Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 1

2025-09-09T10:56:48+00:00

Whiteinch Blog! 3rd September 2025 Wow wow wow, what a fantastic first week back in Whiteinch! We loved meeting up with old friends again, and introducing them to new friends from Whiteinch Nursery and Whiteinch Primary. The Funky Chicken was joined by the Cheeky Monkey, the Crazy Cat and even the Happy Capybara! Then up we went in our Flying Balloons! Candice saw the River Clyde. Lina saw a boat – it was a pirate boat! With birds and butterflies flying high above. Aaliyah saw a running cat and Elijah heard music from the pirates! Virginia spotted some ice cream and we all flew down for a cone. Deon had a sweet blue ice cream and Gaia had a bubblegum ice-cream. But oh no, Gaia spotted some lava – it was a volcano! And Nina saw people trying to jump into the volcano and a bear entering the lava! With a library card you can take loads of books home! Lucky we were so high up. Just then, a Naughty Seagull popped the balloon and sent us back to earth. When we were back, we transformed into a collection of fun and magical characters. A bit like characters from books! Lots of us took out books and some of us even got our very own library cards for the first time. We can’t wait [...]

Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 12025-09-09T10:56:48+00:00

Picnic & Play with our CRANHILL HUB!

2025-09-02T16:53:54+00:00

The weather was warm, and we had great fun dancing and playing games. Luckily for us, we met some very interesting friends of the Funky Chicken too. There was Annemarie’s Sassy Seahorse, Omar’s Angry Lion and Ahmad’s very Stinky Crab! We also met a very Silly Axolotl and an Old Elephant.   We had lots of fun with a very clever bunch of witches too who had marvelous witchy cackles and some very exciting juices including purple poison and large amounts of seagull juice. Very tasty! Talking of seagulls, we saw some very cheeky ones at the beach who liked sandwiches and muffins. One of them actually swallowed a muffin whole! We all enjoyed a tasty picnic and some yummy ice-cream which was a real treat. Then after all the delicious food we went to explore the beach and had so much fun together, paddling in the sea and finding treasure on the beach. We found pools of water in the sand,bright green seaweed, lots of different shells and even a crab skeleton. It was such a lovely day and just before it was time to go home, we had a game of Olly Olly Octopus which was so much fun! Then it was time to say goodbye to the sand and the waves and the shells and the naughty seagulls and so we all [...]

Picnic & Play with our CRANHILL HUB!2025-09-02T16:53:54+00:00

Picnic & Play with our WHITEINCH & ONLINE HUBS!

2025-09-02T16:49:50+00:00

A very sunny last Picnic & Play of the Summer in Troon Beach and our Whiteinch & Online Hub pals did not hold back… The sun was shining, and our friends were well prepared for Picnic & Play on Troon beach – swimming costumes & goggles, big brothers and sisters, smiles and excitement – fantastic ingredients for a cool day taking Storyplay out and about! We found a great spot on the beach, a big space that seemed to have a circle already drawn on the sand…coincidence? Our circle was big and our warmup busy – we danced, we made ourselves as Big As A Bear and we had a good stretch while taking that beautiful salty sea air in. Of course we played the all time favourite Funky Chicken and we had a Scary Tiger, a Galaxy Axalot, Jumping Starfish and Snapping crocodile amongst other funky animals! ‘Hello My Name Is Joe’ had us all pressing imaginary buttons vigorously and then we had a good round of Witches Fingers – cackling and running away! Love was in the warm air with ‘Letter to my Love’ and after all that the excitement was growing and the hunger was too!...PICNIC TIME! Everyone tucked in and got their energy up to get ready for seashore exploring and swimming! Shahla had brought cinnamon roles for everyone too which [...]

Picnic & Play with our WHITEINCH & ONLINE HUBS!2025-09-02T16:49:50+00:00

Picnic & Play with our CASTLEMILK HUB!

2025-09-02T16:50:44+00:00

Our cheery Castlemilk Hub had a cool day out at Loch Lomond shores!  It was warm and the view from the castle at the top of the hill was so irresistible that some of our youngest friends were immediately drawn to it. They sat on the grass and just took in the view - and then rollie- polled and sausage-rolled down the steep hill!   A country park the size of Balloch always brings on the irresistible desire to RUN! All that beautiful green space right there for you to enjoy - the soft rolling hill, the huge, big sky, the tall trees, the big, wide inviting bushes, the intriguing shore of Loch Lomond covered in beautiful pebbles and stones, the water gently moving. Playing outside can be so exciting, and it sure tickles your imagination - you may imagine yourself in an island hiding away from pirates or in a far-away land looking for water dragons! There were big smiles and even bigger shapes at our Dance Warm Up that of course brought the attention of other visitors - I wonder if they thought they would have a wee happy dance next time they are out visiting somewhere cool!  We also made passers-by stop, listen and smile with our fantastic Funky Chicken animals and we surely had a laugh inventing them!  We had a [...]

Picnic & Play with our CASTLEMILK HUB!2025-09-02T16:50:44+00:00

Picnic & Play season is here! – Troon Beach

2025-09-08T10:40:59+00:00

Picnic & Play is here and Licketyspit is delighted to go on trips with friends from all our Porridge & Play Hubs across Glasgow. Picnic & Play is an opportunity to Storyplay away from our Glasgow neighbourhoods – visiting public spaces in our city - like museums, parks or galleries or visiting outdoor places outside Glasgow, like Troon Beach or Balloch Country Park and bringing Storyplay to all of them! The sky above Troon Beach looked dramatic – a combination of greys with occasional rays of light braking through the clouds. The wind was blowing and there were seagulls screeching loudly while circling in the air through a drizzle of rain. Sound dramatic, right? Well, no drama for our Maryhill Hub friends! – they were full of beans and so very excited about their day out that they almost didn’t feel how fresh it was – one certainly needed a couple of layers on! Graeme and Andy, our drivers dropped us near the promenade so carrying all our bits and bobs for our picnic wasn’t a huge effort and everyone helped so it was even easier. We settled and quickly many of our friends were already running around, digging in the sand or checking out the shore! DANCING ON THE BEACH! Our dance warm up got the attention of folk who were there also enjoying a [...]

Picnic & Play season is here! – Troon Beach2025-09-08T10:40:59+00:00

Forest Storyplay with our Castlemilk Hub!

2025-09-02T16:56:50+00:00

Our Castlemilk Hub pals were excited to take flight at The Children’s Wood! It was delightful to meet and Storyplay with our Castlemilk Pals who were very smiley in the Big Circle and ready to get warmed up and have a go at Funky Chicken. We had a cracking game of Flying Balloons that started with Abu spotting people walking on grass before Taz saw some camels! Then to our amazement Jessica spotted a big tyre swing with a pink dragon on it and Susannah saw a giraffe! There were dinos dancing and dragons making a chicken BBQ with salad – well spotted Fiire! And some penguins with a stall giving out flavoured candy floss Then we met Forest Creatures like a Fighting Dragon, a Unicorn, a Jellyfish, a Ladybug, a Snake and a Flower moving in the wind - amongst others! We also of course met the Wolves who will tell you the time at your own risk! Wolfie Abu lived in a dark scary cave. He had secret jewellery and stuff to sell and he found his watch while digging up a cave. Fiire was Nice Wolfie, who lived in a sky tree house, ate bugs and liked to hang out with her friends. She found her watch - so someone must have lost it! Wolfie Avery liked diamonds and had lived [...]

Forest Storyplay with our Castlemilk Hub!2025-09-02T16:56:50+00:00

Forest Storyplay with our Cranhill Hub!

2025-09-02T16:59:54+00:00

Our bright Cranhill friends brought the sunshine with them to The Children’s Wood last Friday! Excitement was in the air as we all hugged and smiled delighted to be together again for some Storyplay fun. Our circle was BIG and our warm-up was BUSY! We had a very inspired game of Funky Chicken with some fabulous animals popping into our circle. We had a Scary Spider from Silin, Anne Marie's Flying Unicorn, a King bird and a Silly Sloth! Shiva was a Lazy Bunny, Ryan was a Whizzing Wasp and Shahd was a Scary Lion! Samuel imagined a Big Elephant and Esme became a Flamingo! Gabriella fluttered like a Happy Butterfly - and so did we! We met Prisca's Cheeky Cat, and wee David's Silly Dog. Gabbie created a Happy Axolotl......interesting! We also met a few Mr. Wolves with extremely cool watches and a dangerous appetite for the Forest Creatures we had dressed up as! Magic Ball! Magic Ball! Take us where we want to go! Have you ever been to Axolotl land?  Well that’s where our Magic Ball landed on Friday morning with our Cranhill Pals. We unzipped the Magic Ball zipper, stepped out and found ourselves at Axolotl Land where an Axolotl Party was about to kick off! And what, we wondered, do you do at an Axolotl party? We soon [...]

Forest Storyplay with our Cranhill Hub!2025-09-02T16:59:54+00:00

FOREST STORYPLAY

2025-07-11T14:14:54+00:00

Forest Storyplay is a new collaboration with our friends from The Children's Wood! After last year's fantastic Picnic & Play sessions and Storyplay Festival 2024 at The Children's Wood we all wanted to go back there for more Licketyspit fun! The Children's Wood are very happy to have us back and so this Summer we will bring families from across all our Hubs to enjoy more fantastic Storyplay outdoors. Click on the logo to go to The Children's Wood website! At Forest Storyplay sessions this Summer we'll have our Licketyspit games, a nice wee picnic and we'll also get to learn a bit more about how to enjoy and look after The Children's Wood! Did you know that they grow food as well as beekeeping? And that they have a labyrinth? Did you know that not only they grow new flowers and plants but they also help the land recover by allowing different parts to grow wildly? And do you know about the fairies? And the giant? And the dragon?! I wonder how many characters and stories we can come up at the magical Children's Wood... We cannot wait to see you there very soon for FOREST STORYPLAY! Taz, Andre, Sarah, Virginia & all at Licketyspit Visit the Porridge & Play Page [...]

FOREST STORYPLAY2025-07-11T14:14:54+00:00

Porridge & Play Castlemilk Week 4

2024-10-04T17:08:20+00:00

Castlemilk Blog! A massive circle, love letters, Chefs & a Cake good enough to get a job in a kitchen! What a time we’ve had with our Castlemilk Library friends the last 4 weeks at Porridge & Play. This bunch of grown-ups and children really take play very seriously and with exquisite hilarity. At our last Porridge & Play at Castlemilk Library the circle was huge and made by very smiley and excited people. We had a great Dancing Warm Up with everyone throwing very cool shapes! Have you played ‘Letter to my Love’ before? Andre showed us all how to play this fun game that you could play with as many people as you like! It’s about guessing and tricking and also about singing and skipping! We dressed up as very special Chefs who had different cooking specialities! Virginia became Chef Baloney who cooks the best macaroni! Claire was Chef Ratatouille, and she makes bread baguettes! Ibrahim became Italian Ibrahim Chef and he cooks pizza Mamma Mia! Darragh was Mystery Chef who makes secret recipes! Frasier became Chef Frasier and he bakes the best cookies! Aimee was Cheeky Chop Chef who makes fabulous sausages! David became Small Shirt Chef and he cooks chips! Zara was Farrow Chef and she cooks noodles! Danyal became Chef Albert who bakes cupcakes! Brian was Chef Giuseppe and he cooks [...]

Porridge & Play Castlemilk Week 42024-10-04T17:08:20+00:00

Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 4

2024-10-04T16:46:46+00:00

Whiteinch Blog! Love letters, Chefs, a massive birthday cake & a feast! Our last session at Whiteinch Library felt like a great big party and although everyone was a bit sad that it was the last one of this year we all cheered up very quickly with a Dancing Warm up. We decided to send Letters to our Loves! But we kept dropping them! and then we had to try and guess WHO had picked the letter up and put it in their pocket?! It was hilarious! We dressed up today as Chef’s from around the World so that we could make a very special Birthday Cake for Taz’s neighbour Fred, who apparently is very very old… Thankfully we had a very colourful array of international Chef’s giving Taz a helping hand! There was Chef Amjad who makes fried chicken and ketchup and comes from Iran, Chef Deon who comes from France & America and makes Spiderman pizza and Spiderman hot dogs. Also, there was Chef Casey – he makes cake with meatballs and tomato sauce and Chef Nina who comes from the ground! - ‘I dug myself up with a spoon!’ There was Chef Grace who makes princess pizza and Chef Mohammad from Pakistan who makes chicken and ketchup. From Poland we had Chef Special, she makes strawberries and cream and Ninja Chef – ‘I [...]

Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 42024-10-04T16:46:46+00:00

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