Felt Quiet Book for Babies and Toddlers Bookywoo Review

Years ago, when Miss 7 was just two, I dreamed of making her the perfect felt quiet book. Fast forward five years and the supplies to make the fore-mentioned homemade activity book still remains in the bag I bought them home from the craft store. This being said, Mr 7 months has a beautiful, quality […]

DIY Crunchy Cotton Ball Apples Smash

How would your toddler react if you set them up with an activity that meant they needed to destroy something? If you think this concept will bring them joy, please keep reading! DIY Crunchy Cotton Ball Apples are so easy ( and fun) to make and watching your child find so much happiness while learning […]

DIY Bottle Top Alphabet Board

We love reusing resources that would otherwise end up contributing to landfills. Bottle tops are a favourite amongst other resources such as cardboard boxes, egg cartons, fruit netting, and toilet tubes. Armed with a bag of bottle tops, we built an interactive play resource that has proven useful combined with a range of activities. We […]

DIY Kinetic​ Sand

Sensory play is has been long known to offer so many opportunities for learning and development. I have seen some folks using Kinetic Sand in their play trays however never really ventured into the ventures that it brings. That is until today. We made our own DIY Kinetic Sand. DIY Kinetic Sand While this recipe […]

Fine Motor Jelly Rescue

What is your toddlers favourite toy at the moment? Dinosaurs, bugs, cars or zoo animals? Either way, this Fine Motor Jelly Rescue is so versatile, you can combine it with so many of your child’s interests to create an engaging sensory experience! Fine Motor Jelly Rescue It wobbles and wiggles, and jiggles and shimmies. You […]

Rainbow Soap Foam

DIY Rainbow soap foam is so easy to make! You probably already have all you need in your kitchen right now! Within minutes, you can create beautiful rainbow soap foam or simply a couple of shades to create an engaging sensory play activity for your toddler. There is something exciting about a tray full of […]

Book Review: The Last Rhino

I’m going to be completely honest here. Upon examining the cover of ‘The Last Rhino’ by Deborah Stevenson, I was excited to read about a lone rhino. Perhaps he was destined to find a friendship or embark on a journey of making rights out of wrongs in the world. Within turning a few pages, we […]

Frozen Fuzzy Spheres

Truth be told, I am a little embarrassed as to how long it has taken me to write this post! It has been sitting on the back burner for close to six months now. We have even since replicated this play activity a few times and each time I think to myself, I really do […]

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play resources and stores that we love! Check below for any links that I have mentioned on my Instagram and Facebook We use these personally ourselves and love them so much that we need to let you know about them! For Little Ones These resources have been a lifesaver on many occasions at our place. Whether they have […]

A Small World Trip to Antarctica with a Toddler

Standing in kitchen this afternoon, I was watching the girls playing nicely but I could see that we were about to hit THAT time of day. Seams were beginning to come undone. We need a sensory small world. The dreaded witching hour… haha… an hour. Oh that’s funny… Between approximately 2pm and 6pm each afternoon […]

Getting Ready for Kindy

It’s that nerve wracking time for many parents. Enrolments into Kindy have been completed. Now it’s the waiting game until the beginning of the next school year. Such a bittersweet isn’t it? Getting your child ready for kindy Getting their children ‘ready’ for their first day of formal schooling is a topic that has been […]

How to Make Moon Sand and Luna Craters

Exploring space with your children is so interesting. It’s a great way for them to learn about the universe and how it works, and you also get some cool science experiments out of it too! Our Space themed play for the week has been a hit and we are only at day 1. One activity […]

Pom Pom Sorting with Toddlers

Pom Poms are such a versatile little item. They are great for sensory play, crafts, counting, colour recognition, teaching spatial awareness, sorting activities and so much more! Today I thought we needed to get back to basics and ground ourselves with some simple play. Miss 19 months hasn’t been feeling very well with a nasty […]

Edible Insect Dig in the Dirt

Sensory play is the best! With little Miss 19m getting involved, I am always trying to keep our play medium taste safe or better yet, edible. Here is a flash back to when she was 15 month old. I had been meaning to write this one up but it got lost in the baby brain […]

A Pom Pom Rainbow Whisk of Fun!

Getting dinner ready has become a fine art at our place. Gone are the days when cooking dinner meant just that. It now means, preparing a meal, helping with spelling, after school reading, avoiding the toys scattered across the floor, keeping the toddler out of the pantry (especially the tub that holds the rice- probably […]

How to Make Taste Safe Homemade Puff Paint

Painting is always a welcomed activity. This quick and easy homemade puff paint recipe can take your arts and crafts to a whole new level with a dash of science- literally! Using ingredients in the kitchen, you can have your very own homemade puff paint made and ready to play in minutes. Puff paint that […]

Discovery Bags of Squishy Fine Motor Fun!

Scanning and searching for patterns, symbols and objects are known as a great pre-reading exercise. These Discovery Bags make learning so interesting and fun! While I feel Miss 18m is well and truly not ready to pick up a book and interpret the words on its pages, there are some pre-literacy skills that I feel […]

Squishy Fine Motor Fun!

We love playing with water beads at our place however they can be very dangerous if consumed. Miss 4 is old enough to understand the risk and will happily keep them away from her mouth. The same cannot be said for Miss 16m – understandably. The water beads turned into an activity that really only […]

Food for Thought About Your Fussy Eater

One topic that often comes up amongst mummies when we are out and about is getting our love munchkins to eat their food. More often than not, if mummy was to prepare a lovely, healthy, well thought out, well assembled plate of quality nutrition, it seems that it is more common for our children to […]

Six Stages of Social Development

During our day to day activities, one topic that seems to be coming up with Mummies of toddlers lately is social development. Each of us are encouraging our children to play with one another child building a sand castle or staking blocks however are we being realistic with our expectations? Six Stages of Social Development […]