Toddler Fun

Sensory Play – Keep it Simple with Ice Blocks

December 13, 2011

There is nothing better than a bit of water play on a hot day, or even on a cold one. Water play is one of those activities that offers opportunity for learning in all developmental areas. It’s soothing, engaging and just plain fun, yet sometimes it seems like too much work and too much mess, [...]

Play Dough Patterns

November 15, 2011

Yep, I’m blogging about play dough again! I am collecting quite a few blog posts about play dough ideas and activities. It’s a good thing I like playing with dough as much as my big boy does. The small boy is even starting to take some interest in the activity. He’s had a few tastes [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub Full of Seeds

November 8, 2011

I’d been saving up this activity for when I really needed to pull out something special. After a particularly bad day last week with lots of yelling (by the kids and me) I knew that time has come… I quietly got out two tubs, a couple of containers, funnels and some scoops I’d been saving [...]

Getting Started with Activities for your Kids – Guest Post from Hands On As We Grow

October 31, 2011

I’m taking some time off from my blog this week, and inviting a few guests to write for me. My first guest post is from the very ‘hands on’ Mum, Jamie from Hands On : As We Grow! How do you start doing activities with your toddler or preschooler? I started hands on activities with [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Marker Paints

October 11, 2011

I saw this idea to make liquid water colour paints at Artopotamus and pinned it to save for ‘one day’. Then ‘one day’ arrived as I cleaned out the art cupboard and was about to throw out all the markers that no longer worked and I suddenly remembered! I only had a couple of markers [...]

Sensory Play – A Tub of Bubbles

September 20, 2011

Sensory play doesn’t have to be a hugely messy activity, even if you set it up inside! Today we set up a little tub of bubbles, just for one, or maybe two! We started with a small tub and some small measuring cups, scoops and spoons that come with all the kids medication. We set [...]

Dinos and Packaging – Wordless Wednesday

September 7, 2011

It seems I am not the only one excited by today’s delivery!

Play Dough with Straws and Toothpicks

September 6, 2011

My big boy loves play dough. I mean, he REALLY loves play dough. We have more commercially made play dough accessories than you can poke a stick at. I am not sure why you’d bother poking a stick at play dough accessories, but if you did, you’d have trouble poking all of ours. Those play [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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