Sail Away: a Guide to Boats in Jelly Messy Play for Toddlers
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Sail Away: a Guide to Boats in Jelly Messy Play for Toddlers

What better way to get curious toddler hands exploring than a sensory play tray filled with boats in jelly! Better yet, we found an even more cost effective way to make jelly play, meaning more jelly for bigger play! We then teamed up our jelly with some boats to inspire magical spark in Mr 3s…

Fun with Concrete Oobleck: Construction Play for Toddlers
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Fun with Concrete Oobleck: Construction Play for Toddlers

Level up your oobleck fun with this concrete oobleck construction truck sensory play activity for your truck loving toddler. We have made oobleck countless times over the years. Every single time, oobleck ticks the boxes and the kids love it. This time, I really wanted to follow Mr 3s current passion for all things construction…

Enchanted Silhouettes: a Guide to Magic Writing Cloth Fun
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Enchanted Silhouettes: a Guide to Magic Writing Cloth Fun

Strengthen fine motor skills using just water with this easy set up magic writing cloth silhouettes activity. Looking at these images, I can understand the *gasp* that may be leaving your lips however please, chill and breathe. Yes, it looks like there is black ‘paint’ happening… and indoors however it really isn’t! The black is…

Mastering the Art of Chocolate Play Dough: a Simple Guide
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Mastering the Art of Chocolate Play Dough: a Simple Guide

A stormy day meant play time was primarily indoors and what better way to celebrate the muddy puddles outside than with some deliciously scented chocolate play dough! We have made brown play dough time and time again for many activities. Our gingerbread play dough is perfect for Christmas and doubled beautifully as a muddy track…

Thrifty Threading: Wooden Tubes and Paper Towel Holders
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Thrifty Threading: Wooden Tubes and Paper Towel Holders

Encourage your baby to learn through play with this fun DIY threading with wooden tubes activity. Use common household items to transform a humble wooden tube into a game that your baby will want to do over and over again. Each grasp will be strengthening their hands. Each mistake will be a neural connection made,…

Bubbling over with Fun: a Bubble Pouring Station Guide
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Bubbling over with Fun: a Bubble Pouring Station Guide

If you are searching for an activity to regulate moods, entertain, encourage development and make some memories, look no further than a bubble pouring station. The classic pouring station will always have its place in the top activities to do with toddlers. In saying that, this is better. Bubbles are better. Adding bubbles to our…

Fun with Mini Popsticks: an Egg Carton Posting Game for Toddlers
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Fun with Mini Popsticks: an Egg Carton Posting Game for Toddlers

Toddlers love posting so why not introduce them to this simple DIY mini popstick posting egg carton activity. If you have a toddler, Im sure you have come to discover for placing things inside others. This is a developmental milestone that begins when they are just 6 months old. Posting activities allow them to explore…

Galactic Explorers: Space Themed Flour Sensory Bin
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Galactic Explorers: Space Themed Flour Sensory Bin

Explore outer space with your toddler using this simple space themed flour sensory bin. This toddler activity can be set up in literally seconds and is priming with learning opportunities for your little space explorer. This article discusses benefits of sensory play, how to make this sensory bin taste safe and little tips to make…

Sensory Play Bin with Paper Pulp Clean Mud for Kids
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Sensory Play Bin with Paper Pulp Clean Mud for Kids

Paper pulp clean mud is a simple and fun sensory bin filler for your toddlers next messy play session. Whether your using saved scrap paper or collecting shredded paper from a business in your community, this is a fun way of further extending the use of a resource that would otherwise be disposed of. Introduction…

Top 47 Educational Activities for 2-year-olds At-Home
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Top 47 Educational Activities for 2-year-olds At-Home

Hav fun while learning working your way through this list of top 47 educational activities for 2-year-olds. Feed your child’s natural curiosity and help them develop a love for learning with these inexpensive educational activities. They are quick and easy to set up and can provide your child with an environment that is going to…