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More Printable Imaginative Play Mats!

Posted on June 24, 2014

Free Printable Imaginative Play Mats - Frozen Land and Space Land!

We’ve had so much fun playing with the first two printable imaginative play mats that I created, and so many of you have told me all the fun ways you have used them and given me some great ideas for some new play mats, so here you go – here are two new printable imaginative […]

Simple Play Ideas – Autumn Imaginative Play

Posted on May 16, 2014

Simple Play Ideas - Autumn Imaginative Play in a Box!

We’d collected way more leaves than we needed to do the leaf rubbing activity so I dumped them in the old fruit box that was sitting on the table, I’d deal with them later. I walked past the box of leaves again a few minutes later and saw that Noah had begun adding items- some […]

Printable Imaginative Play Mats

Posted on February 25, 2014

free printable imaginative play mats

I have long lusted after some of the gorgeous felted play mats like the ones you see on Etsy or in Steiner/Waldorf shops. But felting is not my thing so I’ve just admired from afar, until I got the crazy idea to make a printable one! I started with two very simple scenes – sea, […]

Using Foam Board for Imaginative Play

Posted on October 15, 2013

Using a foam board for imaginative play - lots of poking, building and imagining!

One good thing about the never ending renovations is that there is always a steady stream of interesting boxes, packaging, and building left overs to play with. Recently our shower screen came packed with some big, foam boards. Of course I stashed them away somewhere safe because I knew they would be good for something, […]

Design Your Own Printable Play Money

Posted on October 8, 2013

Design your own play money! A fun way to make your own play money and learn about different money too!

Do your kids like playing shops? This fun activity to design your own printable play money will add a whole new level of fun and learning to your kids dramatic play. Ever since we set up our baker’s shop to sell our five current buns, playing shop has been big business around here. It makes […]

Using What You’ve Got – A quick and easy invitiation to play.

Posted on September 17, 2013

Use What you Have - a quick and easy invitation to play

We have had some great fun creating elaborate imaginative play set ups and fancy sensory activities. When I have the time and the motivation I love creating these kinds of activities for my kids. But I don’t always have the time, or the motivation, or the equipment, or the space, or the energy. Sometimes it’s […]

Space Crazy! Free Printable Space Characters.

Posted on July 23, 2013

Space Crazy - free printable space characters to download print and play with!

All week my small boy had been asking me for a ‘face-man’. After a lot of questioning and frustrated repetitions of his ‘face-man’ request I finally figured out out… he wanted a ‘spaceman’! Of course I couldn’t stop at just a ‘face-man’ I had to make him a rocket, and an alien friend and a […]

At the Beach : Salt Tray Imaginative Play.

Posted on June 4, 2013

The Beach - coloured salt imaginative play scene

The big kids had all gone off in different directions and left Noah behind. He didn’t like it, not one bit. Big fat tears ran down his cheeks as he told me “they don’t want me”. I had to smile as he usually has his older siblings wrapped around his little finger so on the […]

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