This week we are sharing a favourite sensory activity from our outdoor weekend play…… sensory bubblewrap roller painting! We recently received a parcel that also contained this fantastic bit of packaging….think I was more excited with the packaging possibilities than the actual crafting goodies I had ordered! It was simply a cardboard roll with a little bubblewrap around it.We were all…
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Weekend Wanderings – Winter Woes and Fairy Garden Magic!
Another weekend has flown by! I normally love Winter but this season has seen the whole family come down with one bug after another. Obviously our immunity needs a bit of work! The pic below is of the toddler twosome having a ‘rest’ in the lounge since daytime naps and coughing fits are not a match made in heaven apparently!…
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Outdoor Play Area – Build a Mound/Hill Slide!
The latest addition to outdoor play area is something I have wanted to create since we first began landscaping the yard to turn it into a child friendly environment. We are fortunate to have the space to be able to include these sort of elements and I love being able to finish products I have been seeing in my mind…
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Fine Motor Colour Mixing
We’ve been enjoying some fine motor colour mixing. I love finding ways to modify activities so toddlers can enjoy some creative fine motor play too and this is one of our favourites! When I saw these basters on special for 99 cents at our local Coles I was a tad excited! I knew they would provide a fine motor challenge for…
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Fussy Toddler Food – 6 Vegetable Risotto Balls!
Dinner continues to be my least favourite meal of the day…I’m still having to modify our family meal to entice the toddler twosome and their fussy eating habits and it’s wearing thin! Ruby’s food aversions due to her sensory processing difficulties are slowly getting less and less but it still takes her a long time before trying something new and…
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Weekend Wanderings…Pallet Beds, Water and Clay!
To be very honest with you…this weekend was a tough one! After weeks of trying to get ready for family day care, a constantly sick household, Miss Teen doing her HSC trials and the twins in a constant state of 3 yr old testing the boundaries behaviour…..I was tired….and had very little patience left! The girls behaviour is really testing…
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