Over the summer holidays, I’ve joined together with a group of bloggers to bring you weekly craft and play ideas using simple supplies from around the home or garden. We’re starting with sticks (either sticks from outdoors, or craft sticks). Make sure to check out all of the other fun stick ideas linked at the […]
Sensory bottles are so easy to make, and really relaxing for children to use as they watch the contents of the bottle float all around. We’ve made a few different types in the past, but I fancied making some glow in the dark sensory bottles with the kids. They are fun to play with in […]
Whether your kids have seen the Minions movie or are still waiting to watch it, chances are you can’t have escaped the Minion Madness that has been going around these days. All three of my boys are loving Kevin, Stuart, Bob and their friends and are quickly drawn to all things Minion related! We saw Minions […]
This summer, Change4Life and Disney are teaming up for the 2nd time to bring us all lots of fun and creative ideas to keep kids active every day, all with a Disney twist. With just 21% of boys and 16% of girls currently meet the 60 minutes of activity they need each day, the Change4Life initiative […]
Making your own board games at home is easy and is always a lot of fun, especially since making your own game means that you can change the design and theme as often as you like. For this DIY game, we used a cardboard pizza box as the base and painted it with a plain […]
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone A great way to revive old favourites from your children’s toy box is to mix and match and bring toys together in new combinations. We love coming up with creative new ways to play together and since my boys all enjoy designing […]
We’ve been joining in with the 12 months of sensory dough series, and sharing a new type of dough each month. This month it’s fizzy dough, and we have cheated a little bit because our activity is not a fizzy dough but it is a really cool classic fizzy experiment that you can do using […]
Dice offer so much potential for open ended play and making up new games, all the while practising maths skills. My boys have always been draw to numbers and maths, so a couple of dice keeps them happy and occupied for a while as they experiment with the numbers and come up with different ways to […]
Hello “in the playroom” readers, I am happy to guest post in one of my favorite blogs. Thanks Anna for the opportunity! My kids love Minions! My nine year old and I made Minion alphabets using craft sticks otherwise known as popsicle sticks. My preschooler loves using them and my nine year old is happy to […]
Coloured buttons or counters are perfect to use for hands on Maths practice. Whether for counting, adding, subtracting or dividing it’s much easier for most children to work out and understand these concepts with something tangible in front of them. They are also ideal for sorting games. We’re taking part in the Manipulatives series over […]
