Ground control to Major Clanger

My 6 year old loves The Clangers so when I heard that Tiny and Small were making a special appearance at Kings Cross this morning, I knew we would have to go along to meet them. For one morning only we were able to ‘Call the Clangers’ via a pop-up pink knitted London phone box with a phone line straight through to our favourite little blue planet.

Infamous UK yarnstormer Deadly Knitshade created a Clangers phone box cosy, and the art installation magically transformed a traditional red London phone box into a fun Clangers experience. Via a special pink phone we were put through to the international space exchange, then introduced to the Clangers by show narrator Michael Palin to guess the message that Major Clanger was whistling.

My 6 year old couldn’t wait to hear the message and was pretty confident he had interpreted it correctly. My 4 year old didn’t miss out as there were special Clangers stickers, whistles and activity sheets to keep her busy. We couldn’t leave without saying hello to Tiny and Small who were both there.

In case you’re wondering, the message my son heard was later revealed in a video posted on www.clangers.com, as well as their social media channels @helloclangers and facebook.com/officialclangers.

Tiny and Small also wanted to share the news that The Clangers returns to CBeebies from Monday 23^rd May at 6pm with 24 brand new episodes. The episodes follow Major, Mother, Small, Tiny and Granny Clanger on a whole host of new adventures. The Clangers are joined by friends old and new as they explore their little blue planet, stumbling upon un-discovered caves and tunnels, finding new places to practice music, knit a jumper and play.

You may also be interested in our other Clangers posts:

Make, read and do with The Clangers magazine
Clangers, Bagpuss & Co at the Museum of Childhood
Clangers Home Planet Playset review
Clangers Squeeze and Whistle plush
Clangers the Brilliant Surprise Book
Clangers planet play scene
Clangers sun catchers
Clangers returns to tv