We were invited to LolliBop this year by Thomas & Friends who were making an appearance at the festival for the first time. We’ve been going to LolliBop since it first started in 2010 and this year was our favourite so far. The kids loved it and it made a great family day out. We were really impressed with the new Hatfield House venue, it worked brilliantly there with lots of space so it never felt too over crowded.
Here are some photos from our day at LolliBop 2014
In the Thomas & Friends area:
This was one of the favourite areas since the younger boys are completely crazy about Thomas! It was definitely a welcome addition to LolliBop and I hope they will be back next year.
Mr Z and Mr T were also really impressed with the Skylanders area. They were very happy to get the chance to try out the new Skylanders Trap Team game and will be looking forward to it’s release.
There were lots of activities around and we didn’t find we had to queue up for anything which is a great improvement from some of the previous years. I felt like LolliBop has regained the charm it had in it’s earlier years, and the boys dad who had been not as keen to go was even won over by it too and really enjoyed the day.
There were sandcastle making competitions:
T shirt designing:
Mr Z made himself a “Brazil football strip” by colouring it on the t-shirt. He wears it for PJs and is quite proud of it 🙂
Balloons…
Plenty of food
Bubbles..
Painting…
Building..
and lots and lots more! We watched a couple of acts on the main stage. Mr R loved the Thomas and Friends show and the other boys enjoyed seeing Lazy Town. There was so much to do that we were spoilt for choice and so we didn’t see all of the great acts that were on the main stage, but if some of the come back next year hopefully we can fit some more in!
Another one of our favourite activities was the Bear Grylls area with an obstacle course and balancing rope. All three boys had a go on this and really enjoyed it.
We’ll definitely hope to go back again next year. It’s a really good family event and makes some great memories during the summer holidays.
Did you go to LolliBop this year? What did you think? Let me know in the comments
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Oh wow that looks like a great day out. Love the photos – looks like you all had fun 🙂
I’ve loved reading all the Lollibop posts, it looks like so much fun! Love your photos, the boys clearly had a fabulous day x #CountryKids
You sound like hardened Lollibop visitors and it sounds like this was the best year yet. I have loved reading all the posts from the festival and can’t help but think how big it must be as everyone seems to write about a different activity on offer there. Thank you for sharing your visit on Country Kids.
This looks amazing – your photos are lovely! My sister went and she had a great time too. Something to think about for next year! #countrykids
It looks like you had a fantastic day out! So much to see and do. What gorgeous photos x
Looks like you had a fab time too, we too had a very enjoyable day tbh, it was our first ever lollibop event and it was awesome we loved every minute of it. There was so much to see and do, my wife and eldest even participated in Sam and Marks last show of the day which was well cool #countrykids
We had not been to lollibop before! That look like a great event! Will look out for it next year!
It looks like you had a great day out and it certainly looks like there was plenty to do! My son would have loved a sneak peak at the new Skylanders game!
A few years ago, I would have said that this kind of thing was my idea of hell but since then, I’ve been worn down by two little boys and fear that my defences are so low that I might actually agree to go. I will survive it, won’t I? 😉
Ooh, sounds like a great day out – and great pics too. I love the giant teddy bear at the beginning, and the ropes course looks like fun!
I’ve heard such great things about LolliBop. Sounds like a worthy visit for any family.
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It looks like a really wonderful day out! I really want to go to Lollibop next year I think. They should come up North! Thanks for linking up to #WHWH
Love the photos, look like a great day out.