Hooray for the arrival of Spring! We are excited for the warmer weather and more sunny days to play. Keep reading to see some fun Spring themed play ideas.
Welcome to this week's blog post - all about Spring play! We love play invitations that use flowers, bugs and butterflies. I have included lots of photos in this blog post of the fun things we have done to celebrate the arrival of Spring in the past.
PS: Keep reading to the end to find out how to get your free Spring garden themed tracing and cutting printable.
*Important* - These play ideas are suggested for children ages 3+ as they contain small parts which are a choking hazard. All play ideas were supervised by an adult.
Spring Themed Invitation to Play
For this little Spring themed table invitation to play I used:
Fake grass table runner
Flower and bug figurines
A Grimms pastel rainbow
Millie-Mae in Spring book
Small world props e.g. rocks, mossy pebbles, greenery
This was a fun way to celebrate the arrival of Spring. Small world play is always well enjoyed, especially by Miss 3.
Spring Themed Grapat Nin Dress-ups
This was a fun little play idea where we dressed up our Grapat Nins using felt pieces and rubber bands. We had bought a pack of felt shapes from a discount store and used these plus some adhesive rhinestones to decorate them. Felt pieces could be used to cut out your own shapes. A pipe cleaner made some cute little antennae for the butterfly.
The dressed up little Nins then had a Spring parade.
This idea to dress up the Nins was inspired by @cardboardfolk on Instagram.
Spring Themed DIY Playdough Stampers
Another simple play idea and easy DIY project. I made some DIY playdough stampers using some little plywood cutouts from Kmart (most craft stores sell these). I hot glued them onto some cardboard circles and some wooden rings to make some Spring themed playdough stampers. These work well glued onto wood cookies too.
For a quick and easy invitation to play the playdough stampers can be set out with some pretty coloured playdough.
Spring Seasonal Display
Another way we celebrate the new season is by decorating our seasonal and calendar display.
Here we used our Grapat perpetual calendar with some leaves and flowers that the girls had collected. The days of the week and season cards by Two Little Ducklings work really well with this calendar to track the day of the week, month and season.
Any items that you already have or collect from nature can be used to set up a seasonal display.
See the blog post here: How to Set Up a Nature Seasonal Shelf/Table for Children
Beautiful Butterfly Playdough
Another fun Spring themed play idea - butterflies and playdough.
Here we used:
Playdough
Butterflies - Wild Republic Nature Tube
Flowers - Flower toob from MiniZoo
Playdough stampers and rollers
Rose Petal Playdough
This is a fun play idea for when the roses bloom! We used dried rose petals mixed in with some homemade pink playdough.
I set up this invitation to play with some butterfly playdough cutters from Kinfolk Pantry, some crystals and some wooden heart beads from Kmart.
Lots of fun was had cutting the rose petals with scissors, mixing them through the playdough, cutting out butterflies, decorating them and then making an outfit for a hippopotamus figurine.
Butterfly Sensory Play Tray
This was a quick and easy butterfly themed sensory tray.
We used:
Chickpeas and coloured bead mix
Scoops
Bowls
Butterflies - Wild Republic Nature Tube
Some green leaf coasters from Kmart
This sensory play tray was well enjoyed - lots of scooping, pouring and playing with the butterflies.
You may also like this blog post: How to Create an Easy Sensory Tray
Potion Making Using Flower Petals
This was another fun play idea using flower petals. We collected some flower petals from Nan's garden and used them in some pretty potions.
This potion making was done using a potion kit from Little Potion Co. It was one of their mini kits. The girls enjoyed mixing and watching their potions fix.
For more potion play ideas you may like this blog post: Magical Potion Mixing: Fun outside play idea for kids
Spring Themed Invitation to Play
The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer is a fantastic book for learning lots about all kinds of creepy crawlies and butterflies too! Here we used the book and some playdough for another Spring themed invitation to play.
The playdough became a little garden for the butterflies.
Pet Rock - Hide and Find in the Garden
This is a fun outside play idea - hide and find in the backyard. This could also be played a the park if you don't have a backyard.
We used some googly eyes and a large rock to make a pet rock. We then took turns hiding it around the garden for the other person to find. This is a fun and easy way to get some sunshine and some outside time.
A Spring Themed Freebie
To celebrate the arrival of Spring I have put together a garden themed cutting and tracing printable for our VIP email list subscribers.
There are a range of different garden themed cutting and tracing pages that can be printed and used as part of an invitation for your child/students.
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Spring Play Ideas
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