Because I spend my weekdays working, I try to fill our weekends with adventures to make up for the time I’ve missed with the kids. I’m always looking out for toddler activities to take my very active toddler to and came across sensory toddle tours at MK Gallery.
I’ve never visited MK Gallery before but saw it had a remodel a few years ago, and have loved the colourful addition to Milton Keynes.
We started off the sensory toddle tour meeting our tour guide, who spoke to us about what we were looking for on our sensory tour – all things circles. We had a look to see what circles we could find outside MK Gallery, where we found some colourful ones and a metal sphere – which we were allowed to play paintbrushes on to make a noise.
We then headed inside where we played with some colourful circle lights, before moving upstairs to the sky room auditorium – which has a huge circle window. Here we played with colourful circles, sticking them to the window to create our own paintings. Ivy loved sticking the different colours to the windows and creating different patterns.
Then we moved outside for our final sensory activity, every toddler’s favourite circle activity – bubbles! We got to make huge bubbles and chase them around outside, which of course was Ivy’s favourite activity.
After we finished our sensory toddle tour we spent a bit of time playing in the playscape, which is behind MK Gallery to the left of MK Theatre. There are things to climb including a big colourful mountain which Ivy loved running up and down, and a climbing frame. It’s not a huge area, but we loved running around it!
We had a great time on the sensory toddle tour, it was so much fun, and the lady we had who was taking us around was great with Ivy and made it so much fun! Something else I really loved is that she spoke to us and used sign language at the same time too. We’ll certainly be looking out for the next one.
How to Find it
MK Gallery can be found at 900 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 3QA, or use the map below for directions.
Good to Know
- MK Gallery sensory toddle tours have parts of it that are outside, so make sure your toddlers are dressed for the weather
- It’s free to attend, but you need to book a space online – the sessions run every few months, so it’s worth keeping an eye on the MK Gallery whats on page
- Sessions are 45 minutes long which felt like the right amount of time to keep my toddlers attention!
- If you’re driving there isn’t much parking around MK Gallery – espeically on a weekend! You’re best off parking in the John Lewis car park and walking over to MK Gallery
- MK Gallery has many other events for families, including childrens art clubs, films, and workshops and there’s a great cafe that serves coffee, snacks and meals and is very reasonably priced
