblings Milly, 6, and Oscar Patten, 4, from Horsham. Picture: Vicky Hughson

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Zoe Perkins, 3, from Melbourne. Picture: Vicky Hughson

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Kira Perkins, 11 months, from Melbourne. 

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Angus Boyd-Bell, 6, from the Mornington Peninsular. Picture: Vicky Hughson

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Wash Your Kids In Orange Juice with Peter Combe. Picture: Amy Paton

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Logan Carr, 2 of King Lake, plays in the Rocky Shore Wonder Place exhibit in the WAG. Picture: Amy Paton

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Live and Learn the Jedi Way - Sons of Obiwan Lightsaber Academy handing out prizes in the crowd at Festival Hall. Picture: Amy Paton

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Live and Learn the Jedi Way - Sons of Obiwan Lightsaber Academy perform their finale at Festival Hall. Picture: Amy Paton

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Josh Candiloro, 3 of Tullamarine, plays with the dinosaurs in the Tiny Tots early learning play area. Picture: Amy Paton

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Luke Boyton, daughter Haleia, 7, and Mykl Brady from Live and Learn the Jedi Way Sons of Obiwan Lightsaber Academy. Picture: Amy Paton

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Adults and children alike enjoyed Wash Your Kids In Orange Juice with Peter Combe. Picture: Amy Paton

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Brazillian Capoeira entertained crowds at Festival hall with their flips and kicks. Picture: Amy Paton

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Tyler McIntosh, 5 of Warragul. Picture: Amy Paton

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Alex Fords and Olivia Hardwick, both 7, painting their Santa's Workshop creations. Picture: Amy Paton

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Stacey Alfred with nephew Hemi Currer, 4, building a chainsaw in Santa's Workshop. Picture: Amy Paton

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Flynn El-Hage, 8 of Warrnambool. Picture: Amy Paton

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Kate Noseda, 10, Ava Menzies, 13, Hannah El-Hage, 10, and Oliver Chard, 10. Picture: Amy Paton

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Jai McVilly, 11 of Colac. Picture: Amy Paton

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Karen Thompson with daughter Mackenzie Miller, 4, under the tassels Karen created last year for the Crayola area of F4K. Picture: Amy Paton

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Dusty, 5, and Lulubelle Robertson, 2, from Port Fairy with hobby horses they made in the craft area. Picture: Amy Paton

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Jamie Lind from Jamie and Kim's Mobile Zoo with his colourful friend Charlie the macaw. Picture: Amy Paton

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Riley O'Keefe, 10 from Point Cook, learning some basic knitting with CWA ladies Donna, Beverley and Andrea. Picture: Amy Paton

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Holly Delaney, 8 from Boggy Creek, makes her way through the new Jungle adventure. Picture: Amy Paton

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Milla Kerrison, 7, and brother Chet, 3, show off their painted faces in Inflatable World as they visit F4K all the way from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Picture: Amy Paton

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Milla Kerrison, 7, has some sticky fun on the velcro wall as she visits F4K all the way from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Picture: Amy Paton

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Lucy Howland, 5 from Warrnambool, shows off a colourful plate painting she made displayed along dozens of other paintings. Picture: Amy Paton

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A very curious goat from Jamie and Kim's Mobile Zoo. Picture: Amy Paton

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Sisters Sophie, 9, and Lucy Howland, 5, make some craft during their 8th Fun4Kids visit in a row. Picture: Amy Paton

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Geelong's Sebastian Lipski, 7, gets among the action at the indoor basketball court. Picture: Amy Paton

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SWT Early Childhood Education students Rebecca Delaney, Annie Currell and Jessics Langcake in the area the South West Tafe students all helped design. Picture: Amy Paton

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Warrnambool sisters Lola, 4, Maisie, 1, and Tilly Paton, 6, all visiitng Fun4Kids for the first time. Picture: Amy Paton

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Noah Daffy, 2 of Portland, was fixated by the milk carton funnels in the sandpit. Picture: Amy Paton

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The friendly scarecrows are on hand again this year to help lost children or give directions. Picture: Amy Paton

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Nathan Harvey, 4, with mum Sonia, paints the chainsaw he built in Santa's Workshop. Picture: Amy Paton

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Volunteers and Santa's Helpers Joanne Lowerson, Gemma Bull, Danielle McKenzie-Sturgess, Talia Sealey, Liam Dwyer, Patrick Lonsoerough and Kayla Jewell showing off some of the creations made in Santa's Workshop. Picture: Amy Paton

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Children participated in a 'giant foosball' game. Picture: Amy Paton

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Longtime Fun4Kids volunteers Sarah Bubb and Will Dempster got married at the Fun4Kids site at the Warrnambool Art Gallery 10 years after they met there. Picture: Amy Paton

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Mya Amos, 3 of Mortlake, with volunteer Shay Zimmer, playing with the colourful glitter wall. Picture: Amy Paton

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Meilah Alford, 7 of Warrnambool, goes digging in the Raiders of the Lost Past exhibit. Picture: Amy Paton

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Netball Vic running an exercise program with a difference - kids played with this colourful sheet, running around it, under it and playing ball games with it. Picture: Amy Paton

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Emmanuel College students with 8 maremma puppies, belonging to breeder Glenn Ryan of Timboon (back). Picture: Amy Paton

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Hugh Myers, 8 of Ballarat, looking at a zoetrope - a series of images that, when you spin them around, makes it look like one moving image. Picture: Amy Paton

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Siblings Austin, 5, and Avi Airey, 8 of Melbourne, with their cardboard creations they contributed to the exhibit. Picture: Amy Paton

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Avi Airey, 8 of Melbourne, with her cardboard creation she contributed to the exhibit. Picture: Amy Paton

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Matthew Stansfield, 10 of Geelong, with his bright stop motion animation he is creating on an iPad. Picture: Amy Paton

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Taylor Made Taylor Swift Tribute show at Festival Hall was packed out on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: Amy Paton

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Taylor Swift Tribute show at Festival Hall was packed out on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: Amy Paton

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Sarah MacDonald, 13, and Bianca Caesar, 10, meetb a friendly goat from Jamie and Kim's Mobile Zoo. Picture: Amy Paton

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Dancers from Jhoom Bollywood entertained the crowd with an energetic performance. Picture: Amy Paton

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Festival Hall MC Chris from The Kazoos entertained crowds during the day, presenting children with balloon creations. Picture: Amy Paton

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Jack Griffiths, 5 of Warrnambool, is all smocked up to paint his creation from Santa's Workshop. Picture: Amy Paton

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Abby Mulholland, 3, with mum Tanya showing off her bird feeder she made in Santa's Workshop. Picture: Amy Paton

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Fun4Kids Oceanarium. Pictured: Fun4Kids artists Deb Saunders, Becky Nevin-Berger and Colleen Hughson in the Deep Ocean Other World designed by Karen Richards. Picture: Amy Paton

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Fun4Kids wedding. Pictured: Will Dempster and Sarah Bubb, shown with son Nicholas Bubb-Dempster, 4, will be getting married during this years Fun4Kids event after meeting there while volunteering 10 years ago. Picture: Amy Paton

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Fun4Kids 2015. Pictured: Mason Fitzgerald, 6, of Melb, Samantha Mccarthy, Maximillian England, 4 of Melb. 150704AP10

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Fun4Kids 2015. Pictured: Anthony Sergakis, 4, of Melbourne. Picture by: Amy Paton

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Fun4Kids 2015. Pictured: Harley Pickford, 5 of Ellerslie. 

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Harley Pickford, 5, and sister Isabella Pickford, 7, of Ellerslie. 150704AP01 Picture by: Amy Paton

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Scarecrow Gayle Payne and Jaylah Moloney turned 7 today.

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Isla Hislop, 3, and Mia Hislop, 5, from Anglesea.   

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In the playgroup Tiny Tots Frances Scanlan, 3, from Anglesea. Picture:LEANNE PICKETT

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Abby Mulholland, 2, from Cobden, Frances Scanlan, 3, from Anglesea and volunteer Mel Kerr. 

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Pictured Moira Kelly in red vest to the right of image with her children at Fun4Kids festival.        

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Megan Fry, 5, from Warrnambool with Jess Brown.

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Nicole with daughter Hannah Jackson, 5, from Trafalgar. 

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Siblings Caitlin, Harrison and Ebony Dawber, 10, 3, and 8 of Geelong, model their new construction outfits. 

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Potential master chefs Freya and Elijah Bazley, 7, and 9, of Melbourne and Charlie Mckinnon, 7, of Warrnambool, follow along during a sweet cooking session.

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Budding stars Oscar Johnson, 8, of Timboon, Billy and Grace Watt, 10 and 7 of Purnim, and Kira and Jade Mason, 10 and 8 of Ballarat, enjoyed starring in a pirate-themed movie. 

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The Circus Fireman Show has been a big hit with both young and old in the Santos Festival Theatre.

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Volunteers Shakia Gilmour, Chenae Moore, both 14, Sabrina Bellman, 15, and Sam O'Donohue, 14, all of Warrnambool, pitch in at the festival.

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Scott Griffin of Circus Elements in Adelaide is a crowd favourite this year.

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Chloe Grandell helps little Noah Boyce, 4, both of Warrnambool, with some serious construction. 150701AP01 Picture: Amy Paton

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Hannah, 8, and Amelia, 5, Fiedler with dad Christian, Warrnambool. 

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Jessie Mellblom, 10, of Warrnambool, with Hannah Vandencamp, 8, of Warrnambool. 

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Zali Westmore, 7 of Warnambool and Inca Westmore, 7 of Warrnambool. 

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Ebonie Healy, 14 of Tilboon, Kyizom Tenzin, 15 of Melbourne, Mimoza Keshteja, 18 of Melbourne. 

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Olive English, 3, of Blairgowrie, constructs her flower in the woodwork room. 

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Audrey Gane, 2, of Koroit, watches the balls run at Fun4Kids. 

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Rupert Juenkins, 5, of Warrnambool looks at bugs with Adam Miller from Nature Glenelg Trust. 

Fun4Kids Festival 2015 and 2016 | Photos

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