Pop Up Play Village in Chester, Wrexham, Whitchurch and Nantwich

27/08/2024

Here’s our 10 reasons why we think our parties are stress free and perfect for young children:

- You don’t need to do any prep on the build up to the party, we will have the entertainment covered for the whole duration of the party.

- Each Pop Up Play Village party is unique as the birthday child and their family can pick out the play areas that they would like. This is such a special thing to do and it builds up excitement for the party.

- Our village is flexible to suit the space which means we can run big or small parties in a large or a smaller space, in a venue or even in your house. The choice is yours to make!

- On the day of the party, there is no setting up required when you book a party with us. We do all the setting up of the entertainment so that you can enjoy getting ready for the party with your little one.

- On arrival at a Pop Up Play Village party, we find that the children settle quickly into enjoying the party. Sometimes parties can be daunting for little ones but we find that because our village is child led exploratory play, they get stuck in playing straight away.

- Our parties are brilliant for mixed ages which is great as there are often a variety of ages attending a party and it enables all children to have a great time together.

- We often get complimented by guests that our parties are calm and relaxed which tends to mean the children are happy and engrossed in their play. Our village is fun, engaging and can entertain children for hours as the children let their imaginations run wild.

- At our parties, it is not just about the children, we want the adults attending to have a great time too. Whilst the children are engrossed in their play, adults can enjoy the occasion and socialise with friends and family.

- At the end of a party, the little ones are usually tired and the last thing you want to do is to spend ages tidying up. Our village is mess free and we tidy and pack it all up.

- After the party is over, you will have the special memories captured through the party photos that we have taken for you. We love capturing these special moments!

DM or Email [email protected] for more info!

27/08/2024

We absolutely love working in schools and early years settings! The excitement and joy that children get as they are learning through role play is incredible to be a part of. The learning that is taking place is so powerful as the children are in the driving seat to their learning and their learning has a real purpose to them.
We have EYFS, KS1 and KS2 curriculum planning that ties in beautifully with our role play areas to offer a high quality, educational role play experience that supports the learning that a group of children are currently covering in school. It is an amazing and unique way for children to learn.
Would you like to find out more about what we can offer in schools and early years settings? Do just send us a message, we would love to tell you more!

19/08/2024

I'm on holiday this week, so there are no play sessions.

Next week we'll be back in Malpas Community Church on Friday 30th August - 10.15-11.30am.

Spaces available to book online:
https://popupplayvillage.co.uk/pop-up-play-village-in-and-around-chester-wrexham-whitchurch-and-nantwich/

We'll be back at Tushingham Primary School on Tues 3rd September, 10.30-11.45am.

See you all soon!

Kelly

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18/08/2024

We're off on holiday today and I've heard there's going to be no WiFi or data 😱

As I won't be able to pick up messages or emails until Friday, please be patient and rest assured that I will get back to you on Saturday, when we return home.

Bookings can continue to be made in this time for our upcoming sessions in Malpas (30th Aug) and Tushingham Primary School (3rd September)

Have a great week.

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17/08/2024

NSPCC Fundraiser!

We are running a prize draw to raise vital funds for the NSPCC. The support that the NSPCC provide to children that need it is so important and without fundraising, it wouldn't be possible.

We have teamed up with 14 brands to provide 18 prizes in our prize draw! Each prize will be drawn individually so there are 18 winners! These prizes are incredible, we are so grateful for all of these businesses below for their support with this fundraiser.

- Pop Up Play Village UK – 2 x £50 Pop Up Play Village vouchers
- Ravertots - Family tickets to an event of choice
- Keel Toys - Toy bundle
- Pebble - 2 x £20 vouchers
- LittleStarts Gift Cards - £50 voucher
- Mud and Bloom - Subscription box
- Buscot Farm - 1 night glamping stay in Berkshire
- Pretend to Bee - Outfit of your choice
- SmartSignz - 30 x 20 inch canvas print
- Jiggly Wrigglers UK - 2 x £50 vouchers
- Le Toy Van - Sky Doll House
- Le Toy Van - Petit Activity Cube, Ice Lolly Set and Wooden Chocolate Cake
- ThreadBear - Toy bundle
- £10 Amazon voucher
- Orchard Toys - £50 voucher

To enter our prize draw, all you have to do is click on the link below and donate to the NSPCC. There is no minimum or maximum amount to donate, anything you can donate to this cause will be very much appreciated. Please do enter your name on the fundraiser to enter the prize draw.

Here's the Just Giving link to donate and enter the draw:
https://buff.ly/3M5uwpJ

The prize draw will be drawn on Friday 6th September at 1pm. This competition is in no way associated with Facebook or Instagram.

If you can share this fundraiser with your friends and family, we would very much appreciate it, let's raise a great amount for the NSPCC. Thanks very much for your support.

15/08/2024

In our village, we have big play spaces for a very important reason, so that families and friends can play together!

With the design of Pop Up Play Village being open plan, we have been able to create wonderful, big play spaces. Not only are they big, but they are also equipped with so many resources so that children can play alongside and with each other.

There's nothing better than seeing a group of several families playing and socialising together in just one of our play areas or on a school visit seeing a big group of children all playing together in the same space. This makes it such a sociable place to come and play and encourages the development of personal, social and emotional skills as well as supporting communication and language development.

We absolutely love our village and the opportunities that it provides for families! 🥰

13/08/2024

What makes a fun and inspirational play experience for your child?

Every child is unique each with their own interests, what one child might find a fun and inspirational play experience may be different to that of another. That is why child led play is so important. Through child led play, each child is in the driving seat. They can lead their own learning and take their play into an experience that is fun for them and inspires them to want to play more.

Here at Pop Up Play Village, we have created an open plan, child led role play experience where the children can do just this, they can lead their own learning in a fun, play based environment. We set up the play areas before our visitors arrive never knowing in what direction the children are going to use our play areas to inspire their play. For example, one child may use our construction site to build a house whilst another may decide to use the bricks in the construction to create shapes. There are no set ways to play at Pop Up Play Village and no play session is ever the same.

As children start to play in our village, their play does often change direction depending on what others are doing around them. Children are influenced by how other children play in our village. This is such a great opportunity for children to learn from each other and to develop their social skills. How children are playing in our play areas inspires those around them to try new ideas and to experiment in new ways that they may not have thought of before. The children really do own the play space together creating a fun, inspiring and sociable place to play.
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08/08/2024

When children play, they learn about themselves and their world in a safe environment. Through Pop Up Play Village we are able to provide an immersive experience for the children which allows them to explore new things while also developing social skills by engaging with others around different topics of interest. Play is such a powerful way for children to learn.

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07/08/2024

Take a look at our blog all about the importance of child led play written by our franchisor Becky:

Child led play is when children choose how they play, what they play with and the play can go in any direction that the child chooses. Before I launched Pop Up Play Village when I was an Early Years teacher, time for child led play was such an important part of the daily school day. It enabled the children to practise and use the skills that they had been learning at their own pace, in their own way and for a purpose. Child led play is such a powerful way to learn and grow as it puts children right in the driving seat encouraging children to learn independently as well as having support and guidance from others around them.

When Pop Up Play Village was designed back in 2016, it was designed to be completely child led. As soon as our little visitors arrive, they have the whole time to explore our role play village in any way that they choose. Our set up is purposefully open plan without any backdrops or barriers so that grown ups can see their children at all times no matter where they are in the room but also to enable children to explore the village as they wish. By being open plan, children can see all of the play areas available to explore and use their imaginations to make connections with one play area to another. For example, sometimes the construction site moves location because a new building site is taking place in a different part of the room, the bricks are transported to the new site and the building commences! Another example is when the supermarket food is taken over to the hospital to feed the poorly patients and help them to get better. By the end of a role play class, our village can look very different to how it was set up to start with and it just shows that the children have completely owned their play time and explored our village in a way that benefits and supports their development.

Through child led play, children can develop a sense of who they are in a safe and secure environment where they can express their thoughts and feelings. This brings a high level of learning as the learning is purposeful and relevant for the child.

07/08/2024

It's National Play Day today! The theme this year is all about supporting play, fun and friendships! We thought we would share our Facebook group called Role Play Ideas and Inspiration as it features so many different play activities that you can pick and choose from. The ideas are using everyday resources that you might have at home and using them to create some brilliant role play areas for your little ones to enjoy! Here's the link: https://buff.ly/4fhVHLg

05/08/2024

Can spot the photos taken in our role play village yesterday at Chester Racecourse Family Funday!
Great photos Chester Standard of a fab day!

There were some unusual runners taking to the track at this year's Family Fun Day at Chester Racecourse on Sunday.

05/08/2024

Here's where our role play village will be popping up next week....

📆 Tuesday 13th August

📍Tushingham Primary School (in the hall)

🕚 10.30-11.45am

AND

📆 Friday 16th August

📍Prees Village Hall

🕚 10.30-11.45am

Come along and join us for 75 minutes of uninterrupted, imaginative role play fun!

Don't forget your socks, our play village is a shoe free zone!

Spaces available to book for both sessions. Book online via the link below:

https://popupplayvillage.co.uk/pop-up-play-village-in-and-around-chester-wrexham-whitchurch-and-nantwich/

See you next week!

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05/08/2024

As we start week 3...
Are you thriving or surviving the summer holidays?🤪

03/08/2024

This was written by our franchisor, Becky:
Let’s put the spotlight on our wedding service today and how it all came about! Just in the same way that Pop Up Play Village was created, our wedding service came about because I was attending a wedding with my own children and I found it very stressful! I love weddings but attending them with young children is so hard when the children have to be quiet at certain times of the day such as through the wedding speeches and there isn’t much for them to do to keep them entertained throughout the whole day. I remember taking a giant bag with me to one wedding full of toys, clothes, food just in case I should need them which I did. I was running classes and birthday parties at the time and I remember thinking that we could fill another gap in the market by providing entertainment for the little guests at weddings and take away the stress that parents go through when they bring children along to weddings. Weddings are great with children attending, I had 16 children attending my own wedding, I loved it and I know if I had the option to provide entertainment for them, I would have done.

That’s how our wedding service was initially started, now we offer many different packages and options to choose from so that the entertainment we provide is tailored to each and every wedding. Every wedding is special and unique and so is the entertainment that we provide.

If you know someone or if you are getting married soon, do get in contact with us for some further information, we would love to make the special day that extra bit special.

01/08/2024

Here's where you will find us this month!

Booking link below:
https://popupplayvillage.co.uk/pop-up-play-village-in-and-around-chester-wrexham-whitchurch-and-nantwich/

01/08/2024

COMPETITION TIME!

Follow the instructions below to enter!
Entry must be posted on Pop Up Play Village UK page to count.
Good luck!! 🍀

The 1st of August! Time for our August monthly competition today where we are giving away a £20 voucher to one lucky winner to spend with their local Pop Up Play Village franchise! Very exciting!

This could be used to get £20 worth of tickets for play sessions or it could go towards one of our other services such as a party booking! The £20 voucher will be valid to use within 6 months and you must live within one of our franchise locations where we run events and services.

To be in with a chance to win, you need to like and comment on this post with why you want to win.

This competition will only run until tonight at 8pm! Then we will pick one winner at random from the competition entries on both our Facebook and Instagram Pop Up Play Village UK pages! If you enter, we wish you the best of luck!

This competition is in no way associated with Facebook or Instagram.

01/08/2024

We still have spaces available for Friday's play session at Garden Village Hall 10.45am-12.00pm.

Join us for 75 minutes of imaginative role play fun!!

Our role play village is suitable for all children who love to role play, especially those aged 0-8 years. It's perfect for mixed age siblings and great family fun. We'll be bringing 5 of the following role play areas:
🔨Construction site
🍼Baby nursery
📖Library
🍽Cafe
🩺Hospital
🐶🐱vets
🛒supermarket
🚓🚑🚒emergency services
& 🖍Art Studio

Pre-booking is advised due to us having a maximum capacity, numbers are limited to ensure everyone has a fun play experience.

To book, click the link below:
https://popupplayvillage.co.uk/pop-up-play-village-in-and-around-chester-wrexham-whitchurch-and-nantwich/

Complimentary drinks and biscuits will be available.

DON'T FORGET YOUR SOCKS as we ask you to remove your shoes and to wear socks in the play areas, in order to keep the play areas clean and hygienic!

I can't wait to see you all soon!

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01/08/2024

Trainmaster and Pop-up Play Village have teamed up to bring you the ultimate play experience!!
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If your little ones love role play and trains, then this is the play session for you!

Tickets go live at 6pm! Check back in to get your tickets later today!!

📍 Guilden Sutton Village Hall, Chester

📅 Friday 1st November

🕚 11am - 12:15pm & 12:45pm-2pm

31/07/2024

Please take a look at the post written by our franchisor, Becky.
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Our children’s mental health is a priority. As parents and carers, we strive to have happy and healthy children and support them in any way we can. I don’t know about you but with so much going on in our children’s lives, it is often hard to know how best to support them especially when we aren’t with them all of the time and don’t always know what situations they have faced each day. My children are 8 and 10 years old now and this is what I particularly find difficult. They spend so much time at school and when they come home and they haven’t had a particularly good day or they are quiet about their day, it is sometimes hard to work through it with them and know how best to support them.

No child is the same so there will never be a strategy or best way to offer support. Our children also develop and change so much whilst they grow up so ways of supporting your child will inevitably change over time.

I think a key priority is talking with our children. Talking through each day and offering guidance where we can. Consider the best time to talk about their day, for example a special time at night time before they go to bed reflecting on the greatest parts about their day and then something that wasn’t so great. Our children are in the driving seat to their mental well being but we can be there on the side lines cheering them on and boosting their confidence as much as possible. Talking is so important and the power of speech goes a very long way.

If you have a child who struggles to get out their words or talk about their day then the thumbs up, thumbs down strategy might work well. You ask your child questions which they can answer with thumbs up or thumbs down. Start the questions off very light and simple. Did you enjoy our journey into school today? Did you eat a nice lunch today? Then if you suspect something you could ask was everyone nice to you today? They can simply answer with thumbs up or thumbs down.

I came across this quote from Charlie Mackesy and absolutely love it:

‘Tears fall for a reason and they are your strength, not weakness’ - Charlie Mackesy

Children learning about different emotions, expressing emotions and learning strategies to deal with different emotions is so important as they grow and fundamental in order to manage their mental health.

I just want to conclude by saying that as parents, supporting our children’s mental health is tough and there is no one solution. All we can do is be there to support and guide our children and do the best we can. If you need someone to talk to, supporting each other in our journey as parents is important too. You can reach out to any of our Pop Up Play Village team, we would be more than happy to listen.

30/07/2024

Here at Pop Up Play Village, we have six core values that underpin everything that we do. They are so important to us to ensure that all of our visitors both adults and children have a great time and to ensure that our village is suitable and beneficial for all of our little visitors. Here they are:

- Fuel Imaginations
- Safe and Secure
- High Quality Play Areas
- Fun Play Spaces
- Inspire Learning
- Nurture and Care

To find out more about how our village incorporates these values, do take a read of our blogs all about them. Our franchisor Becky has written a blog about each individual value here: https://buff.ly/3IBsY4b

26/07/2024

The boys are here waiting to welcome you! Malpas Community Church

26/07/2024

There are still a few spaces available for this morning's play session from 10.15am to 11.30am.

Spaces can be booked online until the session start time (link below)

https://popupplayvillage.co.uk/pop-up-play-village-in-and-around-chester-wrexham-whitchurch-and-nantwich/

Alternatively, we will be allowing walk-ins if we are not at capacity. We can accept cash or card payments on arrival. Once we reach capacity walk ins will be turned away, so if you do want to come it is advisable to book ahead.

I can't wait to see you all tomorrow!

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25/07/2024

ARE THE KIDS BORED ALREADY?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOME INSPIRATION FOR THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH THEM?
LOOK NO FURTHER!
If you are looking for something to do at home with your little ones, do take a look at our Resource Hub over on our website! There's so many activities to choose from and they are free to download!

Here's the link: https://buff.ly/3###lnV