An unforgettable celebration in the magic of the woods!
We will work with you to create a party that your child will never forget and is different EVERY time! Games, activities, and themes can be tailored to each individual child to create a magical birthday celebration. Parties work with mixed ages and abilities. The minimum age of the birthday child is 3 years old (for children between 3 & 4 years, adults must accompany).
We offer three types of Woodland Party packages which range in price depending on what you would like to include. Please see below for more details.
Parties last 2 hours.
Minimum booking is 10 children – maximum number 25.
Please see our packages below for individual pricing
Inside Out parties can take place in one of our two woodlands in Leek or Glossop.
STEP 1: Choose a Woodland Birthday Package
STEP 2: Choose the perfect theme for your little ones
STEP 3: Check our availability
STEP 4: Secure your booking with a £60 deposit
STEP 5: We will contact you closer to the time to collect further details
In winter, wrap up warm with waterproof outerwear and wellies, and don’t forget your woolly hats and gloves! In summer, sun cream and hats are a must!
Most weekends, all year round (apart from August and December due to our Christmas events and holiday camps). We can offer two parties per day, 10am to 12pm, and 1pm to 3pm. Summer weeknights are a possibility. If you can’t see a date that you want, please get in touch and we may be able to fit you in.
All outdoor parties begin with game playing that allows the children to familiarise themselves with the forest setting and to understand the geographic boundaries. All activities can be tailored to what your child wants, the range of ages, and their level of confidence in the great outdoors. All party guests receive a personalised wooden medallion upon arrival.
Choose from one of our suggested party themes, or work with us to mix it up and create a bespoke adventure for your junior adventurer and then choose a party package.
£160 for up to 10 children*
Theme of your choice
Hot chocolate
Toasted marshmallows
*Each additional child is £10
£180 for up to 10 children*
Theme of your choice
Hot chocolate
Toasted marshmallows
New eco-friendly sweety bags
*Each additional child is £11.50
£220 for up to 10 children*
Theme of your choice
Hot chocolate
Toasted marshmallows
New eco-friendly sweety bags
Party meal choices are: hot dogs & crisps OR forest pizza (quesadilla filled wrap) with crisps and garlic bread
*Each additional child is £13.00
Parties include den building, game playing and plenty of woodland play – expect them to sleep well that night. Where possible, we tailor the theme to work with your child’s interests.
…Do you believe? You certainly will once you’ve spent time experiencing first-hand the magic of the forest! Build elf homes, create clay tree guardians, and decorate your own fairy wands or head dress. You may even find a hidden gift from the tree elves???
Love creepy crawlies? Be adventurous and try bug collecting using our guides and special bug catching equipment to identify the bugs. Then settle down to create a bug hotel to take home.
Be inspired by our beautiful woodlands. Take part in a scavenger hunt, find out what the woods have to offer, and make something out of air drying clay to take home. Using our specialist tools and equipment, you can print using nature itself. Use your imagination to make woodland characters, jewellery, and create tiles or decorations to hang and paint once dry.
Go way back to when Stone Age man was walking the earth. Using natural materials to prepare pigments to make paints, you can camouflage yourself before hunting with bows, arrows, and spears. Build a shelter, and cook a snack around a firepit.
Use our metal detectors to dig for buried treasure. Follow clues to where ‘X’ marks the spot. Whittle swords or create nature inspired daggers. Do you dare to walk the plank across the croc infested stream?!
This party is aimed at older children (6 years plus) and is limited to a maximum of 10 children.
We promise an exciting and totally unique party, where you will use new skills and techniques to produce intricate casts and learn how to heat and use pewter (a metal that has a low enough melting point to melt over an ordinary fire!) to creat
This party is aimed at older children (6 years plus) and is limited to a maximum of 10 children.
We promise an exciting and totally unique party, where you will use new skills and techniques to produce intricate casts and learn how to heat and use pewter (a metal that has a low enough melting point to melt over an ordinary fire!) to create your very own coins, jewellery, key fobs and whatever you have in mind. This can also be combined with the use of our sheaf knives to ‘whittle’ and create spears, arrows, and staffs. Theme choice: The Romans, The Vikings or good old ‘Robin Hood’!
Please note: Due to the cost in pewter, this party theme has separate pricing:
Flora, £170
Fungi, £210
Flame, £230
For just £4 per child, you can add odd handmade wooden shields to your package!
Painted in chalkboard paint, they are all ready to be decorated.
Choose a round or traditional shape.
Children should arrive 10 minutes early for a prompt start around the fire circle to go through the health & safety rules and expectations.
Our instructors are Forest School trained, have fully enhanced DBS checks, are outdoor first aid trained with an emphasis on child first aid, and are qualified in food safety and catering. All our activities are risk assessed.
Feel free to bring your own birthday cake to the party. Remember the candles, matches/lighter, knife and serviettes!
A £60 non- refundable deposit must be paid when booking your party.
In the event that adverse weather means a party cannot go ahead as planned, you are entitled to a full refund of your deposit or we can reschedule your party.
Parties are cancelled where weather warnings are issued for winds above 40 mph and/or heavy rain.
All parents will need to fill in our consent form. This can be downloaded and printed here:
Download Consent Form
If you are new to our Forest School in Leek, this short video should help you!
Once you have parked up/or have come on foot, a short video on how to access the woods and a sneak peek of what it looks like on site.
A video filmed for holiday camps but gives everyone a good idea of what our gorgeous Gnat Hole Woods in Glossop have to offer.
For Little Explorers, Babes, Home Ed, Just for Dads and Parties.
Remember there is NO driving through the farm, please access on foot!
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