Transform your sandbox from ordinary to extra-ordinary with these easy, awesome sandbox ideas. Lots of simple tips and tricks to create backyard sandbox that inspires creative, imaginative pl...
Oh my goodness, I love, love, LOVE our latest creation! What a great collaborative art project for a group of kids to do together. It would be great for craft camp or art class. Kids can do...
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When the weather is this hot, it can be tough to keep kids cool AND entertained for long stretches of time. This is when simple water bins and water activities come in VERY handy! Whether you...
Ooooo, Mama! I have 10 gorgeous garden crafts to share with you today, my Lovelies! All of these homemade garden ornaments are easy and inexpensive, and they're just gorgeous for hanging from a...
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Hey, guys! It's that time of year when we start sprucing our outdoor play-spaces, getting everything ready for the kids for summer! I want to show you some fabulous things that I've added to ou...
Bubble blowing season is right around the corner, and your kids are probably dying to bust out the bubble solution and wands, and get down to making bubbles in the backyard.The following bubble ...
Make the biggest bubbles ever with this homemade giant bubble recipe. Making homemade giant bubbles has been on our to-do list for a while, but we’ve been waiting for the perfect weather con...
These water bottle wind spirals look just gorgeous bouncing and dancing in the breeze! They're really fun and easy to make, and they add such a fun splash of colour to a backyard or patio. Grab y...
These homemade wind chimes are so gorgeous you're going to want to make them all! They're easy to make, and they won't cost you a dime. Which one will you and your kids start with? The post 8 G...
Ah, Fall! It’s almost here! We love playing outdoors here in my home daycare, especially in the fall. There are so many colours, shapes and textures to explore in Fall, and they provide ...
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If you’re looking for an amazing (and free!) addition for your backyard play space, a backyard tightrope is da bomb! Our homemade tightrope is, hands down, one of the most popular stations in o...
Here are 10 of our favourite balancing activities in our backyard play space. Most of these can be balancing activities can be made for free using items you already have around your home and yar...
Add a simple rope and hula hoop activity to your outdoor play space for imaginative play and gross-motor development. This activity was quick and easy to set up, and it didn’t cost a thing, bec...
Rig up a simple bucket and rope “pulley” contraption in your backyard play space. It’s an easy, inexpensive DIY that will provide hours of open-ended play for toddlers and preschoolers. Whe...
This wonderful mud kitchen activity requires only a bucket of mud, a few kitchen items and a handful of stale dated pantry items. Kids can make mud pies garnished with lentils, corn, oats and spi...
How to make a pool noodle abacus with ropes and pool noodles for toddlers and preschoolers to play with in the backyard. I recently made this pool noodle abacus for the toddlers and preschoolers ...
Laundry Activity for Preschoolers: Fine-motor development and water play come together in this fun clothesline activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Now that we’re enjoying warmer temperature...
A few well positioned play logs or stumps add endless physical and imaginative play possibilities to your back yard: Recently, I showed you our backyard play house and shared some sandbox ideas w...
A pretend play “doll bath station” will keep your little ones entertained and cool for hours this summer! It’s one of our favourite warm-weather backyard activities. Water play activities ...
As I write this, it’s 26 degrees celsius at 10:30 p.m. It’s hard to imagine it’s already September, and that summer’s coming to an end. The crickets are chirping, the pond is bubblin...
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Use a wheelbarrow to create a mobile mud patch for mud play in your backyard play space! It’s like a portable mud kitchen, and it will provide your kids with hours of good, old-fashioned mu...
Kids’ Playhouse Ideas – simple ways to give your backyard playhouse a makeover and take it from “so-so” to the coolest hang-out on the block. When I was a kid, my backyard playhouse was...