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5 Games to Play with Pots and Pans
Through the years, one of the best go to toys for little ones is the kitchen pots and pans. Here are 5 games to play with pots and pans: 1. Lid Mix Up – separate all the pots, pans and the lids. Scatter them around a room. See how quickly the child can find the […]
Creative Brain Series Question #6 – Factory Owner?
Wake up your brain and your ideas and answer question #6 from the Creative Brain Series – Imagine you own a factory. What would you create and who would you sell it to? This post is part of the Creative Brain Series from Growing Play on creativity, imagination, outside the box thinking, something quick to do while you are waiting or a boredom buster. […]
One Simple Tip to Help Children Be Themselves
Be yourself. Easier said than done right? I often tell my children to make sure they stay true to themselves, their beliefs and a moral code. In summary, be yourself. Every single child is so very unique and it is our job as parents, grandparents, teachers, volunteers, ministers, priests or whoever interacts with children to […]
If This Then That – BEST App Ever (Especially for Bloggers)
This may be a bit off topic for the Growing Play blog but it is a super interesting app that I had to share to help organize and streamline your phone apps. This app can do amazing things once you take some time to set up what will work for you. I read about the […]
Indoor Camping Party for Family Fun Night
Next time you need something super easy to entertain the kids for family fun night have an indoor camping party. This is so easy to do and the kids LOVE it! Now of course, I would prefer if every family actually went camping, but I know their are plenty of people that it is just […]
Best Apps for Family Fun Night
Most of the time, you will find our family playing cards, games or a team challenge for a family fun night. Occasionally though we will grab the ipad or the iphone and start playing a group game. Here are our favorites (this post contains affiliate links): 1. Family Feud – great team game for old and young. […]
6 Not So Great Things My Kids Have That I Did Not…
I was thinking the other day about how much childhood has changed since I was growing up. I find myself more and more saying it just isn’t as good as it used to be. Perhaps I sound like a grandmother, maybe it just comes with age but here are 6 not so great things that […]
Sticks, Stones and Pipe Cleaners
We brought some crafting outdoors today with this sticks, stones and pipe cleaners activity. First we collected some sticks and rocks. We added google eyes and pipe cleaners and the kids just started creating (me too!). It was fun and somewhat relaxing to wind the pipe cleaners around the sticks. There was no expectation […]
Why I Let My Children (And Me…) Get a Pet
So I finally caved in and let one of my daughters get a hamster. For years I have been saying no. We have a dog, 2 rabbits and some fish. I said no for years to the dog as well but caved in with him over 2 years ago. So it was only natural for […]
Pretend Play Masks
Download two free masks from the Pretend Play Masks packet. They are in color or black and white so you choose whether to print in color or color them yourself. Get 20+ masks, including animals, fairy tale characters, super heroes, community workers and more with the Pretend Play Masks complete download at Growing Play. Illustrator […]