Big people, step aside – the smallies are taking over!
For one very special day, glór belongs to our littlest visitors, with music, movement, making, stories, sensory play and plenty of opportunities to get stuck in.
Pick up a Creative Explorer Pass and roam at your own pace through a building full of things to discover:
• The Big Draw – grab a paint stick and help create one GIANT work of art.
• The Flower Shop – pick it, bunch it, wrap it! Our colourful flower shop is open for tiny florists.
• Mini Makers – colour, stick, build and create something completely your own.
• Sensory Wonderland – a gentle world of sights, sounds and textures, especially for babies and younger toddlers.
• Little Book Nook – cosy up and enjoy a tale or two.
• Big Box Shuffle – big boxes, little people! Push, pull and move them around our spaces.
• Toddler Trad – shake, tap and dance along to live traditional Irish music made especially for little ears.
And when you’ve explored every corner, join our gloriously silly Great Toddler Parade through glór before hitting the dance floor for a Big Little Disco for little movers aged 3–5.
Want even more? Add one, two or three of our special bookable events, with live music, dance and creative workshops designed especially for children aged 0–5.
Come for one thing or make a day of it. Tiny people. BIG day out.
Creative Explorer Pass: €14 per child (Admits one adult free). €5 per additional adult. Click the Book Now button or HERE to book a Creative Explorer Pass.
BOOKABLE EVENTS
Want to add even more to your Toddler Takeover? Choose from our special bookable music, movement and creative sessions below.
- Tickets: €20 per child + one adult
- Includes a Creative Explorer Pass and access to all our drop-in Toddler Takeover activities.
- Add another bookable event for €10 per child/adult pair.
- As places are very limited bookable events can accommodate only one adult per child.
- All bookable events are between 35 & 45 mins long.
Harp Babies Concert 10am
Tickets: €20 for one child and one adult. Additional adults: €5 (Includes a Creative Explorer Pass) See discounts above for booking more than one bookable event
For ages 0 – 12mths, 45 mins Studio Limited Capacity
A beautiful first concert for our tiniest music lovers. Snuggle up and enjoy the gentle sounds of the harp in this relaxed musical experience for babies and their grown-ups, led by harpist Fionnuala Rooney.
Book tickets for Harp Babies Concert HERE
Tiny Trebles 11.15am and 12.30pm
Let your little ones explore rhythm and music in this fun, interactive workshop.
€20 for one child and one adult. Additional adults: €5 (Includes a Creative Explorer Pass) See discounts above for booking more than one bookable event
For ages 1-3, 45 mins Studio/Red Room Limited Capacity
Sing, shake, move and make some noise! Led by Katharina Baker, Tiny Trebles is a playful introduction to music packed with catchy songs, simple musical games, instruments to explore and plenty of opportunities for little ones to join in.
Book tickets for Tiny Trebles HERE
Hip Hop Tots 11am
An interactive dance workshop designed especially for toddlers.
€20 for one child and one adult. Additional adults: €5 (Includes a Creative Explorer Pass) See discounts above for booking more than one bookable event
For ages 4 – 5 Years 45 mins Auditorium Limited Capacity
Bust a move and learn cool hip hop steps in this high-energy, super-fun dance class designed just for little groovers.
Book tickets for Hip Hop Tots HERE
Big Build 10am
€20 for one child and one adult. Additional adults: €5 (Includes a Creative Explorer Pass) See discounts above for booking more than one bookable event
For ages 3-5 Years Stage Limited Capacity
Build towers, hideouts, and weird wonders from everyday stuff! Let’s explore stuff! In this free-form workshop, you are cordially invited to explore and make stuff with everyday objects.
Book tickets for Big Build HERE
Little Senses 12pm
€20 for one child and one adult. Additional adults: €5 (Includes a Creative Explorer Pass) See discounts above for booking more than one bookable event
For ages 0 – 3 Years Stage Limited Capacity
Touch, shake, squash, stack and explore in this playful sensory session.
Book tickets for Little Senses HERE
Meet our Toddler Takeover Artists!
Harp Babies Concert led by Fionnuala Rooney
Fionnuala Rooney is an accomplished harper originally from Scotstown, Co. Monaghan and now residing in Quin, Co. Clare. She has had great success winning All-Ireland harp titles as well as the prestigious Granard and Keadue competitions at every age category. As a young harper, Fionnuala was a member of the Belfast Harp Orchestra under the direction of Janet Harbison and featured on Grammy award winning album The Celtic Harp in collaboration with the Chieftains. More recently, she has gone on to become at established adjudicator at provincial and All-Ireland level and it is in the area of harp tuition that Fionnuala’s main passion now lies. Multiple past pupils have gone on to win All-Ireland titles under her guidance. Having studied Music Education in Trinity College Dublin, followed by a Masters in Music Performance at the University of Limerick, Fionnuala is the Music Teacher for all year groups in St. Flannan’s College, Ennis.
Tiny Trebles led by Katharina Baker
Katharina Baker has lived in Germany, Sweden and Ireland and embraced all the musical influences coming her way. It was during her time in Sweden, now over 30 years ago, she first discovered the joy of music-making with the youngest. ‘Musiklekis’ is a Swedish concept where rhymes, songs, dances and rhythm play forms a most enjoyable music session for toddlers and their parents. Having worked with this approach in Sweden for almost a decade, Katharina brought it along with her to Ireland and has enjoyed holding Toddler Tunes sessions for the past 20 years in Coole Music in Gort.
Katharina is the founder/director of Coole Music & Arts and also enjoys composing music, teaching violin, viola and orchestra, playing in various ensembles and presenting workshops in chamber music.
Build it and Little Senses led by Anne Cradden
Anne Cradden graduated with BA in Fine Art from IADT in Dun Laoghaire in 2005. Her work in sculpture and drawing focuses on material concerns and the experience of three dimensions, and more recently on how making and playing with material and architectural things can create stories. Over the past few years, she has become passionate about arts education, and has made working with children in a range of cultural and educational settings the heart of her practice.
