Join us for an evening of play, learning, and fundraising with Mentone Pre-School at MoPA: Museum of Play and Art!
Date, Time & Location
5:30pm until 8:30pm on Sunday, the 18th of May, 2025 at MoPA: Museum of Play and Art, 391 Settlement Rd, Thomastown VIC 3074
You can come and go at any time you wish, during the 3-hour window.
Ticket Prices
$23 per person All children and adults require tickets
Ticket price includes Museum entry (3 hours), staffing and activity supervision, participation in all Museum activations, and art and craft material supply.
Party food
See ticket checkout for all available food options
Strictly no food from home, please. You will see all the food options available when purchasing your tickets. Please contact us (1800 00 66 72) to discuss any specialised dietary requirements. Coffee and Drinks will also be available on the night at regular cafe prices.
Working with people and organisations that are values-aligned has always been such an important aspect of the work we do at MoPA. Our guests, our team, our partners, they’re all hugely passionate about play and creativity.
And when the team at @tonies_anz chose to celebrate their Australian launch at MoPA, and arranged for @emmamemmamemma to drop in for a dance party, we were absolutely THRILLED.
The team were a true delight to work with and the launch of @tonies_anz was a huge success. Wishing you all a happy and successful 2025!! x
Q: Is it a real car? A: Yes, and each has a special place in our ♥️
Q: Do you ever clean it? A: Yes, but the timing is a hot debate. 🧽 There is so much beauty in the layers, but also purity and timeless charm in its bare form.
Q: How do you choose the colours? A: Have you ever stirred up a slurpy? 🥤 If we’re not careful, it ends up brown; our team have become experts in avoiding that! 😆
Q: Why? Just why? A: All our exhibits are thoughtfully crafted to support early learning and creativity. Our world is full of boundaries and conformity (in most cases, for good reason!). The MoPA Art Car exhibit 🚗 is designed to give children an opportunity to do something that doesn’t “feel” within the confines impressed upon us; to help them see, experience first-hand, and learn, that creativity can so often be found in media and forms we never imagined would combine.
🏆 WIN WIN WIN 🏆
Hands up if the Art Car is one of your faves 🤚? We’ll choose one hand up, tomorrow (25/2/25) at 5PM Melbourne time, from the comments below, completely at random, and if your name is the one that comes out of the hat you we’ll be sending you over a $100 Gift Voucher to come and lay down the next coat of paint on the Art Car 🎨❤️
PS, Don’t forget — it’s “Forever Young February” at MoPA this month and you still have a few days to enjoy FREE entry for Grandparents!! xx
Dear Casual Job Seekers of Geelong, MoPA would ❤️ to meet you!
If you know someone that might be a great fit at MoPA Geelong, please tag them below (or FWD this post and let us know via PM)... And if your friend ends up joining the team, we’ll happily gift you a free annual membership to say thanks!!
PS. Pic for attention only (is it NOT the cutest pic ever ❤️)
In February we are going to have some very special days at MoPA to celebrate Victoria’s enormous Chinese community.
Chinese Community Days: Mon 17th Feb in Sandringham Wed 19th Feb in Thomastown Fri 21st Feb in Geelong
We will dance at our dance party to Chinese childrens music, our books will be read in chinese languages, and even our signage will be translated. So if you’d like to get together with other families of the Chinese community, we’ll see you down here at MoPA! We expect these days to be very popular, but we do only have limited space available, so please be sure to jump online and book now to secure your spot. See you all then!
PS - Stay tuned for MORE cultural celebrations at MoPA. Comment below with your ideas and requests!!
“This week at MoPA’s AFTERNOON ART CLASSES we learned about Yayoi Kusama. We created spotty mushrooms, met our new teachers, made friends with our classmates, and earned some very special rewards!”
Term 1 runs for 8 weeks, and there is still 7 weeks left - so if you’d like to join the fun mid-term (and pay only for the remaining classes!!) enrolments are now open. Head to www.mopa.com.au or call us on 1800 00 66 72 to learn more!