We went to Sesame Place last week. During one of the craziest, crowded, most insane weekends I’ve ever been there (and I have had a season pass for 5 years!) While we were waiting in line (out the door) to go to the bathroom there were some of those claw machines. You know the kind […]

Witch’s Apothecary pretend kitchen play, dabbling in chemistry, creative thinking, Halloween fun. A while back – at the beginning of the Halloween season, I came across some “specimen jars” used for decoration. I loved the spooky, eerie thought of these but didn’t want to spend the money on them for decoration – maybe some day […]

With a little imagination, This: cardboard box Becomes this: personal driving machine Buga found a cardboard box. She pretended to drive it like a car. So we decided to cover it in easel paper, decorate it… and turn it into a car. I added a side-car snack holder so she could grab a snack or […]

I recently purchased these little Activity Rings for our Learning Closet. I LOVE open-ended toys and this one seemed perfect for imaginative play. There are 6 different rubber rings about 3″ in diameter. The bright colors help teach color concepts. We use them as “sorting rings”. With Pom Poms and Mini Kush Balls we sort […]