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Welcome to my Play Inspired Mum Blog, aimed to inspire creative play ideas, encourage the love of reading with children, share yummy meal inspiration, offer tips to make your household eco friendly and remind you that you are not alone on this wild rollercoaster of a journey.

We will celebrate new discoveries, encourage curiosity, reveal secrets to encouraging healthy development of vital life skills and offer you unique insight so you may be armed with more information to assist you in making an informed choice for your family and loved ones that is right for you.

I am a busy mum of three beautiful children. Each have their strengths, their weaknesses (the apples haven’t fallen far from the tree there) and quirky personalities.

My parenting journey so far has been raw, challenging and the most rewarding years of my life and I would not change a thing.

I have been fortunate enough to collaborate with some truly inspiration women whom I have learnt so much from over the last few years, particularly surrounding the importance of play based learning in early childhood.

I am truly so excited to have this platform to share what I have learnt with you!

Whether you are a mum to be, newbie or caregiver of 6 little glitter covered delights, I hope you may be inspired on your parenting journey ❤

Dani D x

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Welcome to my Play Inspired Mum Blog, aimed to inspire creative play ideas, encourage the love of reading with children, share yummy meal inspiration, offer tips to make your household eco friendly and remind you that you are not alone on this wild rollercoaster of a journey. We will celebrate new discoveries, encourage curiosity, reveal… Continue reading Home

Colour Sorting a Rainbow

Children are attracted to bright colours. When you think about it, it’s the brightly coloured fruits that are often the sweetest, most ripe and packed with nutrition. While I love natural tones of our environment, these bright colours have been really fun to work with! After colouring our Rainbow Nuts the other day, we have… Continue reading Colour Sorting a Rainbow

Story Tray – Rainbow Fairy

Today’s Story Tray was inspired by this week play theme. For the last six days we have been exploring Rainbows! I asked Miss 18m which story she would like us to read. After scanning the shelf, she selected ‘Rainbow Fairy’ by Lee Krutop. This is one of three little Fairy books we found at a… Continue reading Story Tray – Rainbow Fairy

How to Make Playdough

Playdough is a very popular sensory medium that can be used for so many different play experiences. Whatever the theme of your play, playdough could be incorporated into an activity. Create sculptures, press it into shapes, letters, numbers, run toy cars over it to see the tyre prints, roll it out to make snakes, bake… Continue reading How to Make Playdough

Story Tray – Dear Zoo

“I wrote to the zoo and they sent me a…” This mornings story was aimed towards Miss 18m. She has been enjoying all things animals so I thought a visit to the zoo would tie in nicely with her current interests. ‘Dear Zoo‘ by Rod Campbell has been a favourite of ours since we got… Continue reading Story Tray – Dear Zoo

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… Continue reading A Pom Pom Rainbow Whisk of Fun!

Water Play with Spring Flowers

We had a beautiful spring day yesterday. After a long week of illness, it was lovely to get the girls out in the sunshine at the park while their brother practised riding his bike along the path. We had bought a ball with us however it was quickly neglected in exchange for some nature exploration.… Continue reading Water Play with Spring Flowers

Going Nuts Over Rainbows!

One thing I am trying to instil in my children is gratitude. Gratitude for what we have and what we have access too. Yes, it’s nice to dream, have goals and most definitely important to work hard towards reaching their ambitions but I also feel it is paramount to be grateful for what we have… Continue reading Going Nuts Over Rainbows!

Creative Dinosaur Play Dough Stomp!

Dinosaurs and kids pretty much go hand in hand. I haven’t met many who aren’t keen to start roaring and stomping their feet while showing off a toothy grin. After laminating these dinosaur printables, I thought what better way to introduce them to the kids than by having them create a lovely home for our… Continue reading Creative Dinosaur Play Dough Stomp!

Homemade Taste Safe Puff Paint

Miss 4 had an interest in baking today however having spent the day in the kitchen yesterday, there is just not enough room in our freezer for another batch of anything! Quickly my mind was running over sensory play activities that I could claim to be ‘baking’ that would satisfy her craving without wasting to… Continue reading Homemade Taste Safe Puff Paint

Squishy Discovery Bags of Fine Motor Fun!

Scanning and searching for patterns, symbols and objects is known as a great pre-reading exercise. While I feel she 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 she would be competent in achieving and practising to lead… Continue reading Squishy Discovery Bags of Fine Motor Fun!

Work.With.Me

I am always excited to share and promote businesses and opportunities that I truly believe in with my Play Inspired Mummy community. I am affiliated with the following businesses as I feel they offer services and products that parents, caregivers and their precious children will benefit from. Little Wooden Toybox Little Wooden Toybox is Perth, Western… Continue reading Work.With.Me