Clares Critters

Educational and fun hands-on animal experience.

Meet and handle a range of exotic animal species, hear some information about the individual animals and their species, ask as many questions as you like and enjoy brilliant photo opportunities.

Being a mum of 2 small girls I know how important and stressful organising a birthday party can be, Clares Critters can take some of that stress away from you, by keeping the children entertained and providing them plenty to talk about when they go back to school after their party. I love educating people on the natural world and seeing their faces light up when they meet the animals.

I have over 15 years of zookeeping experience, and nothing is a greater feeling than seeing a child's face light up when they are holding the snake or minibeast that they were previously scared of.

Clares Critters won the UK Enterprise Award for Best Animal Handling & Education Service 2026 for Derbyshire

Attend all sorts of events, birthday parties, scout and beaver groups, weddings, school fayres, Summer and Christmas fates and family fun days.

DBS checked and fully insured