Nature Play: Making Mud Paint

Ever thought about trying to make paint from mud? A great way to get acquainted with a blend of day-to-day objects and the natural world.

Nature Play: Nature Walk with Under 5s

Another lovely nature walk, filled with guessing games, collecting things in your homemade basket (which you can use an empty milk bottle for), lovely-smelling flowers, a great conversations. Can you also make your own little nature pot?

Milk Carton Planters

Here’s a clever way to reuse plant milk/juice cartons – and a nice project to start with your little one(s)! Grab some seeds and some soil and watch your plants grow!

3 Milk Bottles Sitting on a Wall

How about using some milk bottles as props for a counting song? 🎵 There were three milk bottles, sitting on a wall Three milk bottles, sitting on a wall And if one milk bottle should accidentally fall..

Milk Bottle Posting and Pulling Toy

Make a DIY posting and pulling toy from an empty milk bottle for your baby! Just cut some holes in an empty milk bottle, big enough for your little one’s hand to fit through, and let them drop in bottle tops for a bit of posting fun, or fill it up with scarves, socks, or […]

Milk Carton Playbus

Would you like to make your own little Playbus? All you need is an empty plant milk/juice carton, some paper and felt tips!

Milk Carton Building Blocks

Why not use cartons as building blocks? They’re quite lightweight and easy to handle (although they can be filled with sand to give them a bit more weight) and they are a great alternative to regular plastic building blocks, given they are also free!

Milk Bottle Basket

Toddlers love transporting their toys from one place to another, so why not craft a nice little basket using milk bottles to support this transporting schema – it also helps children make sense of the world around them!

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