Tea Dance For Little People

There has been much excitement in our neck of the woods about the opening of TDLP, a fantastic new creative play space for the under fives. The brainchild of local mum Sally-Anne Donaldson, who has brought together artists, dancers and musicians to engage your children in a variety of activities based around a changing monthly theme.

Painting fish

Add to this the fab little cafe where you can grab a very good cup of Monmouth coffee and you have a hit on your hands in my book! Great quality snacks are available for hungry little ones, Dodo is rather partial to the avocado on toast. You can really tell that a mum is involved with the menu and overall planning of the place, even down to the kid friendly seating.

 The theme this month has been the beach and all things nautical. With a pirate ship made from cardboard boxes and cushions and a sandpit perfect for digging up treasure. The creativity and thought that has gone into decorating the space is impressive, certainly loads of ideas for rainy day fun you can do at home. We have visited 3 times so far during this month and with a different artist each week to inspire Dodo there is no sign of her getting bored with this theme! Given half a chance she would be there everyday.

 

 

 

 

 

Pirate ship perfect for walking the plank

There is a program of twilight activities planned from September including kid's yoga and French through dance. For more information on these do check out the lovely website http://www.tdlp.co.uk/
We are very lucky to live just down the road and will be making full use of all the fun on offer, but with the easy access on the East London line to Brockley station there is no reason for us South East Londoners to keep this all to ourselves. I highly recommend you make a visit soon.

Playing with a mermaid

 

 

Sandy fun..and a deckchair for mum!

 I will give the last word to a very tired and laid back Dodo..You can find the TDLP at The Tea Factory, 106 Endwell Road, London SE4 2LX