Sensory Exploration with Sand
Funnels, tubes, sifts, bottles, scoopers, spoons, bottle tops and SAND! The perfect sensory play recipe for kids with endless fun and exploration. There are …
Cardboard Box Creativity
Cardboard boxes would have to be my most favourite ‘toy’ for children to play with as they are an open-ended material. They inspire creativity …
Painting with Balloons
Painting with Balloons is a great activity for kids to explore creatively and imaginatively as they create freely using simple props in an open-ended …
Painting Fireworks
Here is a super easy and fun New Year’s Day Celebration activity – Creating Fireworks with Paint! Using some of the left over cardboard …
Fireworks Celebration Play Dough Activity
Fireworks Celebration Play Dough Activity is a super fun, colourful, sparkly and textured play dough. The addition of tinsel to the recipe was to …
Finger Painting Festive Lights
Looking for a super easy Christmas or Festive painting activity for the kids to do? Finger Painting Festive Lights is really simple to set …
Pool Noodle Activities Fine Motor Fun
Pool Noodles are so much fun to play with! When they are cut up into smaller portions they make a great learning tool and …
The Ultimate Christmas Printable Activity Pack
Children will have so much fun with the variety of activities included in the Ultimate Christmas Printable Activity Pack. There are 100 pages with …
Painting Clouds on the Easel
Painting on the easel provides an opportunity for children to be creative and incorporate art into theme based programs. Painting Clouds on the Easel …
Colour Match Cars Painting
Colour Match Cars Painting is super fun activity that involves creating wheel patterns from cars with paint while matching and learning about colours. Children …
Hands On Learning Shapes Activities
Learning about and recognising basic shapes is so much more fun and motivating when it is hands-on. Children need the opportunity to create and …
F is for Feather Fish Painting
F is for Feather Fish Painting is an activity is an activity that was inspired by the story Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. …
Homemade Rubbery Goop Recipe
The kids are going to love this!!! Homemade Rubbery Goop is perfect for sensory play opportunities as it is safe and non-toxic using basic …
How to make Squishy Sensory Bags?
Squishy bags are perfect for sensory play without the mess. They are cheap and easy to make and your child will enjoy manipulating and …
How to make Dinosaur Fossils?
Dinosaur Fossils are so much fun to make and are a great addition for any dinosaur theme learning experience. They are made using salt …
Water Play with Eye Droppers
Water Play with Eye Droppers is a colourful and fun activity that encourages development of the pincer grasp. The pincer grasp enables a child …
Bubble Wrapped Blocks Painting Activity
Bubble Wrapped Blocks Painting Activity is a great painting activity that is suitable for differing ages. All children can create and play with the …
Play Ideas, Activities and Crafts – Play by Age
Today’s post is to provide you with some play ideas, activities and crafts that have been group into categories by age. The different categories below …
Introducing Play Dough to Babies & Toddlers
I have always loved watching little chubby fingers squishing and squashing play dough. I am not really sure what it is that I adore …
Edible Play Dough Recipe for Babies
This Edible Play Dough Recipe for Babies, is a great ‘first time’ play dough for babies and toddlers. It is super easy to make, …
Many Ways to Play with Lego Duplo
LEGO® DUPLO® is one of these toys that will grow with your child/ren, be utilised in a number of play opportunities, it is durable, …
Homemade Edible Finger Paint
Homemade Edible Finger Paint is perfect for babies aged 6-18 months , toddlers and children who are more likely to place paint covered fingers …
Messy Fun with Finger Painting
In early childhood education Finger Painting is often the very first painting experience children will encounter. As simple as it may be putting paint …
Name Activity – Dot Painting
Dot Painting Name Activity is a fun and simple way to introduce your child to recognising their name and the letters that make up …
Science Learning Tray
This Science Learning Tray Activity is a bit of fun for children to explore Bi-Carbonate Soda (baking soda) and Coloured Vinegar. The reaction between these …
Threading, Fine Motor and Measurement
Threading Pipe Cleaners with Straws involves threading smaller length straws onto longer length pipe cleaners. It is a great fine motor activity that is …
Sticky Easel – Match Sticks & Pompoms
Using an easel covered with sticky contact is a wonderful creative tool and canvas that will entice kids to play creatively and imaginatively. Setting …
Shape Toss – A Game for Learning Shapes
Shape Toss is a fun way to introduce and play with shapes. It also gets children up and active while learning about shapes and …
Flower Printing
Flower Printing: Today I was about to put some old flowers from a vase into the bin as they were no longer looking their …
Learning Colours – Orange
Come play and learn with the colour ORANGE, we have lots of activities and play ideas! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on …
Science Fun – Dancing Sultanas
What will happen if we placed sultanas into a glass of soda water? Watch and be amazed!!! Dancing Sultanas is a super easy and …
Imaginative Play Felt Pizza
Create an opportunity for your child to take on the role as a pizza chef and play creatively as they pretend make different pizzas …
Information about Our Play Dough Toolbox
Information about Our Play Dough Toolbox A Play Dough Toolbox is a box filled with play dough props and materials that are stored together …
DIY Bath Paint
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Kylie from Octavia and Vicky. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog …
Sponge Painting
An activity that siblings of various ages can all do together at the same time! Recently after going through some our craft supplies I …
How to Make Puffy Paint?
How to make Puffy Paint? There is something magical about Puffy Paint and it is a must try for any child or toddler to …
Sensory Play for Toddlers & Kids – Ice World
Ice World is a sensory activity for toddlers and pre-school children that involves playing with ice, water and sea theme props. Older children will still …
We’re Going on a ‘Teddy’ Bear Hunt
We’re going on a ‘Teddy’ bear hunt…….I’m not scared! We have a gorgeous book which comes with a CD that tells the story of …
Sorting Colours with Cardboard Rolls
Make learning your colours fun with this interactive game using pompoms and cardboard rolls! Miss 2 has been learning her colours for some time …
Rainbow Activities for Toddlers & Kids
Here is a list of rainbow activities and learning experiences for toddlers and kids. You will find rainbow crafts, sensory play, fine motor activities and …
Textured Painting with Nature’s Paint Brushes
When I saw these fabulous homemade paint brushes on my newsfeed on Facebook shared by the Dirt Girl World fan page, I instantly wanted …
Learning Colours – YELLOW
Last week we were playing and learning with the colour YELLOW through a number of activities. As part of our Learning Colours Series here …
Great Places to Play at Home!
There are so many wonderful places in the home where children can play imaginatively and creatively. Kids will create imaginary worlds to explore and …
Rainy Day Activity – Indoor Camping
It’s raining, it’s pouring…..and we have been stuck inside a fair bit lately with the weather. To entertain the kids and give them something …
Learning Colours – BLUE!
Come play and learn with the colour BLUE, we have lots of activities! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on learning4kids, this …
Learning Colours – RED
This week my little Miss 22months and I have embarked on a series of activities to help her learn her colours. All activities are …
Playing With Gloop
If you haven’t made Gloop yet, then this is a must for any toddler or child to try. It is super fun and super …
Kids Car Wash Tunnel
I truly believe that the simplest things bring the most fun! We have been making a Homemade Car Wash Tunnel for the kids using …
Pipe Cleaner Maze
With Miss 5 at school full time now and Miss 4 going to kindy 2 – 3 times a week, it has opened up …
Imaginative Play – Baby Care Corner
Santa 🙂 brought my girls a couple of wooden dolls beds and they were really keen to play with them, so together we set up …
Homemade Street Traffic Theme Bath Sponges
This will keep the kids busy while having a bath as well as stimulating their imaginations and developing their storytelling skills. Cars, buses, trucks, …
Ice Boats Water Play
Ice Boats Water Play: Water and ice are great for sensory play with kids as it engages children into a world of exploration and …
Play Dough & Cardboard Tubes
Cardboard tubes are a great addition for playing with play dough. The creativity and imagination is endless with this invitation to play. Play dough …
Paint Pops
Paint Pops are a fun and exciting painting activity for kids. It is a great variation to using paint brushes. Kids will have a …
The Nursery Rhyme Box
I love nursery rhymes and there isn’t a day that goes past where we do not sing one. Sometimes we will change the words …
What is Hiding in Our Jelly?
Since our first play experience with jelly, my kids have been asking if we could do it again. They had so much fun exploring …
Pasta Play Dough
Let your child’s imagination run wild as they create and explore play dough and pasta. Through moulding and manipulating play dough and pasta together is …
Scented Rice Sensory Play
Not long ago I published a post on our Strawberry Theme Birthday Party, we had a sensory tub full of rice for party friends …
Bottle Top & Bubbles Bath Play
We have found another way of using our bottle tops – IN THE BATH! It is a simple unstructured and fun sensory play idea …
Giant Drawing
An fun activity that can last for days and all members in the family can contribute to – a giant drawing! A giant drawing …
Bath Time Bubble Fun!
Lost in a world of bubbles! The joy that bubbles bring to children is amazing and they will play with them for as long …
Sensory Play with Sand
Sand is a toy! The less a toy does the more a child will learn! Sand is such a great sensory toy for kids …
What is Imaginative Play and How to Encourage it?
How to encourage and support imaginative play with our children? Imaginative play is essentially when children are role playing and are acting out various …
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A Fun Game for Building Fine Motor
In the early years, we often hear discussions about the importance of fine motor and gross motor development in kids. Here is a great …
Paint Me!
Paint Me is a cute and quirky activity that kids will enjoy making! I plan to use ours as keep sake to giggle at …
The Imaginary World with Felt
I am a big fan of felt! I love that it is a sensory toy, brightly coloured, hands on playing, creative and great for …
Play Dough Cupcakes
Let’s make cupcakes!! ….well these ones you cannot eat! Play dough cupcakes is a fun sensory and imaginative play activity for kids. There is …
Teddy Bears Everywhere!
Lately I have been trying to find fun opportunities to help develop and encourage Miss 14 month’s speaking, listening and language skills. One of …
Name Collage
Name Collage is a name activity is a colourful, fun and simple way to introduce you child to recognising their name and the letters …
Paper Plate Rainbow
Paper plate rainbows are a favourite craft activity of my kids. It is so simple and fun to make. We used a small paper …
Rainbow Collage
Adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that to create a rainbow collage! We had so much fun searching around …
Someones Hiding, Down in a Box, Until……..
Jack in the Box is a favourite game of my kids! All you need is a box! It involves singing the well-known nursery rhyme …
Painting a Rainbow
Getting out the paints and exploring the colours of the rainbow. This is a large poster size painting that we stuck up on our …
Let’s make a play dough cake!
Kids love birthdays, blowing out candles and cake! Why not incorporate all these wonderful things with oral language development, strengthening fine motor skills, developing numeracy …
Washing a Toy Baby
Washing a Toy Baby – Imaginative play is essentially when children are role playing and are acting out various experiences they may have had …
Father’s Day Gift Idea
We are always looking for new and fun Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas. For previous Father’s Days we have made a Father’s day tie, …
