Painting with Construction Trucks
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Painting with Construction Trucks

Painting with construction trucks is a creative and enjoyable activity for your digger-loving toddler! Painting with trucks combines the excitement of playing with vehicles and the artistic expression of painting. It offers a unique approach to creating artwork by using the wheels of toy trucks to create fascinating patterns and textures on a canvas or…

Construction Trucks Taste Safe Dirt Sensory Bin
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Construction Trucks Taste Safe Dirt Sensory Bin

Learn how to make a construction trucks taste-safe dirt sensory bin for your toddler. Construction trucks are all the rage in our house at the moment. This super simple sensory play idea was quick to set up. It kept Mr 2 engaged in learning with a busy mind and busy hands for the better part…

Dinosaur Fossil Dig

Dinosaur Fossil Dig

Learn how to create a taste-safe dinosaur fossil dig for your toddler. Kids love dinosaurs. It seems that most kids show an interest in dinosaurs at one point or another. Dinosaur fossil digs are a fantastic way to introduce young children to the world of science and history. Not only are they fun and engaging,…

Dinosaur Footprints in Play Dough
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Dinosaur Footprints in Play Dough

Learn about the benefits of exploring dinosaur footprints in play dough with your toddler. Exploring dinosaur footprints in play dough can be a fun and educational activity for toddlers. It is a quick and easy activity to fill in that 20 minutes before school pick up as proven just yesterday. Here is how making dinosaur…

Mortar and Pestle Flower Play
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Mortar and Pestle Flower Play

Enjoy the sensory experience of smashing, grinding and pounding with mortar and pestle flower play. Making potions in the back yard holds many fond memories of my childhood. I remember grinding flowers between two rocks with sandy toes, leaves in my hair and being completely lost in a world created in my imagination. Well in…

How to Build a Magnetic Tile Pulley
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How to Build a Magnetic Tile Pulley

In this article, you will learn how to build a magnetic tile pulley system. This is a simple (and fabulous) way to bring some physics and STEM into your child’s play. We were inspired by Mr 2s current favourite book featuring a crane with its long boom. Using magnetic tiles and some household materials, we…

Magic Writing Cloth
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Magic Writing Cloth

A magic writing cloth is a great tool for paint-less painting for your toddler. How does painting with black paint sound…. indoors… with a toddler? If this scenario makes you crinkle your nose and cringe a little, I have the answer for you. It’s a magic writing cloth. Magic Writing Cloth Toddlers love painting for…

Colour Posting with Wooden Cubes and Milk Bottles
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Colour Posting with Wooden Cubes and Milk Bottles

Repurpose milk bottles and wooden cubes to create a fun posting activity for your toddler. Kids love putting objects into small spaces. Lost your remote lately? Check your toddler’s play space. My bet is it is in a little box or stashed in their play kitchen. Creating a fun and educational activity for toddlers using…

Printable Bookish Play Pack Toddler Preschooler
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Printable Bookish Play Pack Toddler Preschooler

Save time pinning ideas with these ready made printable bookish play packs! Expand on your toddler’s favourite books with these book themed printable activity packs that are bursting with learning opportunities! Printable Bookish Play Packs for Toddler and Preschoolers So you have been stuck in the Pinterest rabbit hole, looking for inspiration to add extra…

Possum Magic – Books & Play Discovery Week Zero
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Possum Magic – Books & Play Discovery Week Zero

Hush Possum and Grandma Poss have been favourite characters amongst Australian families for as long as I can remember. We are featuring Possum Magic activities in this week’s play. Extend your child’s reading time with some bookish play! Showcasing popular titles, a new picture book play pack is here! We are lucky enough to get…

A Complete Guide to Tuff Tray Australia
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A Complete Guide to Tuff Tray Australia

This is a guide to Australia’s favourite Tuff Tray for sensory play. Over the years tuff trays have been becoming increasingly popular to host sensory play, picnics, use as a table, and water play. It’s not hard to understand why. The benefits of sensory play have been long advocated for. Now it is even easier…

Ultimate Guide to Easter Baskets Plus over 120 Non-Lolly Easter Basket Fillers
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Ultimate Guide to Easter Baskets Plus over 120 Non-Lolly Easter Basket Fillers

Here is an ultimate list of the best Easter Baskets ideas for kids and over 120 non-lolly Easter Egg fillers that kids love. Whether you are looking for Easter Basket craft ideas, steps to creating the perfect Easter basket, or non-candy Easter egg filler inspiration, you will find all that here plus more! Best Easter…

Printable Christmas Activity Pack 2022
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Printable Christmas Activity Pack 2022

Have Christmas activities sorted for 2022 with this complete Christmas activity pack of printable activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Breathe knowing you have Christmas fun at the ready with the push of ‘print’. These activities are fun and they also support the development of so many life skills. Printable Christmas 2022 Activity Pack Little Wooden…

Beginners Sensory Play Course Review
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Beginners Sensory Play Course Review

Okay it’s time to get excited and feel the weight lift off your shoulders- the Beginners Sensory Play Course is a comprehensive and insightful introduction to the world of sensory play for parents, early childhood educators, and teachers alike and it is ready to play… now. Little Wooden Toybox’s Beginners Sensory Play Course Review Toddlers…