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Families working with paper craftworks hanging from ropes in an indoor space.
28 Sep – 2 Oct

Paper Planet at Fed Square

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Paper Planet is child-led, deeply involving and highly sensory, and sure to delight the whole family.

Children and families are invited into a forest of tall cardboard trees and after exploring the space, they add to this strange and delicate planet using only paper, tape and their imaginations. Theatre and play merge in this magical place, as creatures, plants, costumes, characters, stories and adventures spring to life.

Paper Planet grows as more families visit, and every session is truly unique as imaginations go wild. Children choose how they interact with the performers and the space; some find themselves absorbed in quiet making, others prefer to play and explore.

Presented by Fed Square and supported by the City of Melbourne.

Hours

Date Times
Mon 28 Sep
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 29 Sep
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 30 Sep
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 1 Oct
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 2 Oct
  • 10am - 12pm 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location

The Edge
Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Book online for Paper Planet at Fed Square

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9826 3301
  • email address: info@polyglot.org.au
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  • Mobility access
  • Service animals

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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5 Sep

Planting Party

A celebration of community-led environmental action, art and plants, marking the start of spring.

  • Free
  • Talk
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20 Sep

Remake + Repair Workshop

Learn practical repair and upcycling skills while transforming old textiles into something new.

  • Free
  • Workshop
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13 Sep

Book Doof: A Daytime Rave for Readers

A no-pressure shared space for book lovers and creatives to relax, read, write or make – with music.

  • Free
  • Activity
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23 Sep

The Big Toy Swap

Give your child’s toy box a sustainable refresh at The Big Toy Swap. 

  • Free
  • Family and kids

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19 Sep

Deaf Art Science Festival

A free festival for young people, families, members and allies of the deaf community.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 8 Dec

Preschool Storytime

Sing songs and read stories with your young child at North Melbourne Library.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 9 Dec

Songbirds

Come along to North Melbourne Library on Mondays and Wednesdays for Songbirds.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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Until 11 Dec

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Join in the Stompers fun with your toddler at narrm ngarrgu Library every Friday.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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