Junkyard Rascals / Play & Nature Workshops / Birthday Parties / School Holidays / Excursions & Incursions

Junkyard Rascals offers loose parts, nature and STEM-inspired PLAY brought directly to your space at schools, daycare centres, festivals, activations, conferences, events, shopping centres, birthday parties and everything in between. Anywhere that PLAY is needed, we will be there.

Our loose-parts ‘junkyard’ is an ever-changing space made up of 100% recycled or 2nd hand items, natural materials & the environment in which we PLAY.

Regular Play Pop Ups - Wollongong Botanic Garden

We also offer regular pop-ups at the Wollongong Botanic Garden, or you can book us to create the fun for a private excursion or birthday party at the Garden!

Our pop-ups at the Wollongong Botanic Garden are run using a playwork approach, child-led with no defined activities, just PLAY glorious PLAY. Click here for upcoming Play Pop-Up Dates or to secure your child's spot.

Incursions: Daycare & preschool, schools & home schools, school holiday programs or OOSH.

Did you know that our incursions also offer a huge number of benefits for children's development and learning?

Self-directed PLAY is the most glorious thing. Our incursions offer a huge number of benefits for children's development and learning. This kind of PLAY promotes curiosity, creativity and imagination by providing an open-ended and stimulating environment where children can manipulate, explore and combine materials according to their own ideas and interests. Loose parts PLAY fosters problem-solving skills, enhances social interactions and grows emotional intelligence. It allows children to explore the ideas, concepts and real world in a way that makes sense to them. And it is also super FUN! Because PLAYing is vital.

Our loose parts “junkyard” provides a quirky and dynamic setting for holistic learning, catering to children's diverse needs and preferences while fostering a sense of wonder and discovery.

So whether you’re looking for an incursion to match curriculum, explore creativity, reward & foster connection between students or just to give them a whole lot of adventure and excitement.

Get in touch and ask us - we can provide curriculum links about all the magic that child-led PLAY brings to your students.

Birthday Parties with Junkyard Rascals

Welcome to the ultimate kids party where fun & imagination has no limits! Our Loose Parts Play Birthday Parties redefine the traditional birthday experience. Say goodbye to hit and miss activities and hello to a world of child-directed creativity, exploration, and endless fun!

They will also come to your home and any location of your choice - parties at the Wollongong Botanic Garden are subject to availability.

Why bother spending your time organising a party and trying to get the kids to follow a plan? We all know they just want to create chaos and PLAY. Enquire here.

Contact us to book or chat about how we can design something new and awesome and let’s PLAY outside the box soon! Enquire here today