Currently On Our Playshelf (Mar 2018)
Our extremely well-loved magnatiles have been out for more than 6 months and the toddler has refused to let me pack them away all this while as she played with them every single day. However in the past month, she’s gradually gravitated towards blocks and duplo and haven’t touched the magnatiles much so I’ve been […]
A Simple Trick to Encourage Toddlers to Deepen Their Play
A couple of days ago, I created a very open-ended backdrop to a small world play for my toddler with just a couple of Sarah Silks draped over milk crates and cardboard as well as a few pieces of our Grimms pastel rainbow. The playscape was open-ended in that it was purposefully set up minimally […]
Our Favourite Natural Wooden Building Blocks
I bought these gorgeous natural-coloured wooden blocks from Zart Art during a sale about 4 years ago. I absolutely love the look & FEEL of the raw natural finish of the blocks, the way it comes in a tray so it looks inviting for play when set up as it is, and makes packing away […]
Invitation to Create New Colours with Playdough as a Medium
We’re back from our holidays! A couple of days ago, I was unpacking our suitcase filled with things we had bought as well as been gifted by family and friends on our recent holiday to Singapore when my toddler spotted a set of playdough tubs from Miniso and asked to open it. Now I’ve never bought […]
Airplane Busy Bag Activities for Toddlers
Hello from Singapore where my little tribe and I are having a much-anticipated holiday visiting family and friends for 12 days over the Lunar New Year! Flight was OK, the baby struggled somewhat but the toddler did well and really enjoyed all the activities I packed for her so I think we did well on […]
REVIEW: Invitation to Create with Lunables’ Magic Waxi Jumbo Gel Crayons
We’re back with another #toddlerartinvitations. Invitation to draw on a piece of paper entirely covered with intersecting straight lines. For the drawing tool, I offered the toddler Lunables’ Magic Waxi Jumbo Gel Crayons. This was one of the items included in our recent “Invitation to Create” giveaway. To be very honest, most of the other materials/ toys […]
Aussie-Themed Picture Books for Australia Day
Seeing as it’s Australia Day this Friday and we’ve been reading quite a few of these books on repeat, I thought I’d share some of my favourite Aussie-themed picture books, three of which you can actually put a tune to. If my toddler had to choose her favourite from these, it will hands down be […]
Currently On Our Playshelf (Jan 2018)
Hello everyone, now that we’ve officially said goodbye to 2017 with a video snapshot of our PLAYful year (see it here), I thought we’ll belatedly say hello to the new year with a fresh playshelf in our playroom as it’s been a long while since I last shared one. If you saw the previous post […]
Invitation to Add a Second Layer of Art Medium (Coloured Sharpies) over an Existing Art Project – Day 31/31 Days of Invitation to Create
Day 31/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to add a layer of Sharpie drawings over the blocks we painted two days ago! Guys this is such a simple set up (and clean up) yet so fun to do with my toddler!! We talked about the colours we wanted to use, we tried matching the painted blocks […]
Invitation to Create 3-D Sculptures with Recyclables and Craft Materials – Day 30/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 30/31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make 3D sculptures with recycled cardboard rolls, spools and pipe-cleaners. I put the invitation in front of my toddler this morning as pictured without any suggestions as to what she could do and she immediately began to thread the pipe cleaners through the spools and the cardboard rolls. Almost […]
Invitation to Paint on Wooden Blocks with Watercolours – Day 29/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 29/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on wooden blocks with watercolours. A few months back, I scored two sets of natural coloured Jenga type blocks for $3 from a flea market. One set was in pristine condition so I kept it aside for the toddler to use in construction play. The other set […]
Invitation to Create a Collage on a Cardboard from a Tinker Tray – Day 28/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 28/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make a collage on cardboard with a tinker tray. Now this was first done yesterday but only completed today which is why I’m only posting it now. Usually after my toddler loses interest with an activity I set up and decides to go off and do something else, […]
Invitation to Create Transient Art with Rainbow Pebbles – Day 27/ 31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 27/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create transient art with colourful rainbow pebbles in different sizes as loose parts. To be honest, I feel a little bad even considering this an invitation as I can hardly say I set up or put together anything, but I guess I did well in choosing to fill […]
Invitation to Create out of a Portable Art Caddy – Day 26/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 26/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create with a portable art caddy. It was a full on day for us/me. The hubs always has a day off on Friday so this morning we brought the kids to a water park and then brunch before going home for naps. In the afternoon, I busied in […]
Invitation to Paint with Watercolours on an Acrylic Mirror – Day 25/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 25/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Hello friends!! Blessed New Year!! We took a few days off from doing the toddler art invitations because my firstborn turned 2 on New Year’s Day and we were busy with party prep before and on the actual day, and while my mum is here visiting for the birthday and […]
Invitation to Create on Contact Paper with Craft Materials – Day 24/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 24/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to create on contact paper with glitter, googly eyes and assorted sequins. After my toddler had a ball creating with glitter a couple of days ago for day 21, I came up with a different invitation for her to create with glitter again 😆. Thank you tuff tray for […]
Invitation to Paint on the Sidewalk with Homemade Chalk Paint – Day 23/ 31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 23/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on the sidewalk with homemade chalk paint. I’ve wanted to try this recipe forever and I’m so glad we finally did today. This is now hands down my favourite process art activity!! I had SO MUCH FUN, let alone my toddler. Click here for the videos of […]
Invitation to Paint on an Upright Easel Outdoors with a Rainbow Assortment of Colours – Day 22/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 22/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to paint on an upright easel outdoors. We haven’t gone outside to play in weeks as it’s just been too hot, so when there was a slight cool change today with a beautiful breeze, we quickly took the opportunity to play in our yard, perfect day for it too […]
Invitation to Add a Second Layer of Art Medium (Coloured Glue and Glitter) over a Painted Corrugated Cardboard – Day 21/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 21/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Firstly, blessed Christmas ❤💚!! I hope everyone had a love-filled day yesterday and had plenty of cuddles with loved ones. Continuing on our toddler art series, this is another invitation to create a second layer of art over a pre-existing artwork like in day 19. Back in June, the toddler […]
Invitation to Create a Collage with Coloured Paper Shapes on Black Paper – Day 20/31 Days of Invitation to Create Challenge
Day 20/ 31 days of #toddlerartinvitations Invitation to make a collage with coloured shapes on a black piece of paper. As you can clearly see, there were actually 4 colours and shapes that were offered for this particular invitation. My toddler chose only the green triangles initially and when they were used up, she began using […]