Find out what the Maryhill Group got up to during our Picnic & Play session at the Community Central Halls!

Tuesday 2nd July 2024

What can be more Summery than a picnic?… Licketyspits’ Picnic & Play! Even on a rainy day!

We met our Maryhill friends at the Community Central Hall this morning since the rain got a wee bit too heavy to play outside but did not stop us gathering and playing together.

We had exciting news to share about our upcoming Storyplay Festival happening on Saturday 13th of July at the fantastic Meadow & Children’s Wood: a festival of imaginary play, adventures, friends and food where you are the guest and the host all at once!.

We got warmed up and played some favourite Licketyspit games including an ‘up-in-the-clouds and down to the Mermaid Lagoon’ Magic Ball adventure! We then created self-portraits for bunting to decorate the Maryhill Den for the Storyplay Festival. That’s right!! Each hub of Licketyspits’ friends from all around Glasgow are going to make their own DEN at the Festival for all to visit and enjoy different fun offerings!.

The Maryhill families decided they wanted to create their very own song to perform at the Storyplay Festival. So we got to it after our lovely picnic and oh it was so much fun!

Together we came up with great rhymes and moves. And it wasn’t that difficult actually as we were already fired up thanks to playing all our imaginary games! So the ideas kept flowing and the Magic Ball adventure had us all totally inspired!- Singing with the mermaid had us all grooving!

Feeling tired?

Try moving around!

Find the courage to JUMP through a cloud!

Pick a balloon,

Learn a new tune,

Fly through the air,

Make friends with a bear,

With the wind in your hair …..

(What next? You’ll have to wait for more Maryhill Rhyming at the Storyplay Festival!)

All in all a most brilliant Picnic & Play reconnecting with each other playing, eating, creating and planning for our big Summer Storyplay Festival where we’ll get to meet other Licketyspit’s friends and families!

Can’t wait to see yous all there!!

Lots of love,

Steven, Sarah, Andre, Virginia, Taz & the Maryhill friends

There’s lots of ideas and activities to get you playing at home. Try our interactive videos! Including…

• Making with Iona
• Cooking with Taz
• Exploring with Jack
• Funky Chicken
• Grandma Grandma

and many more!

Find out more about what’s happening at Licketyspit by clicking on the button.

We have some Lickety Mums who volunteer at our Porridge & Play sessions as Storyplay Champions.

If you would like to find out more about Storyplay Champion training and volunteering, click on this button or get in touch with us on cfn@licketyspit.com