Govan Picnic & Play Trip to Troon!

Picnic & Play Govan 2023

Picnic & Play Troon

Thursday 6th July

Jellyfish friends? Naughty Seagull Feather? Hot sweet chai?

Anyone fancy digging a really deep hole?!

Our Govan Picnic & play group were out in force on Thursday showing the rain clouds who’s boss… or rather showing them who was big as bears!!

Thanks to Taz & her groovy moves we strut our stuff in a new game of:

Dance grab!

before running around in a game of

Shark & Seaweed tag

We had big fish and little seaweeds, so our big fish really had to get down in the sand and squeeze through. This made us giggle a LOT!

It was then time for an adventure to the shore where we found:

shells that looked like witches’ fingernails,

tiny silver fish

sea worms

One of our lovely pals found the feathers of a giant bird… maybe an albatross (or possibly the naughty seagull) which Sarah fashioned as a pair of earring… alongside seaweed hair!

We enjoyed a delicious picnic, warmed up by hot, sweet chai tea made by one of our lovely Mums’, Ala & Taz drew in the sand while some of us made giant bubbles & some of us got busy digging deep into the sand!

Afterwards there was time for a quick play in the playground with Emma, Taz & Sarah while Ruby manned the fort before heading off back to Govan.

What a day!

So good to get all the sea air into our lungs. Thanks for a great day everybody!

Emma, Ruby, Sarah & Taz x

Thanks for joining us at Porridge & Play Govan this month!

For any new local families interested in these sessions, P&P Govan will be back next May at the Pearce Institute. You can join our Children & Families Network to stay up to date with all our activities, here.

About the project

Porridge & Play Govan is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund as part of Big Porridge & Play Glasgow, until 2024.

Licketyspit has run Porridge & Play in many other communities around Glasgow, and started doing online sessions for Govan families in 2020, when the pandemic delayed our launch at the PI. We have also worked at Riverside Primary and Ibrox Primary nearby.

You can find more information on Licketyspit here.

Porridge & Play Govan Page

Welcome to the family!

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Come & Play!

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!

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Volunteer with us

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