Learning through Play

The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.

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Pasta Post and Pull

We has a quick explore with some pasta this afternoon. August can't bear me cooking without him so he's forever on my hip helping out with all his meals. He...

Flower Forage Sensory Bag

We had SO MUCH FUN today exploring our friend's beautiful garden. This was a two part activity that kept us busy for the afternoon - who doesn't love exploring a...

Recycled Rattle

I've wanted to make this for SO LONG! It takes a while to save lids and steal lids from other mums! August and I went to the OPAVIVARÁ! exhibition at...

Taste-safe Slime

We did this activity at our baby class. I bought cornflour weeks ago to do this activity at home but I'm so glad I did it with teachers who had...

Puzzling Puzzle Box

I couldn't help myself - the box I brought my shopping home in was just BEGGING to be made into something. What better than a puzzling puzzle box?! This is...

Pom Pom Whisk

Exactly what it says on the tin! I filled a whisk with some colourful pom poms to spark August's interest. He'd never seen pom poms before so it was all...

Finger Painting

Last minute card making for Daddy! Super messy - August absolutely loved it! I used acrylic paint. He tasted some of it and decided he didn't want any more -...

Valentines Sticky Wall

We're getting into the spirit of love this morning. I had pondered whether or not to do this activity as I thought August might be too young for it. I...

Rainbow Pasta Play

Mannnn this was fun. I actually had a lot of fun dyeing the pasta - Jon and I both agreed that we need to dye our pasta for spag bol...

A Play Path

I hear lots of people say that their babies are 'bored of their toys'. I'm here to challenge that! Are they really 'bored' or have they already discovered their toys...

Magic Ball Box

Put a ball in the top and it shoots out the side. Doesn't that sound like magic for a child?! So easy. What you'll need: 📦a box. I used a...

Canvas Clean Painting

We haven't done any clean painting since August was tiny so it was time to revisit this activity. I had a big canvas lying around, but I'd recommend a smaller...

Post, Pull & Pour Milk Bottle

August has had this activity for 45 minutes and already it's a favourite. I can tell it's going to be really versatile and what he does with it will change...

Mirror Mirror on the floor

This morning I put our cheap mirror on the floor and scattered some coloured items across it for August to discover. He'd bore of these items quickly if they were...

💚 Green Bath 💚

We discovered green this afternoon. SO much more fun than looking at the colour green in a book! I found as many green, waterproof things as I could. Here we...

Peg Pull

Please don't judge my cheap curtains that don't reach the floor 😂 Pegs are super versatile and further along the line they're fantastic for babies' continued development of pincer grip...

🍊Orange Discovery Basket 🍊

Introducing your baby to colours doesn't have to be boring - there's more than just singing the rainbow song and you certainly don't need flash cards! I've started with 'orange'...

Kitchen Drum Kit

I apologise in advance for suggesting something so damn noisy but this is such an easy activity to set up. Everyone has pans. Everyone has some kitchen utensils. Why not...

Ball Wall

August is loving these balls at the moment so I wanted to use them as motivation to move his body. I taped them to the wall using strips of masking...

Washing Line Dangle

Oh my goshhhhh I get so excited setting up play opportunities for August while he sleeps!! During his morning nap I set up this washing line play. How:👕get some rope...

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