Get Your Kids Outdoors This Spring!

Spring is the perfect time to get your kids outside. We're living through an era where it seems the last generation of kids who want to play outside has vanished. Now, children are being raised in the home, surrounded by technology. This is so true during the winter time. It's so much easier for the parents, and for kids to play indoors when the weather is so cold and horrible outside. Although as far as winter goes, we haven't really had one this year. But, the nights are so short that it's dark before 5pm, and there's so many bugs going around that the house is just the safer option. But spring is going to come around before we know it, making for the perfect time for kids to get outside and play. The weather warms up, the nights are longer, and the vibe is just so much better. If you've never actively encouraged play outdoors, this is how we think you should begin to do so! 

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Old Fashioned Toys All Kids Should Own

These days kids have grown up with smartphones and tablets, console games, computers and all kinds of high-tech toys that simply didn’t exist even a decade ago. There’s no doubt that things are much different for the kids of today. However, while these modern gadgets and gizmos are fun, there are some old fashioned toys that simply cannot be beaten. These are nice for kids of today to experience and is something a little different to the high-tech wizardry they’re used to. Here are some old-fashioned toys every child should experience playing with.

Traditional Dolls House

A doll’s house can provide hours of creative fun for little ones. Forget tacky plastic barbie houses, go with a traditional wooden house and fill with beautiful dolls house accessories. These are also good fun for adults too, putting together a house can be really satisfying, and you can decorate it any way you like. It’s something nice you can sit and do with kids- make up stories and characters together and rearrange the different pieces. A doll’s house also makes a gorgeous decorative piece and looks great sat in any little girl’s bedroom.

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At Home Sensory Play

I took my boy to a sensory play group a few weeks ago and the things they had there were so simple that I thought I could get some items for home.

Some of what they had at the play group included: shredded paper, various types of shower loofahs, lights reflected into mirrors and lots of other every day items.