Pickle & Pea Play

💚 September Spaces 💚

Thank you so much to everyone who has booked to join us in September! 🥰

Most of our Toddler sessions are fully booked, but we have spaces in our Wednesday Toddlers. There are limited spaces left on all Baby sessions.

✨️ Monday Babies: 1-3 spaces *
✨️ Tuesday Babies: 1-4 spaces *
✨️ Wednesday Toddlers: Good availability
✨️ Friday Babies: 1-4 spaces *

* Availability differs per date

Can't wait to welcome you all- Pickles old and new! 💚

🥒 Pickles, pickles, pickles everywhere!! 🥒

Between kind families giving me pickle themed gifts, my family and friends, and even myself; I have quite the collection now! 😄

Here is today's addition and I love it! The leaves are so soft, and genuinely look like mini pickles!

Thank you Savin Nurseries 🪴

🪨 More rocks hidden! 👀

Yesterday's hiding spots were in a park that features...

A Grade l listed Georgian Historic House
33 acres of Grade II listed grounds and woodland
A walled garden
The Orchard Tea Rooms
A shady woodland playground
The woodland trail fills with snowdrops in Winter, and bluebells in Spring
And it's located near Willington

4 rocks were hidden between the playground and the woodland trail from the car park. Happy hunting!

Remember, if you find a painted rock from us, it will have our name written on the back. Please do snap a photo and comment where you've found it. Then re-hide it somewhere new! 😊

🪨 Summer Rock Hunt! 🪨

We have (finally!) hidden the first of our painted rocks. We hid 4 in today's visited park - the lovely jellyfish was found on our holiday in Devon, and the rest we painted.
2 were hidden in the playground and 2 in the little woodland area behind the playground (another clue for you there, maybe?).
This park is in Central Bedfordshire and takes about 20 minutes to drive to from Bedford.

We'll be hiding more rocks tomorrow, and I'll share more clues! 👀

I'll pin this post to our profile- please comment if you find one of our rocks during the Summer! 🥰

🌻 Sunflower Competition Winner 🌻

I have loved seeing all of your sunflower pictures, both on the competition entry post and when receiving messages over the last few months. It has been wonderful to see so many Pickles caring for their seeds, checking on them every day, and delighting in watching them grow! 💛

Well done to you all for growing a sunflower! I will happily bring certificates for everyone when we return in September, as I am so proud! 🥰

But, the winner of the tallest sunflower grown is Zac at a whopping 227cm! Well done! You win a gardening set to continue your growing fun at home! 🥳

🌞 Summer Holiday Idea #1! 🌞

If you're off to the beach, pack a little watercolour palette and paintbrush. 🎨🖌

My little Pea loved this yesterday- hunting for the perfect pebbles, gathering the sea water for our pot, and painting them all. We will add our finishing details using acrylic paint pens, then hide them! Painting seashells with watercolours is also a firm favourite of ours (then wash and repeat!).

You can of course find rocks closer to home and still do this activity. Happy rock hunting, and painting! 😊

🌻 Sunflower Competition Time! 🌻

If your little Pickle planted a sunflower with us a few months ago, then it's time to take your final measurement! 📏

Please measure from the bottom of the stem at soil level to the top of the highest petal (or flower bud). Post a photo and your measurement in cm in the comments.

I'll leave the comments open for a few days to give you all time to measure! The winner receives a gardening set for their budding little gardeners (plus a certificate!). 🥰💛

🥰 Thank you! 🥰

Thank you for all of the lovely messages, cards, and gifts that you have kindly given us at the end of this term. We never expect any presents, so they are a very gratefully received surprise! ❤️

Two business shout outs for some of our talented Mums...
for wonderfully painted peg dolls (look- it's me!! 😀) 🖌
for beautiful flowers for all occasions 💐

A little peek at some gorgeous handmade cards- always my favourite! And you definitely all guessed that I adore sunflowers 😄🌻

✨️ September Booking ✨️

Priority booking opens tomorrow, Friday 24th July, at 8pm! 🥳

You will receive your priority booking email this evening. Please let me know if you haven't received this before 8pm tomorrow (check your junk folder first), and also if you are due a class credit.

Remaining spaces will be released on Saturday 25th July.

Hope to see lots of you back in September! 💚