Messy Play for Babies & Toddlers in Ireland

​Nature Club

Nature Club is an outdoor playgroup based on a field with a polytunnel, on Blackhill road near Rathnew, Wicklow. It runs from March to November annually. Sessions take place in a garden setting with a mud kitchen, sand and water play, a...

WhizTots Messy Play

WhizTots Messy Play offers hands-on sensory and messy play sessions for babies, toddlers and preschoolers across Meath and Cavan. Each themed session includes activities like coloured rice, playdough, and taste-safe sensory trays,...

Carrick on Shannon Parent and Toddler Group

Carrick-on-Shannon Parent and Toddler Group is hosted by Breffni Family Resource Centre at The Cabin on Breffni Crescent, meeting every Thursday from 11.30am to 1pm during term time. Parents, grandparents and carers bring babies and...

Playful Tribe

Playful Tribe creates thoughtfully designed, child-led play and creative experiences for babies and children in East Meath & Louth. From sensory and messy play to art clubs, workshops and family events, each experience gives children...

We Are the Busy Bees

We Are the Busy Bees is a Wicklow-based art and messy play business run by founder Claire, serving families around Newtownmountkennedy, Rathnew and the wider Wicklow town area. An afterschool art club runs on Mondays at Woodstock...

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Ickle Minds Messy Play

Ickle Minds Messy Play runs sensory play sessions for children aged three months to four years at venues across County Longford, including Drumlish, Ennybegs and Longford town. Sessions let children get hands-on with messy, sensory...

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The Play Den - Flourish & Be Clonakilty

The Play Den runs autism-friendly sensory and messy play sessions for children aged 6 months to 4 years at Flourish & Be on Main Street, Clonakilty. Sessions are organised in 4-week blocks priced at €55 per child, giving families a...

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The Art House Killarney

The Art House Killarney runs a full range of children's art classes spanning ages 2 to 17, from Toddler Messy Play for the youngest creatives through to dedicated Teen Art sessions for older students. With a weekly timetable running...

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Moo Music Wicklow

Moo Music's Bray venue is based at Angel Acrobatics on Killarney Road, Co. Wicklow. Classes welcome children under 5 with a parent, grandparent or carer. Sessions are grouped by stage - Baby Moo for non-walkers, Mini Moo for confident...

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Moo Music Wicklow

Moo Music holds its Newtown Mount Kennedy classes at the local Community Centre in Co. Wicklow. Sessions are open to children under 5 alongside a parent, grandparent or carer. Baby Moo is designed for non-walkers, Mini Moo for...

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Moo Music Wicklow

At Kilcoole Community Centre in Co. Wicklow, Moo Music runs regular sessions for children under 5, part of a county-wide programme that also covers Bray and Newtown Mount Kennedy. Parents, grandparents and carers are welcome to join in...

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Sound and Scribble

Held every Friday from 9.30 to 10.30am in the Scouts Den, Castlebar, Sound and Scribble is a playgroup for babies and toddlers structured around five themed stations: sound, scribble, structure, súgradh and sensory play. Sessions cost...

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Sugradh Creative/Messy Play Toddler Playgroup in Galway

Sugradh Creative/Messy Play also runs sessions in the Renmore area of Galway, following the same themed sensory tray format used across its classes — each week centred on a favourite children's book, with trays curated mainly for...

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Sugradh Creative/Messy Play Toddler Playgroup in Galway

In Loughrea, County Galway, Sugradh runs its themed sensory tray class on Fridays, with each week's activity built around a different children's book. The trays are curated mainly for toddlers aged 18 to 36 months, using non-toxic...

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Play with Trayz

Play with Trayz's Kanturk class offers sensory and messy play for children aged 1 to 4, with a parent or guardian staying throughout the session. Trays are themed around different textures and materials — from water play to colourful...

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Play with Trayz

In Tralee, Play with Trayz runs its sensory and messy play sessions at Collis Sandes House, Killeen, for children aged 1 to 4 accompanied by a parent or guardian. Sessions are built around themed sensory trays — colourful textures,...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Sense of Wonder Sensory Play holds sensory sessions in Ennis, Co. Clare, welcoming babies and children from 6 months to 8 years old for €15 per session. The hands-on, messy play format is designed to build fine motor skills, hand-eye...

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Messy Adventures

On Clontarf Road, Dublin, Messy Adventures runs sensory messy play sessions for babies and children aged roughly 6 months to 6 years. The classes are built around open-ended sensory exploration, helping develop fine and gross motor...

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Messy Adventures

Messy Adventures brings its sensory messy play sessions to Phibblestown, Dublin, for babies and children aged roughly 6 months to 6 years. The format encourages fine and gross motor skill development and hand-eye coordination through...

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Moo Music Wicklow

Moo Music Wicklow runs sessions at the Wolfe Tone Community Centre in Oldcourt, Bray, one of several County Wicklow venues alongside Kilcoole, Newtown Mount Kennedy and a second Bray location. Classes are aimed at children under 5 with...

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Messy Munchkins by Jen

Messy Munchkins by Jen runs hands-on messy play sessions every Tuesday from 10.30am to 11.30am at Cheekpoint Community Hall on the Crossroad, Co. Waterford. Activities are designed to stimulate toddlers' senses and creativity, and...

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Sligo Parent, Baby and Toddler Group

Sligo Family Resource Centre on The Mall runs its Parent and Toddler Group twice a week during the school term, every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10.30am to 11.30am. Facilitators lead a programme of music, drama and messy play designed...

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Ballaghaderreen Parent, Baby and Toddler Group

Also known as the Stepping Stones playgroup, Ballaghaderreen Parent, Baby and Toddler Group is hosted by Ballaghaderreen Family Resource Centre in County Roscommon. Children can enjoy messy play, story time, nursery rhymes, a craft...

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Mini Messers Sensory/Messy Play Classes

Mini Messers offers sensory and messy-play classes for babies through to school-age children, from 6 months to 6 years, around Belcarra, County Mayo. Sessions typically run around 10am and are based mainly out of Belcarra Community...

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Messy Tots for Little Ones

Messy Tots for Little Ones runs sensory and messy-play sessions for toddlers and young children aged 1 to 4 in Ballina, County Mayo. True to the name, sessions are hands-on and can get properly messy, so it's worth bringing tissues and...

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Kaleidoscope Kids Newcastle West

Kaleidoscope Kids in Newcastle West runs a varied programme for children from preschool age up to teens at the Community Centre in Newcastle, Co. Limerick. Friday afternoon classes (4.30-6.30pm, €20) mix yoga, mindfulness, Lego and...

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Drumshanbo Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Drumshanbo Parent, Baby and Toddler Group meets every Monday from 9.30 to 11.30am (running all year bar bank holidays) at the Childhood Days Building, Laird House, in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim. It's open to anyone caring for a child under...

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The Wonder Years Play & Mindfulness

The Wonder Years Play & Mindfulness runs a Tummy Time & Sensory Play session in County Laois for babies from newborn up to around six months old, before they're crawling. Led by a Tummy Time Practitioner, the interactive workshop shows...

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Art Classes with Caroline - Toddler Art Class

This Early Years art class in Portlaoise introduces one- to three-year-olds to sensory and messy play through a different art-making activity each week, with an accompanying adult taking part alongside them. Sessions run on Monday...

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The Wonder Years Play & Mindfulness

The Wonder Years Play & Mindfulness runs a four-week block of messy play classes in Kilkenny for children aged roughly 9 months to 4 years old. Classes take place at The Scouts Den in Kilkenny, usually on Friday mornings from...

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Tiny Tornados Kerry

Tiny Tornados Kerry runs messy play sessions for children aged 1 to 4, built around activities that support holistic development milestones. Parents, grandparents or childminders are welcome - and required - to stay with their child for...

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Tiny Tornados

In Cahir, County Tipperary, Tiny Tornados runs messy play sessions for children from six months up to four years old, with separate pricing for younger babies. Sessions are designed to support children's development and social skills...

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The Unrelated Auntie - Messy Play Group

The Unrelated Auntie runs hour-long messy play sessions in North Kerry for children aged 1 to 5, facilitated by a qualified play therapist. Rather than a drop-off class, parents or guardians stay for the full session, using the time for...

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Sugradh Creative/Messy Play Toddler Playgroup in Galway

Sugradh's Athenry class meets on Tuesdays from 10.30 to 11.30am at Kardio Kids, Raheen Woods Hotel, with each week built around a themed sensory tray inspired by a well-loved children's book. Trays are designed mainly for the 18–36...

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Moville Parent, Toddler & Baby Group

Moville Family Resource Centre hosts two related sessions for young families in County Donegal. The Parent, Toddler and Baby Group meets every Friday from 10.30am to noon at Moville Methodist Hall, offering a safe space for parents and...

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Ardara Parent, Baby and Toddler Group

Ardara Parent and Toddler Group meets every Monday from 10.30am to noon at Ardara Parish Centre in County Donegal, welcoming mums, dads, grandparents and guardians alike with children from birth to five. The morning mixes messy play,...

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Play with Trayz

Play with Trayz runs sensory and messy play sessions in Gooldshill, County Cork, for children aged 1 to 4, with a parent or guardian staying for the class. Each session is built around a tray-based activity — think colourful textures,...

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Nana's Playroom

Nana's Playroom takes a child-led, messy-play approach to sensory sessions, laying out open-ended materials and letting children from around six months to four years explore however they choose - the idea being that there's no wrong way...

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Killeshandra Parent, Toddler & Baby Group

Killeshandra Parent, Toddler & Baby Group, hosted by FOCUS Family Resource Centre on Main Street, meets every Wednesday during term time from 9.30am to 12pm. Families from Killeshandra itself as well as Carrigallen, Ballyconnell,...

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Muine Bheag Parent, Baby & Toddler Group -Bagenalstown

Muine Bheag Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Tuesday during term time, 10.30am to 12pm, at Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre on Gleann na Bearú in Muine Bheag. Parents, grandparents and carers of young children are all welcome...

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Carlow Parent & Toddler Messy Play Group - Visual Carlow

Carlow Parent & Toddler Messy Play Group runs at VISUAL on the Old Dublin Road in Carlow, aimed at children aged 1 to 4 alongside their adult. Sessions are held on Thursdays from 10am, led by artist Marian Balfe. Each week combines a...

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Glendalough/Brockagh Parent, Baby and Toddler Group

Glendalough Parent and Baby & Toddler Group, also known as Bright Stars, meets at Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh House, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Every Wednesday morning from 10.30am-12.15pm during school term time, the group offers a...

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Tumble Tot's Toddler Playgroup Batterstown / Navan

Tumble Tot's Toddler Playgroup meets every Monday at Simonstown GAA Club in Batterstown, near Navan, with two pay-as-you-go sessions to choose from: 10-11am or 11.15am-12.15pm. There's no need to commit to a full term, making it an easy...

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Monasterevin Parent, Baby and Toddler Group

Monasterevin Parent, Baby and Toddler Group is a free weekly social session for parents and carers with babies and toddlers, mixing singing, dancing and messy play activities that change from week to week. The group also marks the...

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Happy Peeps Sensory Play

Happy Peeps Sensory Play offers small-group, child-led messy play sessions for children aged 3 to 6 at Leixlip Youth & Community Centre, County Kildare. In a relaxed, supportive setting, children are free to regulate, get hands-on with...

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SENSEable Tots Sensory Class in Dublin and Wicklow

SENSEable Tots runs a sensory play class in Shankill, Dublin 18, at Stonebridge Community Centre every Monday at 10am, aimed at children aged 6 months to 4 years. Sessions let children explore different sensory materials and take part...

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Messy Adventures

Messy Adventures runs messy play sessions in Swords every Friday, with two slots at 9.30am and 11.15am, for babies and children aged roughly 6 months to 6 years. The sensory play format encourages fine and gross motor skill development,...

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Bí ag Imirt

Bí ag Imirt runs shared parent-and-child sessions in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, for children roughly aged 1 to 8, currently held at the Meals on Wheels Hall on Hampton Street. Each class sets out a variety of activities, including some...

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Ickle Minds

Ickle Minds runs messy and sensory play sessions for babies, toddlers and young children aged 6 months to 5 years, with a grown-up attending alongside them. Sessions are built around hands-on sensory materials - think textures, colours...

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Boyne Babies Sensory Classes

Boyne Babies runs sensory-rich classes for babies and toddlers up to age 2 at Julianstown Community Centre, Dimanistown West, Co. Meath. Weekly themed sessions bring together music, movement, lights, textures, messy play, soft play and...

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