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24/10/2021
HAUNTED HOUSE 🏚👻🎃
I saw this idea on a Facebook group the other week and I thought it was amazing! I don’t remember who first posted it so I’m sorry but I definitely can’t take the credit for the idea!
I love a craft that can then be used for play and this totally fits that criteria!
27/07/2021
OCEAN PLAY 🐢🐙🐳🦈🦭🐬
Water play is always a big hit in our house so today we added a few resources from our collection, including some sand and stones from the garden along with our new jumbo ocean animals.
They loved creating their own small world under the sea environment and adding their own little details.
Sea animals -
Play tray -
Resin letters -
Fake coral -
27/06/2021
WINDOW PAINTING 🎨
Today we are using our Little Brian Paintsticks to create some fun window art!
24/05/2021
RAINBOW RICE🌈
Today we had an actual play date in the house 😱 It felt like so long since we have done anything like this so it was lovely to watch the kids play and have a long overdue catch up!
We added our lovely new resin letters from and she has very kindly offered you guys a 10% discount when you visit her Etsy shop using the code MESSYDAYS10
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15/05/2021
RAINBOW SPRINKLES CLOUD DOUGH 🌈☁️
Thank you to Inspire My Play for this lovely idea for a simple cloud dough recipe.
We added some silicone cake cases, cutters, bowls and scoops along with letters and numbers for extra learning opportunities.
10/05/2021
5 Little Ducks 🦆
Today’s tray is 5 Little Ducks themed, seeing as the weather is perfect for ducks! ☔️
Our little Ducks are from Homebargains and we just used some clear pebbles, water with a tiny bit of blue food colouring and some fish tank fake plants from Amazon.co.uk to theme the tray (which is from Inspire My Play)
03/05/2021
FARM TRAY 🐄🚜
Happy Bank Holiday Monday!
We were really hoping to have a family day out today but the typical British weather has other ideas 🙈 so we are bringing the farm to us instead!
Tray is from Inspire My Play
Farm set from Lanka Kade
Tractor is from GreenToys
25/04/2021
🦖DINOSAUR RESCUE 🦕
This is such a simple activity but does require some forward planning!
Use an ice cube tray and fill with some small toys and water, pop them in the freezer for a few hours at least, add some containers of water and pipettes (if you don’t have pipettes, just some small jugs will do) to pour the water over the ice cubes and watch them melt!
Great for:
✅ Hand eye coordination
✅ Fine motor skills
✅ Introducing new language
✅ Concentration
✅ Perseverance
24/04/2021
SCREEN FREE SATURDAY ☀️
Today we are *attempting* a screen free day, particularly for our 6 year old who seems to be addicted to Netflix and YouTube 🙈
I’ve been feeling a little guilty about how much time she spends watching tv. So this morning we all hopped on our bikes 🚲 and headed out for a family bike ride, we packed a lunch 🥙 and had a picnic in the neighbouring village and then made our way home.
And this afternoon we are trying to keep them outside with the mud kitchen, sand tray and some Lego in our Inspire My Play PlayTRAY.
Later we will be having a BBQ to make the most of the lovely weather ☀️Hope you’re all having a lovely Saturday, feel free to share your Saturday play ideas with us in the comments ⬇️
19/04/2021
DIGGER WASH 🧼🚜
Today we were invited to a play date with one of our lovely friends who knows how much Oscar loves his diggers ❤️
Such a great way to enjoy the sunshine together ☀️
16/04/2021
DIGGERS 🦺🚧🚜
Yesterday we took our two to Diggerland in Devon and they had an absolute blast!!
My two year old is OBSESSED with diggers and tractors so he was in his element!
This little setup was from a while back but we will definitely be recreating this after yesterday’s trip 🚜
Playtray is from Inspire My Play ❤️
14/04/2021
DUCK POND PLAY TRAY 🦆🦢🌳
Yesterday we visited one of our favourite places WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre with some friends and it was so lovely to get out and about again!
Today the kids are both still talking about their trip yesterday so today I treated them to a little duck pond play tray using our wooden ducks and some water beads we got from Amazon.co.uk
They loved a bit of imaginative play this morning and they loved reliving some of the things they saw yesterday 🦢🦆