Celebrating Children’s Week 2020 in Maroondah, 24 October to 1 November

Families with children are encouraged to join in a range of fun and free educational activities and online events during this year’s Children’s Week, between 24 October to 1 November.

Children’s Week is a national celebration that recognises the talents, skills, achievements and rights of children. The week is also an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the enormous contribution children make to our city.

Children’s Week in Maroondah is all about reconnecting with nature, and what simpler way than by stepping outside your front door and into the fresh air.

Maroondah’s parks and playgrounds can provide hours of inspiration for outdoor child-friendly activities that are fun, educational, and that will keep them moving!

Help your children get active while playing to their sense of adventure by taking part in the My Maroondah treasure hunt. Each day during Children’s Week, children and their families will be encouraged to explore their favourite places in Maroondah and answer the daily clue posted on Council’s Facebook page. You can even take a photo and share it with us to celebrate Children’s Week.

From teddy bears in windows and chalk drawings on footpaths, ‘spoonvilles’ have also been dishing up cheerful dollops of community spirit and fun to the streets of Maroondah. When out on your walk, be on the lookout for your favourite bear, drawing or spoonville, snap a photo and share it with us!

Maroondah is also filled with interesting and delightful art attractions - perfect for unleashing the imagination and appreciating some of our beautiful outdoor spaces. View Maroondah’s public artworks to find one that’s close to you. Or perhaps you can create a piece of art at home and share it with us?

Council is offering free play-based activity packs to let children join in the fun during Children’s Week.

Choose from a ‘Hop to it - Chalk pack (includes tub of jumbo chalks, activity sheets, Nature Play brochure and more), which children can use to make their own hopscotch design. You can even take a photo of your hopscotch design and upload it to the Hop to it! Facebook page. Visit the Hop to it! website for more details.

There’s also a Nature Play pack (includes 1kg of clay, magnifier, minibeast identifier cards, activity sheets, Nature Play brochure and more). For more inspiration, check out our Nature Play page and discover the many places to visit and ways to connect with nature.

Register for an activity pack

Please note: Each activity pack is available to the first 100 people to register. If you are unable to register online, please phone 9294 5740 between 10am to 2pm on weekdays. 

For a full list of activities and events happening in Maroondah, including details on registering for online workshops and activity packs, see our

Children’s Week has been expanded this year to include online and virtual spaces for children, especially while physical distancing restrictions are still in place.

With Halloween just a couple of weeks away, Wyreena is delighted to be bringing the magic to youngsters online. Learn how to create your own Halloween pumpkin lantern or join Sim Sala Bim as he takes you on a Halloween Adventure full of imagination and wild locations. With the help of True Fairies, you can also learn how to craft your own spell book as part of the Witchety Woo Spell Books workshop for ages 5 to 8.

For those passionate about the environment, there are online workshops covering composting and recycling, as well as crafts.

The Children’s Week theme for 2020 celebrates the right of all children to choose their own friends and safely connect with others. This is based on Article 15 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.