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Keep Life Simple – Splash in Puddles
Homemade Toy – Sock Blocks
Make some of these homemade sock blocks for playtime. Great way to use up old or mismatched socks. Find out how at GrowingPlay.com.
Mini Sponges
Here is a simple but effective play idea for toddlers – mini sponge play. Check out GrowingPlay.com for the details.
Keep Life Simple…Go Fishing
Water Bottle Run
We created a fun water bottle run on the refrigerator yesterday. First cut the bottoms off of water bottles (adult job). Then duct tape magnets onto the bottles. We taped the magnets on so we can reuse them another time. Arrange the bottles in order so that objects can fall through all the way to […]
10 Games to Play with Plastic Easter Eggs
Here are 10 ideas and games to do with plastic Easter eggs (none of them include candy inside!) 1. Sensory Table Accessories: Separate the plastic eggs. Children can use them to dig in sand, beans or other tactile items. Put them in the water table. Some of the eggs have holes in the bottom and […]
Pretend Play – Astronaut
Time for some imagination and pretending to be astronauts heading to outerspace. There is a cardboard box with a paper plate on it and another box with a few colored circles – green for go and red for stop. The kids loved playing in their rocket ship with their special suits on. Once they landed it […]
Keep Life Simple…Go for a Swing
Miniature Landscapes
Head outdoors and create some miniature landscapes or terrariums. This activity is definitely about the process and not the end result. Each child used a container to create a small landscape using mud, moss, grass or whatever they could find. The end result was meant for them to use with their play figures but they […]
Pretend Crutches
This is super simple but hours of pretend play. Just use cardboard tubes as pretend crutches. The ones pictured are thick cardboard so they have held up well. You could tape two long tubes together. These make a great addition for pretend hospital. Need more ideas for pretend hospital check out these pretend […]