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Be a flamingo amongst a flock of pigeons 😜 .
We had lots of fun creating this 'Florence the Flamingo' collage out of old scraps from the craft cupboard. We were inspired to create this after receiving a copy of 'That's not my flamingo' by Usborne books - got to love some #bookbasedplay 🤩
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We talked about the colours of a flamingo first, then picked out items from the craft box that would be suitable.
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I reminded Z of our little mantra, 'dot, dot, not a lot,' then away she went - swipe along to see a finished Florence the Flamingo in all her colourful glory.
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Speaking of birds, which is your favourite? Mine has to be the Crimson Rosella ❤️
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How do you approach buying less stuff? I'd love to hear your thoughts...
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I find it hard to get out of the mindset of 'buy all of the things!' but it's something I've been working on, especially since The Big Move we had six months ago.
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Here's some of the things we've been doing to help redress the balance:
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💜Toy rotation: old toys feel new when they are out less often!
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💜Weekend trips out of the city as a family
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💜 Regular travel. We are fortunate enough to get posted to some wonderful countries so we try to make the most of being able to explore.
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💜More time outside: making our roof terrace safe and kid friendly was a top priority. .
💜 Regular art and craft sessions: this is something we always loved before the move and is now making a big comeback .
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💜For birthdays buying one quality item over lots of small items.
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💜Creating #everydayplayhacks for activities.
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💜Quality one to one time with each child
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What else would you add to the list? I'd love to see what else I could implement x
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Taste safe painting for babies and tabies 👅
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I'm always looking for taste safe activities for Mr 13 months to join in with. This time around, I froze natural yoghurt with some gel food colouring to make paint popsicles.
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I deliberately didn't put too much food colouring into the mix so as not to have a repeat of that time I ruined the deck in our old house 😆😫 (I had used acrylics outside with the children in an attempt to keep the house tidy - fail 😂)
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Predictably, E did try to eat the yoghurt paint but as it was quite tart, he was more interested in joining in with Miss 3.
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If you're trying this at home, I'd advise using liquid colouring instead and put a tray or sheet down to keep mess to a minimum 👍
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Please supervise carefully with any baby play activities
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This mythical themed play dough invitation helped us cool down after a day spent outside in the sun🦄🧜
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In my head, I thought Z might make little houses with the pinecones but she was content to print patterns into the dough.
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We had made the dough a few days previous with bio glitter and food colouring - the deep blue colour is thanks to Z squeezing a lot of gel dye into the mix 😂
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Have you set up any play dough invitations recently? Tag me in or use the hashtag #teachinvestigateplay as I would love to see!
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Rainbows always make us happy! 🌈Here's the results of our latest family artwork session where even Mr 13 months joined in! 😍 (Swipe along to see)
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I set this up as an arty provocation for Miss 3, who used the Grimm's rainbow as inspiration. We then pierced a hole in the top and threaded on some rainbow themed beads.
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This project - including Z holding up her artwork - is inspired by the brilliant @artcampla. She featured some gorgeous arches a while back, so this is our toddler version! Please do go and check out Arielle's feed because it is INCREDIBLE 😍
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I hadn't set anything up for Mr E, but he was desperate to join in so he drew on top of one of the rainbows Z had started on. I had to watch him like a hawk but he didn't try to put the paint sticks in his mouth which did amaze me! 😆
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He has been watching Miss 3 and myself do arty things since he was teeny plus we give him plenty of opportunities with other sensory materials so he handled the sticks really well 😍
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If you want to get arty with your little one, but are concerned, there are plenty of taste safe alternatives which I'll be featuring soon 🧡
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Welcome to the unicorn hair salon 🦄✂️💇
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Every self respecting unicorn needs an awesome hair style, don't you think?
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Really, this is another fine motor workout in disguise but let's not tell Z that! Swipe left to see her in action. .
To make this activity, I drew a unicorn head onto a piece of cardboard, then used a skewer to attach chenille sticks.
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Z set to work threading them as our breakfast invitation yesterday - we always end up doing something at the table whilst we wait for Mr 1 to finish his food. It's actually worked out as a good way for Z to do independent activities 👍
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Whenever we do anything unicorn themed, I always think of @hellowonderful_co. Not only is Agnes' account incredible, she's also a super lovely lady too. I'm sure most of you already follow her, but if not do go check out her page 🦄🧡
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Today was a fine day to rescue mermaids! 🧜
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We have spent the vast majority of our days outside and it was glorious 😍 Today we repeated our icy investigation (yesterday it was flowers) with mermaids.
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Z was super curious about what happened to the flowers yesterday and is getting her head around what melting means so last night I popped some mermaid figurines into a bowl with water and froze them overnight.
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Each time we do this experiment (and we've repeated it a lot over the years) Z gains more from it - her scientific vocabulary is expanding and it's wonderful to hear her ask so many questions. To be honest, we'll probably repeat this in various forms throughout the summer months, for as long as it holds her interest!
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The cheetah has nothing on Mr 1 😂🐆
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No matter how many times a day I vacuum the lounge room floor, E always manages to find some miniscule bit of fluff to snack on 🤔
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Please tell me I'm not the only one!
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All joking aside though, we do try and minimise any accidents by keeping all of the smaller toys in the older children's bedrooms. Lego has to stay confined in Mr 10s room and Z has special toys that we only get out when E is napping.
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How do you deal with age gaps? Let me know in the comments section below ⬇️
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When you've made something yourself and you're super proud 🤩
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After reading one of Z's favourite counting books, she decided she wanted to paint some butterflies. I cut some out of cardboard (hello cardboard canvas!) and Z got to work colouring them with some @littlebrianpaintsticks
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Once they were dry, Z used the threading technique we discovered from the incredible @make_it_your_own_ to make the antennae. Do head on over to her feed for hundreds of incredible kid made projects - we always find heaps of inspiration on there! 😍
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We've stuck them up on Z's bedroom wall and she is so proud of herself! It's been a while since I've shared art on this feed as we haven't done anything big in a while - I love that she decided on this art project entirely by herself ❤️
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The paint sticks were kindly gifted by Little Brian 🧡 and the chenille sticks were gifted from @bakerrossltd
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