Bug & Bear Play Cafe

08/30/2026

🌿🏡 TINY WORLDS: BUILD + PLAY 🏡🌿

What happens when we give little hands a pile of sticks, blocks, rocks, cardboard, leaves, and a whole lot of imagination?

A tiny world comes to life. ✨

Join us for a morning of open-ended building, nature-inspired play, and exploring where kiddos can:

🌱 Build homes, habitats, roads & bridges
🐻 Create spaces for their favorite animals
🪵 Explore and play with natural loose parts
🏡 Build, knock down, rebuild & experiment
🐦 Make their very own bird feeder to take home
✨ Imagine, create & play in their own little world

There’s no right way to build and no “perfect” finished product. Just curious kids, open-ended materials, and lots of room to imagine.

Perfect for little builders of all ages! 💚

📅 Friday, Sept 4th
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe
https://BugandBearPC.as.me/tinybuilds
Come build a little. Play a lot. Imagine anything. 🌿

08/28/2026

🌿 RESCHEDULE NOTICE 🌿

TINY WORLDS: BUILD + PLAY 🏡✨
has been rescheduled to Friday, September 4th!

We can’t wait to spend the morning building, exploring, imagining, and playing together! 🌱🪵🐻

And don’t forget — each little builder will have the chance to make their very own bird feeder to take home! 🐦💚

Thank you for your flexibility, and we hope to see you September 4th!

Sign-up link is in the comments of the original post and our bio!

🌿🏡 TINY WORLDS: BUILD + PLAY 🏡🌿

What happens when we give little hands a pile of sticks, blocks, rocks, cardboard, leaves, and a whole lot of imagination?

A tiny world comes to life. ✨

Join us for a morning of open-ended building, nature-inspired play, and exploring where kiddos can:

🌱 Build homes, habitats, roads & bridges
🐻 Create spaces for their favorite animals
🪵 Explore and play with natural loose parts
🏡 Build, knock down, rebuild & experiment
🐦 Make their very own bird feeder to take home
✨ Imagine, create & play in their own little world

There’s no right way to build and no “perfect” finished product. Just curious kids, open-ended materials, and lots of room to imagine.

Perfect for little builders of all ages!

📅 Friday, August 28
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe
18748 Raymond Rd. Marysville, OH

Come create, explore & play together! 🌿💚

08/26/2026

🌿🏡 TINY WORLDS: BUILD + PLAY 🏡🌿

What happens when we give little hands a pile of sticks, blocks, rocks, cardboard, leaves, and a whole lot of imagination?

A tiny world comes to life. ✨

Join us for a morning of open-ended building, nature-inspired play, and exploring where kiddos can:

🌱 Build homes, habitats, roads & bridges
🐻 Create spaces for their favorite animals
🪵 Explore and play with natural loose parts
🏡 Build, knock down, rebuild & experiment
🐦 Make their very own bird feeder to take home
✨ Imagine, create & play in their own little world

There’s no right way to build and no “perfect” finished product. Just curious kids, open-ended materials, and lots of room to imagine.

Perfect for little builders of all ages!

📅 Friday, August 28
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe
18748 Raymond Rd. Marysville, OH

Come create, explore & play together! 🌿💚

08/21/2026

💚 Tots in Tow yesterday morning! 🌿

What a sweet morning of playing, exploring, creating, and connecting with friends!

Our Tots in Tow kiddos had plenty of opportunities to use their imaginations, explore hands-on activities, and enjoy some good old-fashioned play together. There’s something so special about watching little ones learn alongside one another—and seeing those friendships begin to grow. 🥹

Thank you to all of our families who joined us! We loved spending the morning with you. 💚

Play, connection, and a little bit of messy fun—just the way childhood should be. ✨

08/21/2026

🌿🎨 This morning was full of creativity, connection & PLAY! 🐻💚

There’s just something special about watching kids create with what’s right in front of them. This morning, little artists explored nature-inspired art, experimented with colors and textures, gathered flowers and leaves, and let their imaginations take the lead.

And when the crafting was done? They headed outside to explore, mix, pour, create, and play together. 🪨🌸💦

No two creations were alike—and that’s exactly how we like it. ❤️

This is why we believe in open-ended, hands-on play. Kids don’t need everything perfectly planned for them. Sometimes, they just need a few simple materials, a little space, and the freedom to wonder, create, and PLAY.

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning! Watching your little ones grow, create, and connect is truly the best part of what we do. 🥹💚

There’s something so special about giving kids the space to play, create, explore, and simply be themselves. 🌿💚

08/20/2026

Join us tomorrow morning!

🌿🎨 Nature Art + Play! 🎨🌿

Come get creative with nature at Bug & Bear Play Cafe! Kids will explore, create, and play using natural materials, flowers, leaves, and their imaginations. 🌸🍃

Join us Friday, August 21 at 10:00 AM for a morning of hands-on art, outdoor play, and plenty of opportunities to get messy and creative!

📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe | Marysville, OH

Perfect for little nature lovers, artists, and curious kiddos! 💚

Sign-up link in comments and bio!

08/18/2026

🌿🎨 Nature Art + Play! 🎨🌿

Come get creative with nature at Bug & Bear Play Cafe! Kids will explore, create, and play using natural materials, flowers, leaves, and their imaginations. 🌸🍃

Join us Friday, August 21 at 10:00 AM for a morning of hands-on art, outdoor play, and plenty of opportunities to get messy and creative!

📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe | Marysville, OH

Perfect for little nature lovers, artists, and curious kiddos! 💚

Sign-up link in comments and bio!

08/14/2026

Messy Art + Play 8/14/26

The most amazing thing about nature is… everything. 🌿

It has a way of bringing kids of all different ages together. It encourages them to use their imaginations, show their creativity, and learn from one another.

It prompts questions that may have never been asked. It turns ordinary things—pots, pans, rocks, sticks, grass, dirt—into something completely new.

A pile of rocks becomes a meal.
A patch of grass becomes a potion.
An old pot becomes part of an elaborate creation.
And suddenly, kids who may not have known each other five minutes ago are building, imagining, problem-solving, and creating together.

There are no instructions. No “right” way to play. Just kids following their curiosity and seeing what happens.

Sometimes we get so caught up in giving children activities that we forget how capable they are of creating their own.

Kids need to play.
Kids need to be outside.
Kids need the freedom to imagine, explore, get messy, ask questions, and create. 🌱

And sometimes, all they really need from us is the space to do it.

08/14/2026

Our messy play is on for this morning! Rain boots, rain jacket, and an extra set of clothes is encouraged!

🎨🌈 Ready to get MESSY?! Join us for Messy Art + Play on Friday, August 14 from 9:30–11:00 AM at Bug & Bear Play Cafe!

Kids can paint, squish, splash, experiment, create, and explore with fun art and sensory materials—without worrying about keeping things neat. 🖌️💦 There’s no perfect finished product here; it’s all about the process, creativity, exploration, and PLAY!

✨ Perfect for kids of all ages!
👕 Dress for a mess—we’ll handle the rest!

📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe | 18748 Raymond Rd. | Marysville, OH
🎟️ Space is limited—reserve your spot and come make a beautiful mess with us! Link in comments and bio.

08/13/2026

Join us tomorrow for lots of messy fun!

🎨🌈 Ready to get MESSY?! Join us for Messy Art + Play on Friday, August 14 from 9:30–11:00 AM at Bug & Bear Play Cafe!

Kids can paint, squish, splash, experiment, create, and explore with fun art and sensory materials—without worrying about keeping things neat. 🖌️💦 There’s no perfect finished product here; it’s all about the process, creativity, exploration, and PLAY!

✨ Perfect for kids of all ages!
👕 Dress for a mess—we’ll handle the rest!

📍 Bug & Bear Play Cafe | 18748 Raymond Rd. | Marysville, OH
🎟️ Space is limited—reserve your spot and come make a beautiful mess with us! Link in comments and bio.