Join us every ‘Second Saturday of the Month’ for some young-people-led free play, suitable for toddlers to 15-year-olds, but really anyone can join!
The dates for Let’s Create
Each session kicks off at 10 am and wraps up around 11:30 am, but we never kick anyone out right at 11:30! It’s always a very relaxed finish and often finishes at 12 pm.
Feel free to arrive any time during the session, and let your young person take the lead on how they want to spend their time. We’re here to help guide you if you need it, but otherwise, we’ll leave you to it!
Pay-What-You-Can
£3, £4, £5, or £6 per child.
We also offer a pay-it-forward option, so if you’re stuck, please get in touch and we’ll make sure your young creatives get a space.
What to Wear
Let’s Create can get messy, so don’t wear your best clothes—paint, glue, and creative mess can leave marks.
Rain or shine, the session is outdoors with a few sheltered areas. Be prepared with sun hats, wellies, and clothes that can handle some fun and mess!
Tea and Biscuits
We provide fruit, biscuits, and squash for the young people, and there’s tea and coffee for the adults. Enjoy a snack while you create!
Tools and Equipment
We provide safe scissors, paint, and glue for the kids. Our team has sharper tools like large scissors and Stanley knives—just ask and return them for safety. Adults, please supervise your young creators to ensure they stay safe.
“Great to make a real mess and have so many materials to choose from. Tea and biscuits also very welcome.”
a quote from a young persons parent carer
A chance to take part in a range of unstructured, no-end-goal activities to encourage children and young people to use their imagination. A space that gives freedom for young-people to determine and control the content and intent of their play, by following their own instincts, ideas and interests. It is important to allow the young people to develop through unstructured play, adults can step back, not tidy after them, and try not to make tidiness more important than chaos!
Let’s Create supports the right to play as fundamental to development.
So, what is Let’s Create..?
Think outdoors with scrap-store materials loose parts, lots of cardboard boxes, plenty of googly eyes, messy play, crafts, feathers, ribbons, toilet rolls, all of the paint 🎨, things and stuff, and tons of fun! Bring your imagination and Let’s Create whatever you want. 🚀
Build a den, hide out amongst the boxes, and create a tower or a ribbon wand 🏰. Try painting with bubble wrap on your elbows… the space is yours for creating. There is total freedom and there is no pressure or prescribed expectations of what anyone should be doing, just pure imagination. Really there are no rules. If a young person wishes to stick a load of pipe cleaners to some fabric or paint a cardboard box yellow for an hour, then let them. The outcome is not important, it is the freedom to explore through creation. We ask adults to step back a little, allow the madness, and let your young minds take over. Creating something, in particular, is not important, it is a chance to explore imagination, build confidence, manage emotions, and develop empathy. 🌟
We know this can be daunting at times, so we offer one or two activities as a way to get you started. Each time we’ve welcomed children & young adults of all ages. We find teenagers get just as much out of it as toddlers & babes in arms. Hosted on a Saturday parents and carers love being able to bring all their children knowing they will each enjoy it and not have to spend lots of money. We always welcome feedback and suggestions.
Let’s Create uses the Playwork Principles as its core framework. 🎭
Every so often we will be making the session an extra special one with a guest creative. So keep your googly eyes peeled for news by signing up for our newsletter and following our social media. 👀
What the creators’ carers have said…
“Please don’t stop these sessions, I need it, there is nothing else to do at the weekend for my kids around here that is accessible, low-cost and fun for both of them!”
“A great space for my girls to explore messy play and to use their imaginations.”
“Really like the free nature of Let’s Create as it was all laid out easily to be accessible for the children.”
“Let’s Create has become a family highlight in our social calendar, and I love that it promotes sustainability by reusing materials. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a fun, creative activity for their kids!”
“My son has had a great time! (and so have I!) I love how we are reusing things that would otherwise been thrown away.”
“Love the range of materials and space to allow children to create freely – my little girl really enjoyed it.”
We Need Your Help!
We’re always after more materials, but we try not to use too much single-use plastic. If you have any cardboard, especially large boxes, tubes, or fun shapes, or fabric, or tape, paints, and glue, we’ll happily take them off your hands! Please do get in contact and we might even be able to come and collect.
We love our planet and make it a point to use recycled materials whenever possible. It’s a great way to teach kids about sustainability and the importance of reusing and recycling.
