Bug Explorers with Igniting Imagination
Imaginative outdoor and nature play for families with 0-4's
For families with children aged 0-4
Monday 16 March 2026
11.00am - 1.00pm
Bowling Park, BD5 8RA (meet by the natural play area - nearest entrance Bowling Hall Road)
Are you ready to explore the minibeast kingdom?
Are you a parent of a child aged 0-4 years living in the Better Start Bradford area?
Would you like to have fun in the great outdoors using indoor play resources?
Join Hawk and Heath and Better Place for lots of ideas and fun. Have fun together adapting typical indoor play resources to outdoor imaginative play and learning.
Activities include:
👧 Search for buried toy bugs and fossils in the sand
🎨 Design your own bug with nature items
❔ Imaginative play with a pretend bug tea party
🧱 Construction play – make a bug hotel
🎶 Bug themed stories and songs on the story rug
🤱 There will be a treasure basket for babies with heuristic and themed play items.
For more information WhatsApp/text Maryam on 07506 864878
These sessions have been made possible thanks to funding through Better Start Bradford.
Please note, this event is not organised by Better Start Bradford. If you have any questions about the event – or would like to check it is still running before attending – please contact the organiser directly.
Event contact details
Maryam of Better Place
The Better Place project has transformed parks and greenspaces across the Better Start Bradford area for you to explore with your little ones. Where will your next adventure be?
There's so much to do at Bowling Park thanks to the Better Place team. Whizz around the wheelie track on your trike. Play hide and seek in the sand pit huts. See which creatures you can spot in The Roughs.