I absolutely adore small world play. There is something magically inviting about small worlds. Children can’t resist exploring small worlds anymore than they can resist a pushing over a block tower. Today we invite you to join us as we make a small world zoo with everyday items. I love how you can easily create…
Valentine’s Day Love Cave
When you live in small space (aka apartment), at moments you have to get really creative how to use space you have available and turn it into something awesome for children to play. Today we would like to share with you an idea how to simply turn a small space just under the table in…
Kitchen Play Area Safety Tips
We have already mentioned in past couple weeks how much kids love to play with food and how to expand activities using play food. When you add to a mix that kids really love to spend time playing with their parents, you end up with kids under your legs for most of the time while…
5 Ways to Play with Play Food
One of goals of Less Toys. More Play. series is to take a good long look at the toys you already have at home and decide to keep those that can be used for open-ended play. In other words, for imaginative / creative play where one toy can be used for play in many different…
Playing without Commercial Toys
As much as kids love shiny new toys, they are even more curious about taking a peek into your closet or kitchen cupboard! You probably experienced seeing the joy on child’s face when playing without commercial toys! Let’s get you inspired for a next treasure hunt to turn something ordinary to a brand new “toy”…
Wool Sheep Stick Puppet
My kids adore to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep nursery rhyme! Yours too? These wool sheep stick puppets are really easy to create in under 5 minutes! We hope you will create several with or for your kids to play and sing! One of our favorite ways to play is when we can sing a…
Repurpose Old Technology into Toys for Imaginative Play
Sometimes the best toys are the things you’d never expect. Like the cardboard box that becomes a fort, or the weekly pill organizer that transforms into a “video game.” Here we shall take a look into ways to repurpose old techology into toys for imaginative play. As a result, kids will play more and we…
DIY Bandages for Animal Hospital Pretend Play
Most of the kids, my own included, love playing with plush animals. Usually there is one or two they simply adore and carry around all the time. However, when they get bored with their plushies, it’s time to change the play! Invite kids to make and help decorate bandages for animal hospital pretend play and…
Pipe Cleaner Fishing Game for Toddlers
If you are looking for a simple play idea to put together for your toddler in minutes, pipe cleaner fishing game is exactly what you need! Awesome for fine motor skills, sensory play and pretend play, this activity is easy to set up game keeps toddler engaged for quite some time. And they love to…
Jelly Cherry Pie with Cloud Dough Crust
Like in many of our sensory play ideas in last couple weeks, the challenge to play with cloud dough brought us back to kids’ kitchen! We had lots of fun playing with 2 very different textures – cloud dough and jelly. And made fun pretend play jelly cherry pie with cloud dough crust! Almost good…