Get ready for a wonderful sensory adventure designed especially for our pre-walkers!

Our Pre-Walkers Messy Play sessions provide a safe, exciting and stimulating environment where your little one can explore, discover and learn through play. From squishing and splashing to pouring, scooping and investigating different textures, colours, sounds and smells, each session is carefully designed to encourage curiosity while engaging all of your baby's senses.

With a variety of taste-safe, age-appropriate sensory activities, your baby can explore at their own pace while you enjoy watching their confidence, creativity and development grow.

To make life that little bit easier, every baby will have:

🛁 Their own baby bath to rinse off after the fun🧺 A fresh, cosy towel to dry off🧻 Wipes available for those final clean-ups.

There's no need to worry about the mess—we'll take care of that!

This session is designed for pre-walking babies who are able to sit independently and are beginning to explore different textures, including food-based sensory play. Some of our messy play activities involve food ingredients, so babies who have not yet started weaning may not be able to take part in all of the trays.

☕ Our café will be open throughout the session, serving barista coffee, drinks, snacks and light lunches, so you can relax and enjoy some well-deserved refreshment while your little one explores. Please dress both yourself and your baby in clothes you don't mind getting messy, and remember to let us know in advance of any allergies or dietary requirements, as some of our sensory materials are edible and taste-safe. We can't wait to welcome you for a session full of messy memories, sensory discovery and lots of smiles at Thrive Play Cafe! 💚

To help your visit run as smoothly as possible, here's everything you need to know before you arrive.

📍 Find Us

Thrive Play Cafe

29 Norfolk Street

Sunderland

SR1 1EE

🍼 Pushchairs

As we're a cosy play café with limited space, we'd really appreciate it if pushchairs could be left in your car where possible. If this isn't possible, please speak to a member of our team when you arrive and we'll do our best to help.

☕ Café & Facilities

Our café will be open throughout your visit, serving barista coffee, drinks, snacks and light lunches. Toilets and baby changing facilities are also available for all visitors.

🧦 Our Shoe-Free Play Area

To keep our play space clean, safe and comfortable for little crawlers and explorers, we ask that all shoes are removed upon arrival. Socks must be worn by both adults and children.

🥪 Food & Drinks

To help us maintain food safety and support our small business, we kindly ask that outside food and drinks are not brought into or consumed within the cafe. We have plenty of delicious options available and will always do our best to cater for dietary requirements.

🌱 Allergies & Dietary Requirements

If you or your child has any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements, please let us know before your visit, we will always try our best to accommodate.

Thank you for helping us create a clean, safe and welcoming space for every family. We can't wait to welcome you to Thrive Play Cafe! 💚