What is Melbourne Cup?
The Melbourne Cup is an annual horse racing event where horses aged three or older race around a track at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. It’s often called ‘the race that stops a nation’ due to its size and importance as one of the most prestigious racing events in Australia.
The Melbourne Cup always takes place on the first Tuesday in November. That means that the Melbourne Cup 2023 will take place on Tuesday 7th November.
When is Melbourne Cup?
Tuesday, 7 November
You can have a day of laughter and memories in your centre by hosting your own Melbourne Cup party and using some of these ideas for activites:
- Everyone knows that Melbourne Cup is all about hats! A hat made from newspaper is easy, cheap and quick and it can be decorated with flowers and foliage collected from the garden! Kidspot shows you a step by step way of making some smart hats suitable for Melbourne Cup.
- Why not have some racing fun, by first making your own Melbourne Cup Horse. Children to colour in their own horse printable. To make these horses ‘race-able’, sticky tape the hourse to a large papple popstick.
- For more activities click the following link: https://www.brisbanekids.com.au/host-great-melbourne-cup-party-toddlers/