Help! Special birthday trip to London this weekend for sons

[thequietone]

My sons are both celebrating their birthdays this weekend. One is 4 on Saturday, the other 7 on the Monday. We are taking them to London and so far I've booked the Rainforest Cafe. We really wanted to take them to a show in the afternoon but they all seem to have age limits and are a bit too long for the little one to sit through.

Really want to make it special as it's a double birthday. Does anyone have any suggestions? We're pretty close to London so are quite familiar with it, but not really as parents!!

Have a look here

www.timeout.com/london/feature/1192/childrens-theatre-in-london#children

And this is a bit special...

www.fortnumandmason.com/the-parlour.aspx

Happyhorse, I wouldn't mind ditching the kids and heading to that Fortnum and Mason parlour right now!

Would they like the London Transport Museum?

I know it's not a "special" thing per se, but would they like a trip on a double decker bus? Routes 15 and 9 are "heritage routes" (you can look them up on tfl) and every 15 minutes or so one of the buses is an old routemaster bus with a platform and a conductor who comes up to you to swipe oyster cards/check tickets. I sometimes end up on one and there are normally some children on it who just think it's the most exciting thing ever. I suppose it depends if they are into buses or not...

duck tour, or jet boat ride up the thames highly recommended

www.londonducktours.co.uk/

thamesribexperience.rtrk.co.uk/?scid=43657&kw=2392760:164622&pub_cr_id=19768969544

also natural history museum/science museum and London Zoo.