Fairytale Town Pop-Up Adventure Play Day

Join us for a day celebrating play at the future home of the Sacramento Adventure Playground! Children and adults will work together to create their own play structures and spaces by re-purposing everyday items such as cardboard boxes,  tubes, pipes, wood and magazines, plus household wares, natural elements and unexpected items such as colorful fabric and old computer keyboards.

Families are requested to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get messy. The event will take place rain or shine.

While the Pop-Up Adventure Play Day is a one-day event, plans are afoot to establish a year-round Adventure Playground at the Maple Neighborhood Center.

The Pop-Up Adventure Playground is based on the concept of Adventure Playgrounds in Europe. After World War II, landscape and playground architects noticed that children spent more time playing in the war rubble than they did in structured playgrounds. They observed that children were more engaged in play in spaces they created themselves and thought that these non-traditional environments inspired imaginative, collaborate and thoughtful play.
Donations Needed

Help us create the Pop-Up Adventure Play Day. Requested items include:

Recyclable materials, such as cardboard boxes, tubes and magazines;
Household items like paint, paint brushes, string, rope, yarn and old bed sheets;
Natural objects like sticks, twigs, acorns and bean pods; and
Miscellaneous items like bright fabrics, parachutes, old computer keyboards or musical instruments.

Donated items can be dropped off at the Pop-Up Adventure Playground site at Maple Neighborhood Center from 2-6 PM on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from February 15 through February 26 or by special appointment. Contact Kathy Fleming at (916) 808-7060 to make an appointment. Items can also be brought on the day of the event. All items must be clean and free of sharp objects.

More info on the project: http://www.fairytaletown.org/maple-community-center-project/

Written by Keilah Woodard

My love for exploring and creating experiences with my three kids led to the founding of SacramentoSidetracks.com in 2009. I realized that Sacramento has so much to offer and I was excited to share my findings with other parents. Besides simply having fun, these are the other positive side effects of taking my kids on outings that I’ve discovered: we have quality time together away from the distractions at home, we cultivate our curiosity, learn new things, conversations are triggered by what we see and do, we connect and bond as a family, and we create new memories. Ready to get sidetracked, too? Let me be your guide!