Latest Adventures
Giving Thanks for Our Charity
After a year of extensive paperwork and numerous challenges, we are thrilled to announce that Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) is officially a registered charity. As one of the founding members, I take pride in reflecting on the journey. After a whole year of seemingly...
Pop-Up Adventure Play on the Go!
By Morgan Greetings from London! I'm feeling tres international fabulous today, having rolled into London from Belgium. We're working with C.I.S. on a Youth in Action EU-funded project called Play(ce) To Be. It's intended to bring together people in the overlapping...
The Global Cardboard Challenge
By Morgan Regarding the Global Cardboard Challenge, we first ask this: Have you seen the Caine's Arcade video? Since April 2012, it has over 10 million views. Moreover, it accumulates roughly $250,000 in donations for a scholarship fund for Caine. What makes this...
A Mini Pop-Up In Action…In Manhattan’s Lower East Side
I had the great honour of helping our friend - artist Laura Nova - with a mini pop-up celebration in her Lower East Side neighbourhood's summer festival. For those of you unfamiliar with our pop-up adventure playground model, mini pop-ups are the small-scale version...
Pop-Up Play Shop Paignton
By Morgan Another Pop-Up Play Shop flowered recently, in Paignton, Devon. Play Torbay had invited us down to be a part of Children's Week - an annual celebration of and for children, that has been going for 60 years! Most of Children's Week happens along the seafront,...
Pop-Up Adventure Play at MoMA
What could be better than visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)? Imagine being able to do whatever you like with what you find. Plus, the security staff are completely supportive! On August 10, 2012, Pop-Up Adventure Play collaborated with some of the wonderful...
A Jubilee Street Party with Pop-Up Adventure Play
Our family has lived on this road for around 15 years. There are 11 houses and no-one has ever thought to get the 11 families together to do anything! So I took it into my own hands to get my immediate community together. I popped round to all of their houses and then...
Spirit of Adventure Play Conference 2012
By Zan Morgan and I were lucky enough to attend the Spirit of Adventure Play Conference this year, and we were both very excited. Play Wales organises this conference every year, and it is arguably the best playwork conference in the UK. I know I had a lot of fun...
Pop-Up Adventure Play on Earth…Part 2!
The butterflies have been swooping and dancing outside my 14th-floor window for the past couple of days. I think they want to play! Here we are... Last weekend witnessed some pretty fabulous Earth Week, pop-up adventure playgrounds -- one in Austin, TX and the other...
Three Pop-Up Adventure Play Videos
I'd like to share a few lovely pop-up play videos that we've made from Pop-Up Adventure Play moments. These videos beautifully capture the essence of what we do, showcasing our approach to play in diverse and engaging ways. 1) An introduction to many moments This...