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Simple Play for Kids
Our features for this week are Simple Play for Kids. With summer winding down and school starting up soon, we are enjoying simple, easy, and fun play during these hot, humid, August days. We decided to go with easy play for our features. So grab an icy glass of lemonade and try some of these…
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Pretend Play Pizza Shop
This pretend play pizza shop was a huge hit back when my kids were younger. They loved pretending to cook pizza and serve it inside our pretend pizza store. We made a felt pizza to target fine motor skills, but the kids didn’t know that…they were just having fun! Pretend Play Pizza Shop …
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String Beads Upside Down
Do you have a preschooler or kindergarten aged child who loves fine motor activities with beads? We have evidence of our little bead lover all over the house: beaded necklaces, bracelets, and bent beaded pipe cleaners can be found in almost every room! We’ve beaded noodles, cereal, plastic beads, small glass beads…every type and option…
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Summer Sensory Play
Check out these fun Summer Sensory Play ideas and get a little messy. Do it now while you can hose off in the yard and before the leaves start falling 🙂 Our Features: There’s Magic Out There shares a messy chalk activity. We’ve played with wet chalk a few times, and this one is fun! There’s…
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Tinkerbell Fairy Birthday Party details
Check out the party details below, and watch for a Ninja Turtle post to come, soon 🙂 We made coffee filter butterflies here (using a straw to pipet watercolors onto coffee filters!), and strung them in the light fixture using fishing line. Raiding dad’s tackle box was a fun adventure one afternoon 😉 Chocolate covered Oreos…
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Mess Free Bubble Wrap Painting
Looking for bubble wrap activities to do with kids? If you’ve received bubble wrap and are looking for fun ways to use bubble wrap in creative art or sensory play, then you are in luck! This bubble wrap activity is great for the child with tactile defensiveness that still wants to participate in messy play.…
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Color Matching Water Bin with Letters
This was our last water bin in our Water Bins for Kids series with Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails. This was definitely the most fun water bin for us this summer! We ended the series with a splash! (Yes, had to go there!!) This is a great addition to a color by letter…
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Creative Painting for Kids
Try these creative painting ideas for kids! This week we had so much fun playing both inside and outside (depending on the weather). This included some indoor play at the mall and some outdoor play at the park. We found an amazing carnival with tents and colorful strings of lights, the night ended with a beautiful…
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Swamp Explorers Dramatic Pretend Play
This swamp explorers activity for kids is a water dramatic play idea that builds skills through sensory swamp fun! As parents and caregivers, we’re always on the lookout for fun and educational activities to keep our kids engaged and entertained. If you’re looking for an activity that will transport your child to a whole new…
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Imagination Play with Play Dough
Little Guy and I had some fun with play dough and some of his cars and dinos. And of course, bad guys. It started with adding some green play dough around the mountain from our train set. We used our homemade dough and added some water with blue dough. Once I piled some lava on top of…
