Mini Makers: Messy Play

Thursdays | 11 September, 2 October, 6 November & 4 December 2025 | 10.30am - 12pm & 1.30pm – 3.00pm Show all dates and times

Creative fun for little hands and feet in these informal art sessions.

Drop in | £2.50 per child, including babies | Adults go FREE* | Pay on the door

Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis

Herbert Entry fee applies for adults | Designed for ages 0 - 4

There is tons of creative fun for little hands and feet in this relaxed and engaging art session. Babies and toddlers will have the opportunity to explore various materials across the sessions including paint, glitter, paste, sand, clay, slimy spaghetti, chalk and much more.

Messy play is an important element of early childhood development, appealing to children’s curiosity and helping them to understand the world through their senses. These sessions will also expose them to early mark making, enabling them to develop good concentration, muscle control and encourage their imaginations.
Be prepared to get messy for both children and adults!  

Upcoming themes:   

11 September – Autumn Adventures  
Come and play in autumn's magical colours! Discover swirling golds, fiery reds and sunshine yellows! Your little ones will love making bird feeders for garden friends, creating leaf-print trees, and crafting adorable hedgehogs. Explore our woodland sensory trays filled with crunchy leaves, smooth pebbles and natural treasures. Make woodland mandalas. 

 
2 October – Pumpkin Potions
This October, join the fairies and goblins for a magical adventure! Dive into our sensory trays of fizzing pumpkin potions and shimmering sparkle dust, practice mark-making to bring enchanted fairy creatures to life, create a glowing moon from tin foil printing and get wonderfully messy with squelchy jelly (gelatine-free) and more. 

 

6 November – Lest We Forget
For Remembrance Day, join us to create beautiful poppies using soft cupcake cases and painted handprints. Children can then paint shiny golden medals and explore our remembrance sensory trays filled with red rice, squelchy mud, and crinkly paper. 

 

4 December – Merry Makers
Join us for wonderful, creative, festive fun! Little ones can stomp around Santas's path, making sooty footprints. They can dive into trays of cinnamon-scented cloud dough that smell like Christmas cookies and play in fluffy white snow. Then, create gorgeous handprint  

It is advisable that you and your child wear items of clothing that you are happy to risk getting paint on. Whilst the paint is water based it may stain if not washed out quickly. Many of our regular visitors have a dedicated 'messy' outfit for the purposes of enjoying this session to its fullest extent, with a spare outfit to change into afterwards.