We all use our senses to explore and make sense of the world around us. For children sensory play offers specific experiences that are designed to encourage this exploration. Sensory play is an holistic activity – that means that it offers lots of opportunities for children to practice and develop a whole range of skills […]
Super Cool Straw Mosaic Art
I went to Ikea last week. I didn’t buy anything very exciting – a chopping board, some bag clips, a couple of rolls of paper, and some straws! I just couldn’t resist bring home the straws, even though we already had a huge tub of them at home already, but they were such bright, fun […]
Three Quick and Easy Drawing Activities
I hear it in the tone of their voices. Things are about to go to hell in a handbasket and I really don’t have the energy to deal with fighting kids this afternoon. I don’t have the energy to deal with anything, but I still need make dinner and hang the washing so before things […]
Play Plates – quick and easy imaginative play.
Imaginative play is so much fun, and it can engage kids for long periods of time which makes it awesome for parents too! But sometimes you just don’t have the time or the energy to set up a big, elaborate, imaginative play scene. You just need something quick, easy, and portable. These fun ‘play plates‘ […]
Absorption Painting – An Easy Process Art Activity
Sometimes the best creativity happens when you least expect it. This absorption painting activity happened by accident, when we’d finished another activity and had some liquid watercolors left over. I went to get some more paper to use up the last of the paint, but when I came back my boys had grabbed the paper […]
Frog Pond Small World – Easy Imaginative play
When the rain has stopped and the evening is quiet, we can hear a frog chorus as we lay in bed. It sounds like every puddle is filled with frogs singing to each other. We try to count how many different songs we can hear, but we give up after three as they all just […]
Easy Easter Egg People with Free Printable Hats
Use these fun free printables to make some super cool Easter egg people! These tiny printable hats and accessories combined with funny hand drawn eggy faces will turn boring eggs into fabulous Easter egg people! My kids love decorating eggs for Easter. We’ve dyed eggs, painted them, collaged them, drip dyed them, and more. […]
Rainbow Play Dough Activity and Free Printables
Make some rainbows with this easy to set up rainbow play dough activity using our free printable rainbow play dough accessories. I love rainbows… they just make me happy. I’ll take any excuse to do something rainbow themed, and Sat Patrick’s day seems like a good one to me! So I combined two of our […]
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