What happens at a Fun House event?
Suitable for group sizes of 10 – 1000+
The Fun House Challenge encourages teams to express their creativity, time management and allocation of responsibilities through building and creating a fun playhouse or vehicle for a children’s centre, hospice or hospital.
Working in teams of around 10, you will build, paint and decorate your own fun playhouse. With expert crew on hand to guide teams through the stages of the build, each team is provided with a flat pack playhouse, basic kit plus tools and equipment. Teams can acquire additional kit, tools and decorations to embellish their creations.
Why make and donate playhouses?
Your fun house will be donated to help children engage in imaginative play in a children’s centre
Or it may become a tool for a play therapist to support children recovering or living with long-term illness or injury
Or even a way for charities like Barnardo’s and the NSPPC to help support a child who has suffered neglect.
The fun house challenge creates an opportunity for your team to let their imagination run wild. Often the charity will give each team a specific brief or theme to follow for the houses, meaning teams must try to see the world through a child’s eyes to create a fun and imaginative playhouse that can be enjoyed for many years to come.
The lovingly built houses will be donated to a charity of your choice or projects like the NSPCC Neglect Programme, which helps protect vulnerable children.
Fun House FAQs
What's the group size for Fun House?
We normally recommend that a group of 10 can decorate one playhouse - there's a lot of design, planning and painting involved! As long as there is space at your event location, there is no maximum group size - the more the merrier!
Where does the Fun House event take place?
We'll bring our team and all the equipment for the event directly to you, whether you're at a hired event space or on-site at your offices. We'll also bring plenty of floor covering and overalls, so you needn't worry about mess! We're invested in keeping our carbon footprint low, so we have a network of specialist o3e Event Crew across the country. We've held events in the UK, Europe, the USA and beyond!
How do you choose which charity the playhouses we decorate will be donated to?
If you don't already know which charity you'd like to support, we'll give you options for organisations in need, typically in your local area as we feel supporting your own community is important. Playhouses are popular with many children's charities, from SEN organisations to children's carers charities to family refuge centres. We tend to try to encourage giving the playhouses to smaller charities who don't always receive the same funding as larger organisations.
How long does the Fun House activity last?
FunHouse is designed to last around 2-2.5 hours. However we can be flexible based on your agenda - get in touch to discuss options.
What happens after the Fun House event?
After the event, we'll tidy up the event space and then deliver the playhouses you've decorated to your chosen charity, normally straight after your event. Once the recipients have had the donations for a short while, you'll receive feedback you can share with your team to really demonstrate the difference they've made by participating in the event.
I'm interested in the Fun House challenge - what next?
Get in touch with us via our Contact Form, the phone or email to let us know the size of your group, the anticipated location and date of your event (if you have one). We'll then provide a straightforward quote and a summary of the number of playhouses you'll be creating. If you choose to go ahead with the event, we'll get the ball rolling with the event set up. We project manage the entire process from start to finish. We'll liaise with you about charity options and organise the event logistics, agenda, event space set-up and charity representative. We can also add bespoke elements to your event, depending on your objectives - for example, you might want to incorporate messaging surrounding your company's mission and vision, values or brand. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional service, and our client testimonials and satisfaction scores are a testament to this!