Oct 2, 2019 | Children, Community, Just Play MCR, Photos, Play, Playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pop-Up Play Shop, Radcliffe, Zan
By Pop-Ups Zan Sitting at a tiny desk in the middle of a swelteringly hot day in Hong Kong, I stared at an email that had just popped through. I am working in Asia, and my brain is discombobulated from many layers of bilingual conversation. So upon reading this email,...
May 20, 2019 | Cardboard, Children, Music, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Radcliffe, Reflections, Zan
By Zan Quite without me realising, pop-up adventure playgrounds have become quite popular in my community. I am obviously delighted, but boy has it been busy! Here are some little reflections of some of those events this month: ***** 1. Radcliffe Market 3rd May The 4...
Mar 26, 2019 | adventure playground, Build, campference, Children, Community, Guest Writer, Photos, Playwork, Playworker Travelling Fund, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pre-Campference, Structure, UK, US
Simon Rix has been in playwork since he was 17, taking roles at all levels in adventure playgrounds and advocacy for children’s right to play. We knew it was essential that his passion, experience and political context be represented in this young and growing...
May 9, 2018 | box, Children, Community, family, fire, loose parts, PDC, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk assessment, Zan
This is part of a multi-part blog series about the pop-up adventure playgrounds we create in our own communities throughout the year. This is an example of how our pop-up adventure playgrounds work with us using our namesake model and our own resources to work within...
Apr 26, 2018 | Children, Community, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, risk, tape, Zan
This is part 4 of a multi-part blog series about the pop-up adventure playgrounds we create in our own communities throughout the year. This is an example of how our pop-up adventure playgrounds work, and us using our namesake model and our own resources to work...
Mar 12, 2018 | adults, Children, Community, friends, loose parts, Photos, Play, play frames, Playwork, playworker, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
This is part 1 of what will hopefully be a multi-part blog series about the pop-up adventure playgrounds we create in our own communities throughout the year. This is an example of how our pop-up adventure playgrounds work, and us using our namesake model and our own...
Nov 13, 2017 | Board of Directors, Canada, Guest Writer, loose parts, Photos, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, The Land Documentary, Tour, workshop
It was a warm evening in Vancouver and I had just been picked up in the little yellow tour car (with a surprising amount of leg room) and I was heading into the little known space of playwork. This was an adventure that I never thought that I’d have the chance...
Nov 9, 2017 | Children, independent organisers, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
Sara signed up as an independent organiser in April, and hosted her first pop-up adventure playground as part of an event called Diggiefest. She shares some information and images from that event here. On 25 and 26 August 2017, in Belgium, a tiny country in Europe,...
Sep 29, 2017 | Canada, Children, loose parts, Photos, play conference, play frames, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, presentations, Tour, video, workshop
By Morgan 9 weeks. 10,000 miles. 18 stops. The Pop-Up Adventure Play team has met and played with literally thousands of people, from coast to coast, in big cities and small towns, on mountains and in prairies, in parks and schools and lecture halls, with new friends...
Sep 12, 2017 | Canada, Children, Morgan, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, Tour, workshop
By Morgan Well, we’re on the final stretch of our Grand Canadian Tour! Our last stop in BC was Surrey and included both a pop-up adventure playground and a screening of The Land. These two events were hosted by Child Care Options and gave us the chance to meet folks...
Sep 9, 2017 | adults, box, Canada, Children, dens, loose parts, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
By Andy Midway through our tour we received an email from Jade from a local Chinese Immigrant family group based in Richmond, on the outskirts of Vancouver. This confirmed our fourth stop in Vancouver, which would be sandwiched between a first-time community Pop-Up at...
Sep 8, 2017 | box, Canada, Children, family, loose parts, moments, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
By Morgan At pop-up adventure playgrounds, we get to meet children in public space. Nowadays, that means meeting them within the circle of their parents and caregivers. When we’re supporting play, we sometimes get a peek into a child’s world or the world of their...
