Latest
Adventures
Latest
Adventures
Latest
Adventures
Latest Adventures
Guest writer: My First Pop-Up Adventure Playground
Sarah first approached us about Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds about a year ago. Her enthusiasm for the model, and her can-do attitude was refreshing in busy London. We are very pleased that she found an opportunity to have a Pop-Up in her community. Additionally, we...
Where in the World Should Team Pop-Ups Go?
By Zan A couple of years ago, I declared to Morgan that we would go on a tour of the USA. I'm not sure that she took me seriously. I'm not even sure I took myself seriously. But around 6 months later, we were sat in a tiny yellow car in snowy Massachusetts and we set...
10 Reasons Why You Should Register Your Independent Pop-Up Adventure Playground
We started hosting pop-up adventure playgrounds in 2010. Since then, they've been held in Australia, Bogota, Cairo, New York and in more than 14 countries all around the world, by Pop-Ups staff and by independent organisers. The response to these events and...
Welcome New Tutors!
As you know, we're super excited about the Playworker Development Course. We've been running it for 2 years now with 82 students from 12 countries. In March, we were shortlisted for the Playwork Training Provider Award at the UK National Playwork Conference. All this...
Celebrating National Children’s Day
We were excited today to be celebrating National Children's Day this year in Bradford. Andy, one of our Board members and I ran a little Pop-Up today! We did a little promoting, brought loads of loose parts, did a little staging and let the children come to us! Here...
GUEST WRITER: Popping Up in Newtown
By Kelly Paredes Kelly and her team are one of our independent organisers, running Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds to support their work in their community. She works with Ben's Lighthouse, an organisation committed to putting children first. Here is Kelly's account of...
A Frolic Adventure in Hurstbridge: Guest Writer
We met Nicole when we were on tour in Australia and had a great time with her and Justine, together known as Journey Into Play. They have just started a new side project called Frolic where they are hoping to run Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds in their locality. We're...
GUEST WRITER: Swan Hill Harmony Day
By Joelle Whiting We met Joelle in Swan Hill when we were on tour in Australia. It was boiling hot during the days we were in Swan Hill, so we are really pleased that these folk paid attention even in the uncomfortable weather and decided to do a Pop-Up Adventure...
The New Adventure Playground Movement – Available for Purchase
It is with great joy and excitement that we announce that our book, the new Adventure Playground Movement is now available for purchase directly from us! Here's a bit about our book: "When Morgan Leichter-Saxby and Suzanna Law got into their little yellow car for the...
My Playwork Moment: Guest Writer
Justine was one half of Journey into Play, an Australia based Professional Development group that worked with Malarkey. We had just finished touring together. She was a student in our Playworker Development Course and spent a lot of time with us during our visit to...