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A Gift Guide for Two-Year-Old​ Toddlers

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How to Make Cinnamon and Ginger Scented Play-dough

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How to Make Sand Dough

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Interview with Alex from One Born Every Minute Australia

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on November 20, 2019November 5, 2019Leave a Comment on Interview with Alex from One Born Every Minute Australia

One Born Every Minute Australia has aired its third episode this week! If you haven’t already heard, One Born Every Minute Australia is based upon the series with the same …

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Top Tips For Your Child’s First School Term

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019Leave a Comment on Top Tips For Your Child’s First School Term

Image via Pexels – CC0 Licence  If you have a child that started school this September, then you’ll realise what a huge milestone it is – for you and for …

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Muddy Pigs Small World Sensory Play

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on November 20, 2019October 21, 2019Leave a Comment on Muddy Pigs Small World Sensory Play

Sensory play is always a hit at our house. Stimulation via the five senses; hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch, provides so much information for a developing brain. This being said, …

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Purple Cabbage pH Experiment

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 21, 2019October 13, 2019Leave a Comment on Purple Cabbage pH Experiment

Science is so much fun! Team the experimental elements of a science experiment with colours and you have an amazing lesson of discovery for your toddler! Purple cabbage can be …

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Problem Solving with your Toddler

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019Leave a Comment on Problem Solving with your Toddler

Problem solving is a valuable life skill. As a parent, I often have to consciously remind myself, that I am here to teach and guide my children. To remember, that …

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Easy Chores For Small Children

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 28, 2019September 28, 20192 Comments on Easy Chores For Small Children

Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links. Teaching small children some responsibility around the home can be tricky, but there are some age appropriate chores for …

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The Battle With The Bottle: Methods To Breast Feed If You Find It Difficult

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019Leave a Comment on The Battle With The Bottle: Methods To Breast Feed If You Find It Difficult

Pexels – CC0 Licence Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links. From the moment your child learns to speak, it’s an everyday battle. But as every …

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5 Skills to Teach Kids Outside of School

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019September 5, 2019Leave a Comment on 5 Skills to Teach Kids Outside of School

Image: https://www.pexels.com/search/parents%20/ Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links. We’re lucky to live in a part of the world where the school system is excellent. When …

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Taste Safe Construction Sensory Play

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 3, 2019September 1, 2019Leave a Comment on Taste Safe Construction Sensory Play

Do you have a fan of trucks and vehicles at your place? This Construction themed small world, sensory play tray, is going to be right up their alley! Are you …

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An Introduction to Speech Development

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 3, 2019August 25, 2019Leave a Comment on An Introduction to Speech Development

As a general rule, humans are social beings. We use communication to share information, express thoughts, values and needs with each other. This relationship begins from the moment we are …

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Taste Safe Sensory Aquafaba Foam

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on August 30, 2019August 19, 20192 Comments on Taste Safe Sensory Aquafaba Foam

I have inherited a little saying from my dear, lovely Grandma – ‘Waste not, want not,’. When I heard about the numerous ways to use this amazing substance, I was …

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Jungle Bingo: Toy Review

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on September 3, 2019August 14, 2019Leave a Comment on Jungle Bingo: Toy Review

Does your family love board games or are you looking at starting your own board game collection? You NEED to check out the latest release from Laurence King Publishing : …

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Ways You Can Keep The Kids Busy This Summer

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019August 12, 2019Leave a Comment on Ways You Can Keep The Kids Busy This Summer

Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links. Now that summers here, the school holidays have also made an appearance. It can sometimes be difficult to know …

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Eight Things People Won’t Tell You About Pregnancy

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019August 2, 2019Leave a Comment on Eight Things People Won’t Tell You About Pregnancy

Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links There is nothing sweeter than the news of a new baby. A tiny, perfect bundle of joy with a …

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3 Great Reasons To Take A Family Road Trip

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019July 31, 2019Leave a Comment on 3 Great Reasons To Take A Family Road Trip

Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links Planning a family holiday is always stressful and sometimes, it can be difficult traveling with young children. But you …

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Self Care: A Reminder

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019July 28, 2019Leave a Comment on Self Care: A Reminder

Disclaimer: I was gifted a Bellabox in exchange for my review however the opinions stated are my own. We have all read and heard about the importance of self care. …

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A Busy Mum’s Guide to Saving Time

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on October 16, 2019July 26, 2019Leave a Comment on A Busy Mum’s Guide to Saving Time

Photo by Jordan Rowland on Unsplash A Busy Mum’s Guide to Saving Time Disclaimer: This is a collaborated post and may contain affiliate links When you are a parent, there …

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Get Outdoors and Play!

by playinspiredmumupdated on October 16, 2019July 21, 2019Leave a Comment on Get Outdoors and Play!

There is a lot to gained through play in the outdoors so get outdoors and play! Get Outdoors and Play! Not only is it a great form of exercise for …

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Water Drops in Bottle Tops

by Play Inspired Mumupdated on July 13, 2019July 14, 2019Leave a Comment on Water Drops in Bottle Tops

We love reusing items that would otherwise end up in the rubbish bin, heading off to landfill. This mornings activity repurposed some of our collection perfectly – Water Drops in …

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Learning About Object Permanence

by playinspiredmumupdated on June 12, 2019June 30, 2019Leave a Comment on Learning About Object Permanence

Peek a Boo! Peek a Boo! This is an exchange that has been played and loved by almost every parent and child I know. While it is fun and interactive, …

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Get a free poster every day before Christmas! I have the link in our Play Resources Page πŸ™ Link in bio! 
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  • 🌟🌈 Salt Painting 🌈🌟
The aim today was to make a pretty Christmas tree using the old salt in glue trick with a bit of coloured water. Well we achieved that and then some! Miss 2 loved watching the colours blend into the salt so much, I poured a handful into our play tray and let her explore. She loved every minute! 
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  • 🚧 Construction Play Dough 🚧

Remember our Cinnamon and Ginger Play Dough from a couple of weeks ago? Here is another fun way to use this amazing sensory playdough! 
Miss 2 love making the imprints and tracks using her trucks and a collection of natural resources we have stashed away for these very activities. She then rolled β€˜snakes’ that were tall, medium and short just because she can πŸ₯°

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  • πŸŒŸπŸŽ„ FREE Christmas Posting Printable πŸŽ„πŸŒŸ So many of you loved our elf posting DIY the other day and there were requests for a template which I passed on and check it out! 
Print, laminate, cut and pop them on some toilet rolls and you are good to play! 🚨 Limited time only 🚨

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  • 🌈 What do you think we will see 🌈 
We took a visit to a wildlife park today. It was so much fun! We got to see lots of animals, learn about their origins and what they need to survive. 
Before we left for our adventure, I asked the girls to draw what they thought they might see... Miss 5 drew an emu and Miss 2 was more interested in tracing dinosaurs πŸ¦– πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈπŸ˜… The girls used our Crayon Rocks from @crayon_rocks_australia to create their masterpieces. They are such an amazing tool that encourages proper tripod pencil grip with no coaching from me at all! πŸ™Œ Get the link for them on our play resource page in our bio along with a coupon code PLAYINSPIREDMUM10 already loaded in the checkout to save you 10% off! πŸŽ„

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  • 🐘🦁 10 Little Indians! 🦁🐘 We had some fun counting to 10 with this fun nursery rhyme! The repetition and captivating tune of this little song certainly helps those numbers stay firmly in your mind πŸ˜…

Miss 2 loved making the animals sounds before placing the cards over the numbers from 1-10! Check out her sharp lion teeth! 
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Miss 2 has been loving learning her name... and Christmas activities so we combined the two! These paint sticks dry in less than a minute so were perfect to set up our Christmas Tree! Teamed up with sticky dots, she was spelling her name in different colours in no time!

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  • πŸŽ„ Elf on the Shelf πŸŽ„ These two troublesome troops got into our @crayon_rocks_australia this evening! They hung their creations up with the kids art wall. They really have worked their way into the family now πŸ₯°

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Miss 5 loved the challenge of folding this little origami reindeer! This sheet was a lovely surprise from the checkout lady at our local #woolworths_au
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  • πŸŒŸπŸŽ… Santa’s Button Counting πŸŽ…πŸŒŸ A festive fine motor counting activity! This easy DIY was aimed at Miss 2 who loved it however Miss 5 also enjoyed it too! 
We used the black eyed peas to represent the buttons on Santa’s coat. The number by is feet showed the number of buttons he needed πŸŽ„

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  • πŸŽ„ DIY Advent Calendar πŸŽ„

Christmas Activity Inspiration for every day! This printable is full of simple creative play ideas! Why not team it up with your Elf and the Shelf’s fun? 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Link in bio πŸ™ 
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