One of Harpenden’s most popular events for young children, the Teddy Bears’ Picnic, will take place in Rothamsted Park on Wednesday 7th August, 11am – 2pm.

Harpenden Town Council is delighted to once again host this event, organised to coincide with National Play Day – a national celebration of children’s right to play and a campaign to highlight the importance of play in children’s lives.

This year’s exciting event will include a variety of activities and entertainment for children, their families and carers, and of course their teddy bears!

This year’s Gold Sponsor ‘Nursery on the Green’ Manager, Carli Toal explained; “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic is a fantastic way of promoting communication and language skills, socialisation and imaginative play amongst children and we are hugely excited to be sponsors this year. We are really looking forward to getting out and about in the community and meeting lots of local families, as well as celebrating National Play Day as part of the occasion.”

FREE entertainment and activities already confirmed include: award winning interactive musical fun show ‘Cha Char Chimps’, an exciting show and activities by The Little Gym, Storytime with Harpenden Library, a bouncy castle and soft play. Regular attendees of the Picnic will also be pleased to hear that the much-loved Teddy Bears’ Hospital will be open. In addition, interactive stalls hosted by the Eric Morecombe Centre, Harpenden Child Contact Centre and Youth Talk will be joining the fun.

The Town Council organisers will be handing out lost children’s wrist bands on the day at the Information desk. Attendees will also be able to purchase tickets for Sandy Art and Fantastic Faces Face Paint.

Cllr Pip Liver, Harpenden Town Mayor said “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic is a wonderful Harpenden occasion. It is always so exciting to see children engaged in fun activities in Harpenden’s beautiful Rothamsted Park. The Town Council is proud to organise events for young families, helping to make memories, and importantly ensuring events like this are free to attend and available to everyone.”

This event is extremely popular and permanently moved to Rothamsted Park in 2023 to accommodate the growing number of attendees. This move also allowed the event to spread to the woodland themed play area in the Park.

Attendees are encouraged to bring along a picnic blanket, refreshments, bags of energy and of course their favourite bear!

For more information visit www.harpenden.gov.uk