There this phase in certain children's lives that is called "the construction vehicle phase". Others may know it as "the dinosaur phase", "the shark phase", "the fairy phase" or "the farm animal phase". Oh, there are many phases and us parents live gloriously through them all. We read the same ...
How to Create a Stone Quarry Small World
If you can not walk, ride or drive past a digger without squeals and pleads to stop and watch for hours, this simple stone quarry small world is for you. Read along and see how you can put together a pretty amazing invitation to play and explore construction vehicles and rocks. Lots of rocks. ...
Recycled Garage Small World: Turning Trash into Treasure
A couple of years ago I noticed this too ugly to be true toy car garage in our local thrift store. I tend to not buy stuff when it's that ugly but there's was this potential I saw in it that I could not ignore. I was going to turn this trash into treasure and create a fabulous garage small world ...
Introducing the diy Toy Car Travel Tin, aka Your Child’s New Favorite Toy
Some cliches turn out to be more than true. In our family we prided ourselves with our gender neutral approach to toys, clothing and activities for our then preschool daughter and toddler son. But as time goes on, our two eldest children have certainly carved their own way towards all things pink, ...
The Little Yellow Digger Sensory Bin
My almost three year old son has two obsessions: dinosaurs and diggers. He takes them everywhere. I love the noises and imaginative play in action and I adore the little conversations I secretly overhear him having with his toys. I'm all about exploring interests so I recently got him the classic ...