This all natural blackberry play dough recipe takes just minutes to make and lasts for months if stored carefully. Try it with your kids today for a lovely afternoon of play for the end of Summer! Making homemade play dough recipe variations is a favourite theme here at Imagination Tree HQ! My original 4 minute,... Read More » The post Blackberry Play Dough Recipe appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

Try this all natural dandelion play dough recipe as a fun way to explore nature and sensory play together! It’s Spring (at last) and it’s the perfect time to whip up a brand new batch of my world-famous 4 minute play dough recipe! Let’s use what is seasonally available to us and make this a... Read More » The post Dandelion Play Dough Recipe appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

Here is an easy pumpkin pie play dough recipe that you can make in just 4 minutes! It’s that time of year again when the days are getting shorter and darker, the leaves are starting to fall and the idea of cosying up at home is very appealing! This pumpkin pie play dough recipe is... Read More » The post Pumpkin Pie Play Dough Recipe appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

We were recently invited to visit a Featherdown Farm with our children ages 8, 11, 13 and 14 having once visited exactly 10 years ago (see the review here on the blog!) when the older three were teeny-tiny (and our youngest not even yet born!) A chance for some screen-free fun for teens and family... Read More » The post Screen Free Fun for Teens at Featherdown Farm! appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

Here are the BEST summer activities for kids, all neatly wrapped up in one post for you to pin and come back to often, with a bonus FREE SUMMER ACTIVITY POSTER to download and print out too! Whoop! With that long school break coming up again many of us are thinking “OH NO! What will... Read More » The post The BEST Summer Activities for Kids! appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

I’d absolutely LOVE to invite all of my lovely readers of The Imagination Tree blog to follow me over to my new parenting membership site called PlayLab! You are going to LOVE the PlayLab parenting membership site I’ve created for you! It is like the best of the Imagination Tree content but raised to the... Read More » The post Join my PlayLab Parenting Membership Site! appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

It’s that wonderful time of year again! Here are the best ever Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids from the huge Imagination Tree archives! There’s enough here to keep your little ones happily playing, creating and learning for many Christmases to come! Here’s a whole collection of sensory play, crafts, fine motor skills and fun... Read More » The post Best Ever Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids! appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

Here are simple ideas and some helpful advice for how to support your young child with home learning, for those of you with kids still at home from school. The ideas here cover the Early Years Foundation Stage and just beyond, (so approximately ages 3-7, year groups nursery to Year 1.)    First let’s remember... Read More » The post How to Support Your Young Child with Home Learning appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

In this time of lockdown and school closures I’ve just discovered a range of fabulous educational smart games called Osmo which are a fantastic tool for parents to make use of. We recently partnered to work together, something I very rarely do here on the Imagination Tree as I don’t often find products I genuinely... Read More » The post Osmo Interactive Learning Games for Kids! appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more

In these uncertain times with self-isolation within families and social distancing from the wider community, I’ve put together a really practical and helpful stay at home survival guide for parents to use while their children are at home. I hope you find it helpful, spread it far and wide with others. Stay clam, playful and... Read More » The post Stay at Home Survival Guide appeared first on The Imagination Tree ..read more