Dinosaurs are always a favorite, even in our home and we have 2 little girls! One of the things I like the most is to add a touch of hands-on learning with things that already spark child’s interest and this is the reason why I went on looking for more sensory play ideas with dinosaurs!…
150+ Tried and Tested Hands-On Activities for Kids to Learn with Play
You know how it’s hard to find that one book which contains ideas for hands-on learning through play for kids, and where ideas are “do-able”, tried and tested by someone you know you can trust? Well, not anymore! We are introducing a brand new book with over 150 ideas for kids of different age, from babies…
33 Amazing Play Ideas with Water Beads Your Kids Will Love
My kids adore playing with water beads! If your kids love them too, you will find here 33 water beads based activities to keep your kids happy and occupied in play for hours! Water beads are awesome for sensory play because they are soft, smooshy and feel cold on touch. Perfect for play over Summer…
Magnets and Yogurt Cups Play
Today’s simple invitation to play using magnets and plastic yogurt cups turned to something completely different as play continued and my toddler decided to use additional elements to prolong the play. As we played with our magnets and cups, we talked about letters, numbers, colors and worked on fine motor skills. There was a bit…
Pretend Play Blush
Having 2 little beauties at home can be very challenging! They want to put up a make-up like grown ups! Well, not going to happen! Instead, we made this simple fake blush they can use for their beauty salon pretend play. Have you seen other ideas where we turned things from recycle bin to new…
Tin Foil Bangles
My daughters love to dress up, both toddler and older. For today’s play, we created shiny tin foil bangles using things either from our recycle bin or things we had on hand. In case you want to recreate these, keep in mind that you can reuse aluminium foil – simply wash it and put aside…
Simple Egg Carton Spring Flower Garden
Plant your Spring flower garden and enjoying the better weather as Spring approaches! This activity combines a bit of art (painting flowers) and fine motor skill practice as toddlers “plant” their flowers. You surely have some empty cardboard egg cartons around? Right? Then join us in today’s #junkplay and create this easy to make Spring…
Recycled Stick Puppets
It’s awesome that you can make stick puppets almost from everything! For today’s #junkplay activity, we recycled some of the greeting and birthday cards we had received previous years. This “light” activity for kids is instantly gratifying – they get to play with something they make in only couple minutes and without any money spent…
Simple Felt Board with Storage
Today we’ll share how to make simplest possible felt board with storage. It took me under 5 minutes to put it together, and that’s including the time I needed to gather supplies around the house! I know it’s hard to believe, but somehow it happen that we don’t have a single cardboard box when needed! Today’s…
7 Blanket Games for Kids
Today we share 7 different ways to play with a thing everyone surely have at home – a blanket! We hope these blanket games will inspire you and your child to find even more ways to play with other common items you have at your home. I’m really excited about sharing 7 ways to play…