After seeing so much lovely colored rice all over my Pinterest feed for ages, it was high time that we created our own colorful rice. And you, too, can make your own colored rice for an afternoon of sensory play or for…
Did you grow up with a dollhouse? I grew up with a beautiful hand made dollhouse, built by my cousin’s father about twenty years before I was born. It was a family treasure that got passed around from cousin to…
Have you ever played with water beads? They’re slippery, squishy, and a surprisingly fun and addictive sensory experience. First: an important message. Water beads are not a toy. While I’ll show you how you could use them as a sensory…
How to Make Gluten-Free Cloud Dough After I posted our Cloud Dough recipe last week, Amy from Kids in the Studio wanted to know if it could be adapted into a gluten-free cloud dough recipe. What a good question! This…
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. — Joseph Conrad Did you know that yesterday was International Mud Day? One of my fondest…
I filled the big green tub with water and we called it the “sink,” and N got busy making soup. She owned the kitchen right from the start and there was no end to what she wanted to create. The…
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