Hobby Horse Workshops
Welcome to Cloudfactory Design’s high-energy make-and-race creative workshop for accompanied children ages 3 and up. Inspired by traditional hobby horse games and gymkhanas, this workshop reimagines old-fashioned hobby horse riding for today’s festivals and family events. It’s part art workshop, part mini-sporting event, and 100% joyful chaos, children and parents together! Perfect for festivals, outdoor events and community celebrations, Cloud Factory Design brings together making, movement and imagination in one vibrant, low-tech, high-energy activity. To book this event, please head over to our contact pages to discuss times, prices and logistics.
Step 1 - Using recycled cardboard, fabrics and art materials, Young makers design and decorate their very own hobby horses in the stable (outdoor workshop), each one a burst of imagination and colour.
Step 2 - Once hobby horses are complete, it’s time to head to the Great Cardboard Gymkhana arena. An obstacle course where children can race their creations against the clock over straw bales, dodge the rope snakes, splash through the water jump, climb through hoops of fire and bubbles.
Step 3 - Race to the finish line and win a badge for taking part. The young riders can then take their hobby horses home with them.
Access info:
Family Friendly
Drop in workshop
Interactive
Outdoor and indoor presentation
Support staff
Wheelchair/pushchair accessible
Cloudfactory Design works with organisers to ensure appropriate risk assessments, public liability cover and DBS-checked facilitation are in place.