Ball Pit Ball Transfer Game
My kids love... no... make that L O V E playing with ball pit balls. They are hands down one of the best investments we've made in the toy department. If I had to downsize the toys, these would stay. ...
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Felt Silly Faces Busy Bag Activity
I recently came across this Felt Caterpillar Busy Bag tutorial from Toddler Approved. I instantly knew I needed to do something like it for my guys! They just looove googly eyes and the creations her ...
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Sound Bottles
Earlier this week I shared with you that I was taking part in the 6 Days of Sensory Play for Kids blog hop. Well we are down to the last couple of days and today I'm back to share with you on the topi...
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Red White & Blue Play Dough | Patriotic Play Dough Invitation
Yay! Memorial Day weekend is upon us. The official kick off to summer if you will. (I hope our weather forecast agrees)! C has been asking me to make "all kinds of colors" of play dough lately. I'm no...
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Flower Garden Sensory Bin
I forgot how much I love making sensory bins for the kids. I actually haven't done one in quite some time. I saw a couple of adorable bins come through my instagram feed the other day and felt compell...
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Sometimes in Parenthood All You Can Do is Laugh
Once in a while I need to prove to you my life isn't all that much different than yours. Once in a while I need to write something so I can look back and laugh at it in twenty years. Once in a while (...
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A Big Boy Bed Makeover
Why is it every little boy wants a sports room? Well ok, maybe not every little boy, but every little boy in my life at least. My oldest has had a sports themed bedroom since he was three and Mr. C is...
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Foam Flower Garden Craft
Ah Spring! You have finally decided to make an appearance around these north easterly parts. Thank goodness! There are no flowers popping up in our yard yet though and it's still way to cold for plant...
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Plastic Egg Scoop Activity
My two little guys (13 months & 2.5 yrs) are starting to interact more. I will often catch them playing side by side. I can tell they are trying. Little E tries his best to follow C around the house. ...
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Making Pasta Necklaces with Toddlers
These pasta necklaces all began with my worst nightmare. I was getting into our pantry the other day (which does double duty as our craft closet), and I somehow knocked over a rather large container o...
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The Benefit of Defining a Play Space
Do your little ones have a hard time settling into playing sometimes? I know Mr. C does! Some days he just can't seem to get his little two year old self engaged. One thing I've found that helps when ...
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Some-Bunny Loves You
Mr. C's imagination is working in over drive lately. Don't you love that stage? What's more is he's never been much into his stuffed animals but recently he has befriended a little plush rabbit that w...
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A Mess Averse Mom's Guide to Surviving Messy Play
You've probably noticed there is really not a lot of messy play on this blog. The truth is I hate messy play. I mean I loathe it. The idea of my two year old wielding a glitter shaker makes me cringe....
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DIY Shapes & Colors Matching and Memory Game
Quite some time ago I saw this Pattern Game from Thrive 360 Living and knew I wanted to make something like it for C. He was a little young at the time for patterning but was just getting into color s...
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Using Hopscotch to Learn Numbers
C likes to move. I mean this kid is happiest when running, jumping, climbing or bouncing. I've tried numerous times to do various counting activities with him but to be honest he just doesn't have all...
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Fall Harvest Sensory Bin
I have a confession to make. I love sensory bins. Mr. C however, can often take them or leave them. Sometimes what I think is sure to be a great hit, he will look at briefly, play with for 5 seconds a...
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Fall / Thanksgiving Memory Match Game
I don't know about you, but we've spent the last few days trying to recover from Halloween and now the time change. I won't complain though because it's been mighty dark in the morning around here and...
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Play Dough, Beads & Pipecleaners
C loves play dough. It's one material that he will play with for extensive amounts of time. I try to incorporate it into our play invitations whenever I can. Today's invitation is simple but captivati...
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An Apple a Day...Apple Cork Painting, Apple Sensory Bin & More
We have had apples on the brain around here. I knew that we'd be going to pick apples this past weekend so in preparation Mister C and I did a few apple activities throughout the week. We continued to...
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Play Dough Apple Orchard
School is back in session and I am putting forth an honest effort to try to reorganize our days after a very lazy & lax summer. In doing so I have been trying to incorporate some kind of invitation to...
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Counting Discs & Activities
Quite awhile ago I set out to make Mister C a matching game inspired by this post from one of my favorite blogs, Thrive 360 Living (more on that later). I had some felt number stickers lying around th...
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Mama May I
I am absolutely giddy about this latest find. I can't stop looking through all the beautifully colored handmade wooden toys that make up the online shop Mama May I. The whole store is eye candy. I wro...
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An Invitation to Race
Mister C has been really into cars lately. In trying to think up new ways of playing with them and creating new experiences for him, I set up this invitation to race one day while he was napping. I wa...
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Frog Pond Small World In a Box
I love when my diaper shipments arrive! For more than one reason. First I have the assurance of the stocked changing tables, but secondly C has a whole new toy to play with. That HUGE diapers.com box....
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Our Weekly Playlist...Rocks
Want to know what we've playing lately? Ok... I will tell you this... it rocks. hehe. Alright enough cheeky puns. I just couldn't resist. I'm sure there are at least a billion ways to play with rocks....
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DIY Clothespin Color Matching for Toddlers
I told you I was obsessed with all things colored didn't I? I guess I should have started a mini-series on color focused activities. Here's another simple, quick & fun activity I threw together for th...
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Rainbow Color Drop Game for Babies and Toddlers
Ok, my latest obsessions... color activities, rainbow colors, using unfinished wood pieces to make homemade toys, & taking pictures of all of the above. I think C is getting his basic colors down pret...
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Green Week Highlights & Some Ice and Water Play
You may have seen in a previous post that I've been focusing on a color of the week with our little Mr. C who is 20 months old. As we start out every color week, we go on a little scavenger hunt aroun...
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Simple Color Sorting from the Dollar Store
I have to say I am pretty excited about this one. (Not to mention these colorful little fake fruits were fun to photograph). I just think you can't beat a two dollar color sorting activity. Which is e...
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Oatmeal Sensory Play
Have you ever used oatmeal as a sensory medium? We have used it in small amounts in the past but I have admittedly been a bit hesitant to let the little mister go wild with with it inside. It does how...
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Yellow Week
Last week was yellowweek at our house. For the last couple of weeks I've been trying something new with Mister C. (now 20months). We have started having a "color of the week" theme. Nothing overly ext...
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Storybook Breakfast Picnic
This couldn't be much simpler but it was fun and something different. And that is exactly what was much needed on this particular morning. I threw down a quilt, as basket of books and some cereal snac...
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Upcycled Milk Jugs
In the interest of going greener I've been trying to think of ways to reuse a lot of stuff that we would otherwise toss. As I was washing some milk jugs out for recycling the other day, a couple of id...
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Our Weekly Playlist Vol. 4
1\. This week we played with Bottle Caps. I've been saving them for awhile and will continue to do so. They have been a bigger hit than I expected. And why not, all different colors and sizes. Very in...
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10 Ways to Play with Ball Pit Balls
If there was one toy that I would recommend over and over again it would be a bag of ball pit balls...or two...or three. These balls are one of our favorite things to play with. I can't believe we nev...
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Dot Marker Butterflies
Mister C and I made Dot Marker Butterflies the other day. It was an activity inspired by the very last page of one of his favorite books, Hello Bugs. The book has been a hit since he was a baby. He lo...
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Our Weekly Playlist Vol. 3
What have we been playing with? 1\. Painting/Stamping with Spring Cookie Cutters. Granted this turned into mostly finger painting but it was still fun and festive! 2\. Ping-Pong Balls & Egg Cartons. O...
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Our Weekly Playlist Vol. 2
Well our first weekly playlist post was a big hit so here we are again. I think I like this format for sharing with you. It frees me up to blog about the other things going on in our lives yet still s...
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Colored Salt Play Meets Reality
I could easily write this post on how we did our colored salt activity, show you a few beautiful pictures of my toddler happily playing, scooping and pouring and you would be none the wiser. You would...
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Our Weekly Playlist
I thought I would try something new for awhile. C and I are doing lots of fun activities but I just don't have as much time to blog as I used to. Of course I'm still taking lots of pictures, and I rea...
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Colored Rice Three Ways
One batch of rice and two three different projects for two very different ages AND everyone is a happy camper! (including Mom) I had so much fun with this! It was so pretty and colorful I couldn't res...
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