Whippersnappers Winter Wonderland

On the edge of Dulwich Park by College Gate stands the old Victorian Park keeper’s Lodge. A Magical ‘Gingerbread House’ where each December Father Christmas and his Elves climb down the chimney and entertain children with their Winter Wonderland Experience. This year Father Christmas and his Elves will be helping Whippersnappers raise money to support their work at the Lodge delivering activities for children with disabilities in 2014.

The Whippersnapper Winter Wonderland Experience Featuring Santa’s Grotto

On arrival guests will be greeted by Santa’s elves who will serve mulled wine, hot chocolate and mince pies and lead them through Santa’s Garden Gate into the magical world of Whippersnappers Winter Wonderland.

In the garden elves will entertain with music and fun (making magical willow wands), while animals graze around Santa’s Sleigh as it is prepared for the Big Night Flight. Children dress-up to help the Elves in their Log Cabin Toy Workshop. Featuring in their own personal photo shoot they will take away a free photograph as a memory of the day.
Next an invitation to visit Santa’s Class Room where every child is a star. Lit with 100 sparkling fairy lights, with twinkling musical notes and fine aromas of fresh gingerbread baking in Mrs Claus’s Christmas kitchen the children will learn to decorate Traditional Gingerbread Christmas Tree decorations

Following Santa’s Sooty Footsteps upstairs to the Wonderland Waiting Room the children meet *Starfrost our Christmas Tree Fairy who gets busy painting faces with her fairy dust. Children have a chance to make a miniature Christmas Stocking and a Christmas Wish for Santa to hang on his tree, build a ‘snowman’ and enjoy a christmas sing-a long. While Santa’s Elf rushes to and fro ringing his bell to call each child into Santa’s Grotto to meet the man himself. Meeting the big man in red the children hang their Christmas Wishes on his Tree, and with special Santa words of wisdom receive a natural magical present.

Then it’s down stairs to our Christmas arts& crafts/ toy shop clutching goodie bags to pick up the children’s Gingerbread Christmas tree decorations and framed Sleigh photographs .

Your Whippersnapper Winter Wonderland experience will last one hour.

*Fairy Starfrost wears dresses stitched with crystals and has handsome pink butterfly wings.She grants wishes and lives close to caverns and stalactite grottoes and can only be seen during the first snow of winter

Background Information about Whippersnappers
Whippersnappers were founded in 1994 when professional actress Caroline Burghard teamed up with Kirk Service a renowned R&B and Reggae artist. For the past 18 years we have been based in the Brockwell Lido building in Brockwell Park, Brixton. In April 2011 we opened our second site: College lodge in Dulwich Park. We successfully raised £250,000 to convert this listed park-keeper's Lodge into a fully accessible and inclusive Community Arts Centre.

Whippersnappers began delivering music classes for underfives, and in 1997 created their own style of music known as "Pickny Beat" Over the years we have diversified and now provide music, theatre, art and sport for people of all ages, needs and backgrounds. We are a vibrant multicultural company with over 30 staff working closely as a cohesive team. We are proud to be a Community Interest Company, investing all our profits back into our work and remaining driven by our social aims and objectives.

Current Activities include: Baby and toddler music classes, afterschool clubs, holiday playschemes, youth projects, elders clubs, nursery and school workshops and performances , entertainment for fundays and birthday parties, Art exhibitions at College Lodge and Disability Awareness Training.

TV and Radio appearances include : London Tonight , The Diggit Show , Carlton Kids, BBC Radio 4 , The Angie Greeves Show, BBC World Service.

Theatre credits include: The Royal Festival Hall, Hammersmith Lyric, Harrow Arts Centre, The Design Centre, Croydon Warehouse Theatre, The Polka Theatre.