We are surrounded by ponds, parks and playgrounds – some within walking distance, others just a short drive away. I had heard about Paint and Play in four of the parks close by since Arddun and I joined Mother’s Group last year, but it wasn’t until today that we decided to drop in and take a look around.
I had pictured a rather lame setting of a small table, some watercolours, and maybe two older kids painting the grass blue. I had also imagined Arddun wanting to eat said watercolours, upsetting the small table, or else getting pushed out of the way by these imaginary older kids armed with paintbrushes soaked with blue watercolours. So I was VERY pleasantly surprised to see the Harrison playground scattered with clusters of happy toddlers busy at work.
I mean, we’re talking about some pretty impressive levels of organisation for an informal weekly morning shindig. There were activity stations – so you could play with dinosaurs, or tinker at musical instruments, or heap dirt in toy trucks, or mold play dough, or burrow through tunnels, or do something else I didn’t manage to look at because we ran out of time.
And oh yes – paint!

And the finished product:

21 November 2012 at 8:43 pm
isnt p&P so fantastic – incredible that it’s FREE and yes, so well resourced and set up! we love it but havent been for ages w me being sick – this post reminds me to get back into it!
21 November 2012 at 10:14 pm
It is! I am heartily impressed. Arddun’s just the right age now to enjoy all of it, too. We had a ball today! Will try the one in Forde tomorrow, perhaps!
22 November 2012 at 12:04 pm
It looks like an appreciative audience watching a singer belting out tunes.
22 November 2012 at 1:37 pm
Looks like she had fun :) I’d forgotten about P&P. What days and times is it on in Harrison and Ford? (lol…Harrison Forde lol)
28 November 2012 at 12:00 am
Oops! Realised I never got back to you on this!
It’s 9:45am to 11:00am most of the time.
Wednesdays – Harrison (Mullion Park, cnr Encounter and Katoomba Streets)