Creative family events that do good for people and planet.
Honey House creates immersive, creative events for families with young children. We specialise in uplifting in-person experiences built around sustainable making and creating — as a method for community. Our warm, lifestyle events make people comfortable enough to talk, or not. But connected, energised and part of something either way.
We are two mothers of five children between us, with over twenty years of combined experience across art, pop-ups and family events.
We were done with the low-care, high-pressure, isolated version of parenting that's become the norm - so we build events that are the direct opposite of that. In-person, creative, communal. Rich with colour and conversation. Built for recharging and reassurance as much as joy and wonder.
We are reimagining what parenting can feel like — and giving the revival of real, in-person community the urgency it deserves.
We partner with brands who want to meet this audience where they actually are — in real life, doing something that matters to them.
If that's you, let's talk.
Our Mission
Corinne Smith, left and Daisy Hill, right
Community Events for Parents
Over the past two years we've run hundreds of events for families with children aged 0–5 across Sussex — and we know what it takes to get a tired parent through the door and leave them feeling recharged and reconnected.
Pop-up Events for Brands
With twenty years of experience across events, arts and family activations, we partner with family brands to produce pop-up events that deliver the double return: industry-leading ROI and the kind of cultural goodwill no ad spend can manufacture.
What we do
Why does this matter?
Parental mental health.
65% of working parents report burnout. Nearly three in four experience sensory overload from child-rearing. in the US parental stress has been classified as an urgent public health issue. Together events don't add to that load - they reduce it. When every day activities become enjoyable for the adult, parenting becomes a more relaxed and manageable experience.
Child behaviour and wellbeing.
Overstimulated children melt down. Children cast as passive consumers lose their natural cooperative instincts. Together events reverse this pattern: lower stimulation, genuine participation, and an environment where children are included in something real rather than funnelled into something manufactured.
Family connection.
Research from the Netherlands, Denmark, and indigenous cultures all points to the same mechanism: families who do things together - genuinely together, not in parallel - raise children who are more cooperative, more emotionally regulated, and more content.
UNICEF's data bears this out at a population level.
Together events create the conditions for family connection in a culture that has systematically designed it out.
How can we help?
Honey House Together family experiences facilitate togetherness, creativity, exploration, and genuine participation between parents and children - moving families from a culture of child entertainment to one of shared experience.
The research is clear that this shift improves child behaviour, emotional regulation, and parental mental health.
While the research exists, the infrastructure doesn't. This is what we’re bringing to parents and places UK-wide.
Our Story So Far
Since 2024, Honey House events have been running across Sussex in coffee shops, pubs and lifestyle venues for parents with babies and children aged 0-10.
Throughout this time we have refined and defined the perfect essence of a Together event.
At Honey House events, instead of sitting on the sidelines, doomscrolling or waiting until the hour time slot is up, parents get actively involved, build their community and enhance their connection with their kids - and themselves. Prior to this our founding team have spent over 30 years collectively in event curation, art & design and Placemaking.
What do parents say?
“Honey House has been a wonderful way to meet other families. I enjoy it just as much as my little one.”
“I love the openness of everyone attending and shared mutual understanding for a sense of play and connection.”
“I felt we were truly in a creative and safe space. I felt relaxed with an interesting activity as well as meeting other parents.”
“It’s fun for the kids but also adults. High quality and unique ideas.”
“Events are run so well with a sense of relaxation, connection with others and joy with little ones. Definitely a sense of a village.”
Work with us
Come to an event
Every Honey House experience is designed with our unique blend of sustainable arts & crafts and interactivity - to promote togetherness, creative flow and wellbeing.
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Fixing the Family Experience
Research consistently shows that children who are included in adult-paced experiences - rather than constantly entertained develop stronger creativity, cooperation, and emotional resilience.
When parents stop performing as 'parentertainers' and start enjoying themselves again, they're not the only ones who benefit - the whole family does.
Let’s make the UK family-friendly
