It was all fun for the kids at Northside Chapel on Wednesday as a group of local service providers came together to deliver Children’s Week activities.
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Parkes Family Support Service, Centacare Forbes, Schools As Community Centres, and NSW Health brought activities ranging from face painting to badge-making, temporary tattoos and finger-painting
Maree Yapp, from Forbes SACC, said the day was all about meeting local families and sharing a fun day.
Church in the School yard provided a great venue and their jumping castle for children to enjoy.
The theme for Children’s Week this year is, “children have the right to reliable information from the media”.
Also on in Children’s Week, don’t forget Saturday’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic at Victoria Park from 9.30am.
Teddies will flock to Victoria Park this weekend for the inaugural Forbes Teddy Bears Picnic, an event coinciding with National Children’s Week 2016.
[Organiser, Fiona Blyth, encourages children to bring along their favourite teddy for a picnic this Saturday.]
Organiser, Fiona Blyth, encourages children to bring along their favourite teddy for a picnic this Saturday.
All ages and all teddies are invited to come down this Saturday, October 29, to experience a day like no other.
Games and activity stations will be peppered across the green, and entertainment will be provided by performers at the stage.
Kids will be kept smiling with a jumping castle, Sahara Park pony rides, face painting, storytelling and nursery rhymes.
Activities include the lollipop throw, graffiti wall craft, mini bowling alley, bubble station, toy library and fruit craft.
There will be prizes up for grabs, performances by Mainly Music and Kristen’s Dance Studio and a major raffle.
The lucky winner of the major raffle prize will take home a Tee Pee Cubby House with a sand pit, sponsored by Bunning’s Warehouse.
The ‘Care Bear Station’ will be set up to offer kids a place to have some time out and relax.
Event organiser, Fiona Blyth, encourages children to bring their favourite teddy as prizes will be rewarded for the best dressed bear.
Forbes Teddy Bears Picnic will run from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
There will be a sausage sizzle, coffee vans and a coffee sitting area for parents and friends.
The free community event is proudly supported by Forbes Shire Council, GC Community Engagement, Centacare Wilcannia-Forbes, Forbes Toy Library and Bernardi's IGA.
