EVERYONE PLAY Workshop!

Sunday the 15^th of September we took over Te Manawa’s Foyer for our ‘Everyone Play’ Workshop. We set up 4 stations for the community to be involved in creating ideas and models for what they would want in the playspace. The ideas and models everyone came up with were so exciting to see and became a real interest for people visiting Te Manawa. One of the coolest parts of the day for us was seeing the adults or parents just as (if not more) excited and engaged with the activities as the kids. 

‘Memory Marks’ got you to think of a childhood memory of play or a favourite play time, write it down and seal it in a bobble to put up on display.

 ‘Vision’ was all about drawing in and mapping out the features you wanted in your ideal play space. It was all about getting that vision out of your head, exploring with colour and explaining those ideas! 

‘Make it’ was the definite hit of the day. Te Manawa and Alistair supplied a ginormous amount of art and craft supplies, so you could bring that vision to life. Mini models were made with a focus on thinking creative and fun! 

‘Capture it’ was the final station, but like good design thinking it didn’t stop there and many ideas kept flowing. The playspace was assembled with all of the feature models, transforming the tellie tubbie hills into a creative fun area that we all wished we could explore in real life. 

Stay tuned for our next update on how the workshop is shaping the next stage in this play space process.