Let's celebrate the Christmas season with some fun themed invitations to play and create! A red and green Christmas themed tinker tray of loose parts for open-ended play The wait until Christmas is such an exciting time! It can also be very busy, so I use the same types of setups/play ideas each year with my kids to make things simpler. This blog post has 13 simple Christmas play ideas and crafts for kids. I have a box of fun play things for the kids for Christmas that I put

One easy to make sensory base = lots of fun! See how we reused this for extra play time ... Snowy sensory play tray - Perfect for easy winter themed play! Sensory play trays are so much fun! All 3 of my kids enjoy playing with this type of tray. Not only are they simple to put together, but they can easily be reused over multiple days/even weeks for extra play time! Sensory play can be very calming and it's also a great way to develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination,

Looking for something simple to help enjoy the Easter season? Try one of these fun ideas at home! A fun sensory tray: Rainbow rice + coloured eggs Let's enjoy the special time before Easter with some simple play ideas! Keep reading to find some inspiration ... These Easter play ideas for kids are all things that we have done over the years at home in the lead up to Easter. We now have a little collection of Easter themed play items that we use each year including the followin

Let’s get playing outside with this simple, yet fun flower soup & tea! Flowers and water are the perfect combination for sensory play!...

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!

Let's explore learning numbers in a playful way with these printable number shells! Keep reading to see how we have used them in a sensory play tray. Number shells in order from 1-10 Learning through play is a fun and easy way to help children learn! We used these printable shell numbers to create a beach themed sensory tray. This sensory tray was not only fun to play with, but supported some number learning 1-10 too! Adding in numbers to a set up like this is a gentle way to

A fun way to explore & learn about colours in a hands on way is to create a rainbow colours sensory tray for kids!

Beautiful and sparkly loose parts that have so much potential for play and learning! See how we like to use them ...

We love sensory play! Here are four of our favourite bases that we use to make a fun sensory play tray ...

Do you have some fresh flowers that are looking past their used by date or have some flowers in the garden to pick? Here are some fun flower

Invite your child to work on their cutting & tracing skills and learn about patterns with these two fun fruity VIP printables. Welcome to...

Two simple, but effective play invitations + 3 free printable heart and rainbow mindfulness colouring pages Welcome to a heart themed...