Dec 30, 2012 | Belgium, Charity, Global Network, Largo, MoMA, photo, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, street party, UK, US, Zan
By Zan At the end of every year, the holiday festivities always gives us a moment to look back on the last 12 months and reflect. For Pop-Up Adventure Play, this really has been some year! In the US: We did training in Largo, Florida which amounted to a city-wide play...
Dec 11, 2012 | Belgium, Children, Morgan, Photos, Play, Playwork, playworker
By Morgan I went to Belgium! It was as part of a Youth In Action-funded international training program and followed on from a trip I made to Leuven last February. Time for some adventures in Belgium – through play, of course! The organizer, Joost Capiau...
Oct 29, 2012 | adventure playground, Belgium, London, Morgan, Play, Playwork
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...
Oct 1, 2012 | Cardboard, Global Network, Morgan, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play
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...
Sep 5, 2012 | Children, loose parts, Mini Pop-Up, NYC, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
By Sharon Yesterday, 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,...
Sep 1, 2012 | Children, photo, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-Up Play Shop, video
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...
Sep 1, 2012 | Children, collaboration, family, fun, junk, loose parts, MoMA, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By Sharon What could be better than visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)? Well, when you’re allowed to do whatever you like with what you find… and when the security staff are totally on your side! On August 10, 2012, Pop-Up Adventure Play collaborated with...
May 18, 2012 | Play, play conference, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-Up Play Shop
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...
Apr 26, 2012 | moments, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, video
I’d like to share a few lovely videos that we’ve made from Pop-Up Adventure Play moments. These moments capture the essence of what we do, in many different ways. 1) An Introduction to Many Moments This is a video that introduces Pop-Up Adventure Play to...
Apr 12, 2012 | imagination, nature play, Play, Sharon
At Pop-Up Adventure Play, we extensively discuss using everyday materials like cardboard boxes, wood scraps, fabric, rope and tape to create play spaces. Sometimes, play’s loose parts manifest in the ongoing narrative with a child, shaped by the immediate...
Mar 29, 2012 | blog, feedback, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Zan
By Suzanna The Pop-Up Adventure Play team are new to the blogging world. We have lots of ideas for future posts, but I myself am curious about you. What would you like to read about? What would you like Pop-Up Adventure Play to write about and post up on their blog?...
