The other day my 5 1/2 year old daughter was having one of her after school moods. "I don't know what to do!!!" She yells out at me. "How about you bake us some pretend play cookies in your kitchen?" I calmly suggest. "There's nothing for me to bake with ... and besides we're not allowed to ...
Make Your Own Embroidered Treasure Map
Children love treasure maps and going on the treasure hunt. What they possibly love even more is designing their own treasure map. We seem to be going through a phase where our treasure maps get used on a daily basis. So I decided to transfer a hand drawn treasure map to fabric and embroidering ...
Hairy Maclary Small World Storytelling
Hairy Maclary was one of Noa's first favourite books. We read it again and again and again. There's something about this little dog, his friends and his adventures that captures the hearts of little ones. And to be honest, that little scruffy dog has grown on me too over the years. I have been ...
Felt Chocolates for Pretend Play
I am Belgian, so it pretty much goes without saying that I love my chocolate. Everything you ever heard about Belgian chocolate is probably true: we have the best chocolate in the world, more variations of size, shape and taste than you can imagine and we consider it to be very normal to eat ...
How to Make Fairy Hair Braids for Pretend Play
"It's all fairies that hits the clock", as we would literally say in Belgium, meaning that we eat, sleep and breathe fairies nowadays. One afternoon my 4 year old daughter and I made these cute little fairy braids, which were inspired by our princess hair. These fairy braids are easy to make, ...
How to Make a Cardboard Sword for Kids and Dramatic Play
I have come to the conclusion the that a cardboard sword is a dress up box essential. Being surrounded by princess dresses and tutus, my daughter asked me for her sword the other day. A sword? We don't have swords. But she insisted she could never save her beloved bunny from the clutches of ...
Easy DIY Princess Dress Up Braid Tutorial
You'll enjoy reading this easy DIY princess dress up braid tutorial today. It's sweet and simple and most of all: fool proof. Get all of your yarn out and you and your children can spend the afternoon making all the princess hair your little one ever wanted! How we made our Princess Hair Let ...
Underwater Small World under the Table
Underwater worlds are magical. Oh, the stories that can be told about seahorses, mermaids and hidden treasures! Throughout the years I've noticed how tents are simply irresistible to children. When we decided to do an activity around the "underwater" theme, I knew I wanted to create a true ...