Playroom for Mt Hope Paediatric

Johnathon Edwards, president of the organisation explained the motive behind the project saying, “It has something called the Bedtime Stories Initiative where we come on the ward every Thursday, and we interact with the children on the ward. We bring toys, entertainment, just stuff to make the children smile, just to make the experience on the ward not as traumatic as it usually is.

From there, what we thought of, was an idea of how to make the environment a bit more cohesive to healing, a more comfortable place for the children.” Notably, the playroom has an intergalactic theme. Edwards explained, “...We started with the corridors, painted it so it would be more coherent with Out of Space...We then proceeded with the intergalactic planets, solar system, milky way...

From there, we also acquired tables to match the themes. And then, with the tables, we actually dipped the varnish in glitter to give it a more intergalactic appearance.

We got curtains from the ward itself so the colour theme would match.” The room also contains a mural of the universe designed by the students.

Initially, said Edwards, the Mount Hope Art Society set out to foster creativity among all the students enrolled in the University.