Mondrian Inspired Collage
J really enjoyed our exploration into Mondrian back in May and we have had our Mondrian stained glass window on…
Preschool Ideas
Easy, fun, simple and great for preschoolers! These ideas, activities and crafts help them play, learn, create and have fun doing so.
Water Bead Play
We’ve been playing with our Water beads again and doing some fine motor skills moving them using a variety of…
Taste Safe Ocean Sensory Bin
June 8th is World Ocean Day and as you know if you follow my blog I am a former Marine…
Rainbow sticky art
It’s been raining again (what a surprise for the UK) but because of the sunny days as well we’ve had…
I can paint a rainbow
With so much rain recently we need to look at the sunny side of it so I set up a…
Mondrian Inspired Sun-Catcher – Exploring Famous Artists with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and Preschoolers have a unique outlook on art – they are uninfluenced and they know what they like and…
Imaginative Play – Host a Tea Party
It’s day 21 of 30 days to hands on play and it’s the weekend so Rainy Day Dad and J…
Exploring outdoors – shop imaginative play
We’re taking some of our play outside this week for our exploring outdoors post and playing shops. It’s been a…
Goldilocks and the three bears play
As part of 30 days to hands on play challenge that I am revisiting at the moment Day 14 was…
Exploring The Frog Life Cycle with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Yes we’re back with the frogs again – seeing frogs in situ in a pond, lake or stream is a…
Understanding Growth – a toddler science experiment
Have you ever tried to explain to a “Why” 2 year old what growing is? Yes we’ve read some books…
Practising using a knife with play eggs and Tuesday Tots
A simple way to get toddlers using a knife today from us. I don’t know about anyone else but getting…
Paper Plate Ladybird
In honour of T’s birthday this week J and I have been making her some paper plate ladybirds. Now back…
Weather Blog Hop – Toddler Made Rain Catcher
Welcome to March’s Blog Hop and this months theme is Weather for our weather post we are looking at a…
Top Tips for Visiting the Zoo with Your Toddlers
The zoo is a great place to visit with your toddler. The animals that they have only previously seen in…
Pretend Play – Cooking a feast
J is really getting into play more so than actual crafts at the moment – although we still draw and…
Snowman Crispie Cakes
I’m really trying to explore and embrace lots of different activities with J and T this year. So I decided…
Easy Reindeer Cupcakes to Cook with Toddlers
It really gives me great pleasure to bring you day 6 of the Creative Christmas Countdown with a post about…
A Toddler letter to Santa
Writing your Christmas letter to Santa and sending it what ever your family tradition is – posting it, sending it…
Santa Collage for Toddlers
With Christmas around the corner. We’ve started on the Christmas themed crafts and yesterday we made a Santa Collage. Collage’s…
Sky at night play dough
With the changing of the clocks and seasons J is suddenly able to see the night sky and he is…
Blast Off – TP Roll Rocket
As part of the World Space Week 2011 activities we’ve had great fun today making our Toilet paper roll rockets….
Traffic Light Indoor Game
This is a great indoor game for kids that we have seen used at a local gymnastics group and it’s…
Fence Painting
A great summer activity that involves very little planning and is great for getting those muscles working and ready for…