Here's a look at some of the play, learning and creative ideas that we have done over the last month. I thought I would try a new type of blog post this week - a look at a few of the different things we have done over the last month. We have enjoyed some water play, colour matching, bookish play, wet felting and small world play. I love to set up play invitations and get creative with my girls. I hope you find some inspiration today to help create some playful moments for the

One small world invitation ... still getting play after 1 month. As I write this blog post my girls are playing with the small world table, adding in animals to create a much larger small world. We are now over a month into this small world table. I set it up after I had bought the wooden dolls house out of my classroom. I made the most simple additions to the small world this morning and all 3 girls were straight into playing again ...

Let's create a beautiful rainbow fairy land + fairy sensory tray A rainbow fairy small world ready to play! Small world play is a wonderful type of imaginative and creative play for kids! Fairy play is always a favourite here, so I decided to draw these rainbow toadstool fairy houses to go with our fairies and Grapat Nins. Some of the colours aren't an exact match - but my kids are happy with them. They look cute set up with some small world props for some magical fairy play!

Small world play is always lots of fun! Let’s create an engaging small world play setup! Creating a little small world to play with is so much fun! This was a lion small world played with by my 4 year old. She enjoyed creating stories about her lions as she acted them out. Here’s how this small world was created: The Small World Invitation to Play … This beautiful small world play started with a few items placed on a table. I intentionally didn't set it up as a small world th

Pretend play is lots of fun! Simply print, add in some flowers and you are ready to play! Welcome to the flower shop! Looking for a quick and easy pretend role play set up? This is perfect for you! This flower shop pretend play printable is a simple invitation for your child to engage in some pretend imaginative play. I kept this printable really simple as it was for Miss 4. You could add in extra props for older children if you wish. What is included in the free flower shop

Just print and add coloured loose parts to play! Use these colour match pictures with loose parts Colour matching is lots of fun! Miss 3.5 is really enjoying colour matching at the moment. I have designed some printables to have some fun while working on this skill. These are a fun colour matching activity for kids, just print them out and add some loose parts. Loose parts that would work with these printable pages: Lucite cubes Grapat mandala pieces Coloured buttons Pom poms

A fun DIY craft project creating some pretend play food. The perfect addition for imaginative play in the dolls house, with Maileg mice...

Sensory play trays don't need to be complicated. Here is a quick to put together and fun rainbow invitation to play... Simple and fun...

A fun way to invite your child for some calming sensory play using their favourite tea set. Tea party time with a sensory tray! Tea party...

How we set up our toy shelf to inspire play and imagination. Our new toy shelf has inspired so much play and imagination already Our play space has changed numerous times over the past few years and mostly likely will continue as our girls grow and our needs for the space change. We started with a small little shelf in the corner of our lounge room, then we changed to a cube shelf in our dining room and now we have this house bookcase from Mocka in the corner of our lounge ro

For the little ones in your life that enjoy fairy play and all things magical. Read on to find out some ways to inspire their play