Sarah's Farm Tuff Tray Mat Ideal for Tuff Spot Play Tray Black Tray not Included

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I then added in their Playmobil farm barn , some toy tractors and other playmobil and happyland people and animals.

Here I share about our Home Ed journey, days out, books and activities and well as my quest to stay sane by running and hitting the gym! com/-4sAIpNlzO2c/WEdHIxSvHJI/AAAAAAAAW1E/eq_b08PlYtsgP3Eb-WjGz6iJDcRoz7F3gCK4B/s1600/learning%2Band%2Bexploring%2Bpic. The tuff tray is brilliant for keeping messy activities (mostly) contained and is easy to clean afterwards. We are trying to avoid too much screen time here, but need to keep a 3 year old and a 9 month old happy. Sand was used for the beach, stones for a riverbank, green-dyed rice, pumpkin seeds and grass as pastureland.I used plastic shrub plants from Harry’s Schleich watering hole and laid them across the top of the soil on the green Play-Doh and between the rocks. Messy Farm Play is such an easy tuff tray activity to set up and it holds their attention for such a while.

Such as a Granny standing near the horses’ paddock as though she might be about to feed them apples. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. It is great for creative play, a lovely sensory activity that is lots of fun and helps light up your little one's imagination. They then set about playing – they used some empty fruit boxes to collect the vegetables, dairy produce and fruit.

We played with it for hours and because the ingredients are dry I have been able to keep them, those that were not eaten(! If you want another theme, try the sea related ideas or these minibeast-themed ideas for activity trays. It’s brilliant for setting up small world play scenes, for providing a flat surface for art activities or helping keep messy learning activities contained.

I purposely used different textures and shapes so that they could use the different tools and also to hear their language as they described them to me. If you’re looking for some interesting and engaging fine motor skills activities for your little one, you can find more on, Fine Motor Skills Tuff Tray Ideas for Preschoolers.Small-world play is very important to me for his development but mainly I just want him to have fun. For babies (6 months old), t he panda-related tuff tray was perfect to help with eye development and coordination. This was a mega messy play session and took some planning and setting up but it was so so so worth it. She studied the pictures in our Usbourne ‘Peep Inside’ Garden book and decided what she’d like to feature in her garden. This is an activity I do with my own children so I can offer tried and tested advice from my own personal experience of trying this activity.

Just grab lots of different coloured items from around the house and place in the middle of the tuff spot tray. For our Garden Tuff Tray, I supplied my little one with a range of elements to create her garden allowing the exploration of textures and composition. I think I will pop to the library today and get some of the books you mention here as we are seriously lacking in farm books! This is a great way to get reluctant readers involved with a story or even to get your child to have some quiet time. To make the edible mud, I just mixed flour, cocoa powder, and water until I got the desired consistency.I rolled a long green sausage out of play dough, squashed it flat and made lots of line indents all the way along. Treat your baby or toddler with a trip to a sensory farm — this busy tray has so many different textures for them to explore. Georgia also gave me a funny look recently when we moved her baby brother from formula and I said he can now have “cows milk”. I started Bravery and Belonging to encourage other Mums of little ones in all aspects of parenting, but especially learning through play. Daisy explored everything using her mouth but desperately wanted to join in with Harry's play, so this edible activity was perfect.