Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins will host a virtual party for kids in lockdown due to COVID-19

Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins will be hosting a virtual birthday party concert for kids in lockdown due to COVID-19.

The 30-year-old is set to perform on Saturday May, 16 at 11am for children as part of retailer Best&Less’ Bestest Virtual Birthday Party initiative.

The event will include interactive games for young kids as well as lots of singing and dancing.

‘We know that many children have had to cancel their party, and with every child across Australia invited for a fun morning, we especially hope those with birthdays from March to June will be there to celebrate and make their birthday one to remember,’ said Best&Less’ chief executive Rod Orrock in a statement published on news.com.au. 

To attend the event, parents must register their children at www.bestandless.com.au by May 10.

This comes after The Wiggles released a single about hand washing in collaboration with UNICEF, as well as a song about social distancing.

Emma revealed that many young children weren’t able to understand the ‘abstract concept’ of social distancing. 

‘As adults, we know we need to stand a certain distance away from each other,’ Emma told ET Canada.

‘But generally if the children are being kept in isolation with their own family, they’re already at home so that idea doesn’t really apply to their own parents, for example, or their siblings. But social distancing for them really means not being able to see grandmother on the weekend.’

Simply titled Social Distancing, the song and accompanying clip featuring all four members of The Wiggles was released on YouTube in March.  

In the music video, Emma dressed up as a grandmother while the lyrics explained why children could not visit their grandparents.

The Wiggles also demonstrated the distance people should stand away from each other, as well as other ways to communicate with loved ones, such as video chat.