Woodland stories and creatures have been capturing the imagination for years, and with good reason! Stories like Bambi and the Gruffalo (and many others) capture the magic of the woods like no other. We love the idea of entire stories playing out among the woodland creatures, the suspense building ...
4 Creative Ways to Use Fabric Scraps in Small World Play
If you're reading this, you probably have a large bag of fabric scraps sitting somewhere. Instead of waiting for the next project, why not have some fun in the mean time? We don't often associate fabric scraps with play, but this next post will change your mind and get you all excited about creating ...
Simple Edible Construction Sensory Play
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 ...
Hattie Peck Story Basket
If the story of Hattie Peck, chicken extraordinaire, isn't on your radar yet, you need to run (don't walk!) and grab yourself a copy asap. Hattie Peck is a beautiful story of a mama hen who simply wants a family of her own to love. Putting together a Hattie Peck story basket is a great way to ...
Simple Farm Sensory Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and preschoolers simply can't resist a sensory table. This urge to play and explore is so very deeply ingrained in all children and any gorgeous invitation will appeal to that part of them. While we all love well thought out and beautifully set up sensory bins or small worlds, the truth is ...
How to Set Up a Simple Autumn Sensory Box
As the days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing colour. Summer has come to an end and Autumn has arrived. I love this season of beauty and it's melancholy feeling of time slipping through my hands. The kids have grown so much and are about to start another year of school. There's a lot ...
Medieval Themed Play, a Kid Wonder Box Review
For the longest time I've been looking at subscription boxes wondering if would be worth the money. I loved the idea of my kids getting creative projects in the mail once a month, but I worried about them being rubbish and adding to that pile of play things no one plays with anymore. As if reading ...
How to set up a simple Bug Discovery Sensory Bin
It's all about the bugs in our family lately. The kids have been playing and exploring outside most days. And along with the sunshine, the bugs have started making an appearance as well. Everyone is full of questions and my boys would just love to see some of the bugs up close. Wanting to respond to ...
My Family and Me Crochet Framed Photographs
Children love looking at photographs of themselves and their family. It creates a sense of belonging and having family photographs around is a great way to keep memories alive. Since a lot of the images and videos we make are stored on our devices, our kids don't get to see them often. The first ...
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. ...