I am in love with Rainbows at the minute, I think it is becoming somewhat an obsession. Every time I create something for Buddy a little voice in the back of my head says “Wouldn’t this look amazing in Rainbow?” The truth of the matter is, everything looks better in Rainbow, and it is visually…
Hi! I’m Louise and I blog over at Building Blocks and Acorns. As well as an absolute LOVE of nature and outdoor activities, we’re all about sensory exploration. Homemade playdough is a firm favourite of ours and my little boy (who is known as ‘Darth’ over on my blog page, thanks to my husband’s love…
This week I have been making calm down bottles for Buddy. Initially I intended to make him just one, but it was so beautiful I couldn’t resist making an entire rainbow of them! The poor Train Driver has had to drink six bottles of apple juice in three days for this to happen, so I…
Whilst many of my fellow bloggers are looking excitedly towards Halloween, I must admit my mind has started venturing a bit further along the calendar and has settled firmly on Bonfire Night. If you’re not familiar with the history behind Bonfire Night in the UK you can read more on this link – Bonfire Night…
If you’ve been following the blog recently you will have probably noticed that we have been practising lots of scooping activities to help Buddy to develop spoon control. This week, we decided to roll out another. I love these Rainbow Oats. They are really easy to make and they look fantastic. They are also super…
As much as we love sensory play, play doughs are an area we haven’t really explored a great deal. This is mainly due to Buddy’s determination to eat everything in sight! Traditional home made play dough has a reasonably high salt content, so I was really eager to tap into the fantastic minds of the Kid…
We love a good sensory bin in our house and as Buddy gets older his engagement with them has definitely improved. Sensory bins can be used to teach textures, seasons, colours, numbers…. the possibilities are endless. You can read a great post about the purpose of Sensory bins over at Suzy Homeschooler. What is the Point…
I’m totally embracing the changing seasons this year and I have been itching to try new sensory plays with Buddy that incorporate the Autumn theme. Fortunately we had some spaghetti left over from our Rainbow Spaghetti Play that looked like the perfect base for an Autumnal Sensory Discovery Bin. How we made our Autumn Fall…
After having fun with our Edible miniature Water Beads we pulled out our other new experiment, creatively dubbed Large Edible Water Beads. This idea was suggested to me by the lovely Multicraftingmummy via twitter. I was quite excited about it and ordered the ingredients as soon as possible! I decided to do this one as…
If I could sum up today in one word, that word would be MESSY, which is one of our favourite words around here! I have wanted to try edible water bead play for some time after feeling thoroughly inspired after reading this post by Asia at Fun at Home with Kids. Safe Edible Non-Chokable Mini…
The Train Driver's Wife 