Pop Up Play Village UK

  • Home
  • Pop Up Play Village UK

Pop Up Play Village UK Pop up Play Village is an exciting play experience for children who love to role play!

It's Children's Mental Health Week this week. Our franchisor Becky has recently written a blog focusing on children's me...
03/02/2025

It's Children's Mental Health Week this week. Our franchisor Becky has recently written a blog focusing on children's mental health and how we can support our children through their childhood. Take a read of the blog here:

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 11 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.

It's time for our February monthly competition today where we are giving away a £20 voucher to one lucky winner to spend...
03/02/2025

It's time for our February 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 or love this post and let us know why you would love to win!

This competition will run until Thursday 6th February at 1pm! 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.

Our competition winner has been drawn for our birthday giveaway! A huge congratulations to Rachelle Harper! 🎊
02/02/2025

Our competition winner has been drawn for our birthday giveaway!

A huge congratulations to Rachelle Harper! 🎊

01/02/2025

Julie and Alison at Pop Up Play Village Cleethorpes celebrated Chinese New Year in the village this week! Amazing photos! 😍

Don’t just take our word for it……Katie from Pop Up Play Village - East Herts & North West Essex recently did a return vi...
01/02/2025

Don’t just take our word for it……

Katie from Pop Up Play Village - East Herts & North West Essex recently did a return visit at a nursery and here’s what they had to say.

If you work in a nursery, preschool or school and are looking for a fun, educational engaging and exciting role play experience for your children then get in touch today. With over 25 locations across the UK we would love to bring Pop Up Play Village along for a visit 😊

February is fast approaching which means our Valentines themed play sessions are popping up soon! This theme is not to b...
30/01/2025

February is fast approaching which means our Valentines themed play sessions are popping up soon! This theme is not to be missed! Take a look on our website to see if one of our Valentines themed classes is coming to a venue near you:
https://buff.ly/3bIiCD2

Let's introduce you to Hayley who owns Pop Up Play Village in West Sussex! We absolutely love having Hayley in our team!...
29/01/2025

Let's introduce you to Hayley who owns Pop Up Play Village in West Sussex! We absolutely love having Hayley in our team! Here's some more info about Hayley:

Hi, I’m Hayley and I run Pop Up Play Village - West Sussex. I am married to Russ, we have two wonderful little girls Grace and Penny and a crazy chihuahua, Esteban. I have a CACHE diploma in child care and education level 3 and I am a Norland Nanny.
I have worked in nurseries, schools, and as a professional nanny, working around the world. I have also worked as a children’s swim and a gym class instructor. I love working with children and their families. I am so excited to be a part of Pop Up Play Village. Role play is an amazing way to have fun and learn.

We are 8 years old today! Happy Birthday to Pop Up Play Village HQ! 🎉 To celebrate and to say a great big thank you to e...
28/01/2025

We are 8 years old today! Happy Birthday to Pop Up Play Village HQ! 🎉

To celebrate and to say a great big thank you to each and every one of you that has supported our Pop Up Play Village journey, we are running a competition!

We are giving away 8 prizes to one lucky winner to celebrate 8 years of Pop Up Play Village! These are the prizes:

- Branded cafe apron
- Branded colouring book
- Branded hot cup
- Branded Outdoor Explorers bag
- Wow Toys Piper the Plane
- Tomy Mood Bears Large Hope Bear
- Le Toy Van Takeaway smoothie trio
- Tenderleaf rocket construction toy

To be in with a chance to win, you need to like and comment on this post with the words Happy Birthday!

This competition will run until next Sunday 2nd at 7pm! 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.

Exciting News! 🎉 We have created Brand New Wellbeing Planning which focuses purely on supporting children's mental healt...
27/01/2025

Exciting News! 🎉

We have created Brand New Wellbeing Planning which focuses purely on supporting children's mental health. Our franchisor Becky has recently completed training on play therapy techniques in order to create this planning. Our Wellbeing Planning uses play therapy techniques and our village play areas to support children's mental health.

We have 7 core areas that our Wellbeing Planning covers. These are:

- Safe Expression and Emotion Regulation
- Developing Self Esteem
- Developing Problem Solving Skills
- Building on Relationships with others
- Developing Communication Skills
- Developing Coping Strategies
- Developing a Sense of Control

Our Wellbeing Planning is aimed at working with children 1:1 or in a small group to focus on one specific area to support their mental health. We can offer sessions in schools and early years settings as well as private sessions for children in their own home.

If you would like any further information, do let us know. We would love to tell you more!

Calling all Heads, Teachers, TAs, Nursery and Preschool Staff, PTA members ⬇️⬇️⬇️We can set up our role play village in ...
27/01/2025

Calling all Heads, Teachers, TAs, Nursery and Preschool Staff, PTA members ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We can set up our role play village in your nursery, pre-school or primary school to offer your children the chance to explore and play in their own unique village.

Choose from a variety of different role play areas to suit your setting. We can theme our village to meet the requirements of a class topic, school value or celebration.

We also have 5 week programmes which focuses on key areas of learning:

- Communication and Language
- Problem Solving
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Writing for a Purpose

In these sessions, we set up our role play village for the children to learn through play with the focus being on developing a specific area of learning as well as the benefits of our village being cross curricular too.

Each week we will build on what we have been learning the previous week so that by the end of the 5 week programme, the children have had a high quality learning experience purely through play.

Do send us a message if you would be interested in more information for your setting or your child's school.

Happy Burns Night to those of you who are celebrating this evening!
25/01/2025

Happy Burns Night to those of you who are celebrating this evening!

Don’t just take our word for it, here is a lovely review from a customer who booked a birthday party with Laura from Pop...
24/01/2025

Don’t just take our word for it, here is a lovely review from a customer who booked a birthday party with Laura from Pop Up Play Village in Maidenhead and Marlow. Thanks very much for the great review Rebecca!

Did you know that as well as popping up our village for play sessions, birthday parties, wedding entertainment , for sch...
24/01/2025

Did you know that as well as popping up our village for play sessions, birthday parties, wedding entertainment , for schools and early years visits and for festivals and fayres, we also run themed classes!

We have such a wealth of themed planning developed by our franchisor Becky, a primary school early years specialist teacher. We use our themed planning to run themed classes and also for private bookings such as school visits where we tie in with a topic that a group of children are learning at school and also we can run themed parties.

Take a look out for themed sessions that are running locally in your area, they are not to be missed and they usually only run for a limited amount of time. To see where we are popping up near you, take a look here: https://buff.ly/3bIiCD2

It's Big Garden Bird Watch tomorrow until 26th January! A great idea is to make some fat balls before watching and recor...
23/01/2025

It's Big Garden Bird Watch tomorrow until 26th January! A great idea is to make some fat balls before watching and recording which birds land in your garden!

Download and follow our bird cake instruction sheet, the link to download is here: https://buff.ly/3T7oear

22/01/2025

Introducing the wonderful Zoe who is the franchise owner of Pop Up Play Village - North East Cornwall! Before running Pop Up Play Village, Zoe was a primary school teacher teaching EYFS and KS1 children for 23 years!

Zoe keeps herself very busy running play sessions in her local area as well as running birthday parties, providing wedding entertainment and popping up for school visits. As well as this, Zoe collaborates with many local businesses in Cornwall too such as cafes, caravan parks and other children’s activity providers to name just a few! Zoe is amazing at what she does and we love having her in our Pop Up Play Village team!

Open Plan for Open Ended Learning Opportunities sits at the heart of our values. Our innovative design gives parents pea...
22/01/2025

Open Plan for Open Ended Learning Opportunities sits at the heart of our values.

Our innovative design gives parents peace of mind. The open plan and low-level activity means you can easily see your little ones at all times, no matter where he or she may play!

Also by having an open plan village, children can see everything that is available for them to explore which enables them to make connections between one play area and another creating a high quality play experience 🥰.

Address


Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Pop Up Play Village UK posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Pop Up Play Village UK:

Videos

It was amazing to work with 8 classes this week at John Rankin Nursery and Infant School. John Rankin have collaborated with us to have their very own Pop Up Play Village kit in their school! We differentiated what we focused on for each year group. For nursery, we focused on the personal, social and emotional area of learning in the EYFS curriculum. For the three reception classes, we focused on the communication and language area of learning in the EYFS curriculum. In year 1, we focused on writing for a purpose with writing opportunities in every play area. It was amazing to see the children so enthusiastic to have a go at the writing challenges whilst role playing. We are back next week to work with year 2 which will be amazing! 🎉 #eyfs #ks1 #ks1teacher #popupplayvillage #schoolvisits #schoolenrichment #roleplayvillage #educationalplay #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagramuk

At Pop Up Play Village HQ, we always celebrate Pop Up Play Village's birthday with a cake! Our kids were super excited and they always make this day very special with how excited they get! The cake was delicious and we all enjoyed celebrating this special day together! 🎉

Introducing the wonderful Zoe who is the franchise owner of Pop Up Play Village - North East Cornwall! Before running Pop Up Play Village, Zoe was a primary school teacher teaching EYFS and KS1 children for 23 years! Zoe keeps herself very busy running play sessions in her local area as well as running birthday parties, providing wedding entertainment and popping up for school visits. As well as this, Zoe collaborates with many local businesses in Cornwall too such as cafes, caravan parks and other children’s activity providers to name just a few! Zoe is amazing at what she does and we love having her in our Pop Up Play Village team!

What a lovely Pop Up Play Village social in Stratford Upon Avon yesterday with Hannah who owns Pop Up Play Village in and around Cannock, Jo who owns Pop Up Play Village West of Wolverhampton and Kelly who owns Pop Up Play Village Chester, Wrexham , Whitchurch and Nantwich! We met at All Bar One and then went to Escape Live. We managed to escape with 10 minutes to spare! We then went to the Dirty Duck Pub for dinner and then on to see The Red Shoes play at The Swan Theatre which was amazing! We finished the evening with a cocktail at Cafe Cocktail which was lovely! 🥰

We are about Fuelling Children’s Imaginations! This is one of our core values and sits at the heart of everything that we do. Why... When a child walks into Pop Up Play Village a whole world of role play opens up to them through all our play areas such as the cafe, supermarket and hospital to name a few. That child is imagining what it is like to be that character using both their knowledge and experience, but their imagination too. It is truly amazing and a powerful way to learn. #popupplayvillage #kidsroleplay #roleplayvillage #mobileroleplayvillage #childrensroleplay #educationalplay #learningthroughplay #childrensfranchise #childrensclassesuk #childrensactivities #childrensevents

Children’s activity providers tell us this isn’t just us? Meet Sanj franchise owner of Pop Up Play Village South East London demonstrating that behind every children’s activity provider there’s a mobile with 16,000 photos of set ups from about 30 different angles 🤣 Sanj is a fabulous member of our Pop Up Play Village team, and provides classes in and around South East London. Her positive, friendly and welcoming personality is contagious and we love her enthusiasm for all the services she offers. She runs classes, provides birthday parties, school visits, wedding entertainment and more, so head to her page to take a look Pop Up Play Village South East London 😊 #childrensactivityproviders #childrensroleplayvillage #childrensplayvillage #childrensactivities #mobileroleplayvillage #childrensfranchiseopportunity #childrensfranchise #childrensfranchises #childrensfranchiseuk #popupplayvillagesoutheastlondon #popupplayvillage

If you haven't been to visit our village before, would you like to find out what our village is like in action? Take a look at our village here!

Having children at your wedding can be magical ✨ We offer bespoke wedding entertainment packages to suit your day and your requirements. If you are getting married in 2025 or even in 2026 contact us today about how we can provide the most wonderful time for the little guests so the big guests can enjoy themselves for the whole day ❤️ #weddings2025 #weddings2026 #weddinginspiration #weddingwithkids #weddingwithchildren #childrenatweddings #kidsatweddings #kidsatwedding #weddingentertainment #kidsentertainmentweddings #weddingcreche #weddingcreches #weddingcrèche #mobileroleplayvillage #childrensroleplayvillage #popupplayvillage

We are different, here’s why? We know that as Teachers you are inundated with children’s activity providers offering you their services and hoping to come in for a visit. With many of our Pop Up Play Village owners being former teachers and Early Years professionals we don’t just come in and provide a play village, we ensure a fully holistic approach to our visits, making sure that all children not only benefit from a developmental and psychological perspective, but they are also building upon their social, emotional and physical needs too. We also fully understand that all schools, preschools and nursery’s are different, so we taylor our visits towards your setting and how you would like things to work. We can offer so many different variations to our visits including ⭐️Individual sessions, half days and full days ⭐️Regular, weekly, fortnightly or monthly classes ⭐️PPA cover ⭐️SEN only sessions ⭐️After school clubs ⭐️PTA Fundraiser Visits The list is endless, but one of the huge benefits is just how simple and easy it is to book with us, you really don’t have to do much at all as we take care of everything on the day. There’s only one thing for you to do and that’s get in touch today. Head to our website to find out more 🙌🏻 #popupplayvillage #roleplayvillage #childrensfranchise #kidsroleplay #childrensroleplayvillage #mobileroleplayvillage #childrensactivities #childrensroleplay #eyfsvisit #eyfsactivities #ks1 #eyfs #ks2 #primaryschoolteachers #primaryschoolteachersuk #primaryschoolteacher #nurseryteacher #nurseryuk #primaryschoolsuk #preschoolactivities #preschoolteacher

We have six core values that underpin everything that we do here at Pop Up Play Village. Today our franchisor Becky is talking about our value Inspire Learning!

Shortcuts

  • Address
  • Opening Hours
  • Alerts
  • Contact The Business
  • Videos
  • Claim ownership or report listing

  • Want your business to be the top-listed Event Planning Service?

Share

Our Story!

Pop Up Play Village is a fun, inspirational place for children from birth to around 8 years old. It is a portable play village that features a supermarket, hospital, baby nursery, vets, construction site, Usborne library and café! On our event days, we also feature an art studio where children can get creative by choosing a craft to decorate and take home.

Children can feed, dress and look after the babies in the nursery. They can be a waiter or order food from the menu at the cafe. At the hospital, they can dress up as a doctor or nurse or be a patient who needs to get better! At the vets, they can bring their poorly pets in or dress up and be a vet themselves! In the supermarket, they can shop, use price lists and pay for food. At the Art Studio, children can get creative! They can choose from a variety of different options and make something to take home and cherish!

For grown-ups, Pop Up Play Village has a cafe selling hot, cold drinks and snacks.

Pop Up Play Village has predefined play sessions on our event days. This allows us to limit the number of children attending each session which ensures a quality play experience for all. At the end of each play session, Pop up Play Village is tidied so that it is ready for the next group of explorers! Play sessions must be pre-booked in advance.