Play Idea
Cards

The following idea cards give you, your organisation, or your child new ideas for play.

For thematic ideas please navigate using the activities by type section below.

Art Ideas

Ideas for you and your child to create new cool things together.

3 Pen Challenge

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Autumn Jar Candle Holder

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Bird Feeder

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Boats & Cars

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Crayon Rubbings

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Fun Painting - Messy Play 1

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Fun Painting - Messy Play 2

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Fun Painting - Messy Play 3

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Fun Painting - Messy Play 4

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Melted Crayons

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Musical Instruments 1

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Musical Instruments 2

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Musical Mittens

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Recycling Collage

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Salt Dough Tree

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Spaghetti & String Painting

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Spider Web Game

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Threading

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Sensory Play Ideas

Play ideas to help developing children explore their environment through the senses.

Baby Rain Stick

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Baby Rain Stick

Bath Time Play

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Bath Time Play

Corn Flour Gloop

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Corn Flour Gloop

Fossil Excavation

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Fossil Excavation

Ice Eggs

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Ice Eggs

Ice Painting

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Ice Painting

Light & Shadow

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Light & Shadow

Mud Play

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Mud Play

Rainbow Shaker Bottle

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Rainbow Shaker Bottle

Sponge Splat Painting

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Sponge Splat Painting

Through the Tunnel

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Through the Tunnel

Water Play

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Water Play

Outdoor Play Ideas

Play ideas to help children explore the outdoors.

Autumn Leaf Hedgehog

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Autumn Leaf Hedgehog

Ball Games

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Ball Games

Beans the Game

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Beans the Game

Bird Feeder

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Bird Feeder

DIY Kite

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DIY Kite

Hopscotch

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Hopscotch.pdf

Jump the River

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Jump the River.pdf

Nature Play

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Nature Play.pdf

 

Rope Games

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Rope Games.pdf

Scavenger Hunt

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Scavenger Hunt.pdf

 

Stick Man

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Stick Man

Stick Mobile

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Stick Mobile.pdf

Stone Painting

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Stone Painting.pdf

Wind Sock

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Windsock.pdf

Imaginative Play Ideas

Play ideas that inspire children to engage with their imagination and learn cool new things.

Boxes & Bags

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Boxes & Bags.pdf

Bathtub Fishing

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Bathtub fishing.pdf

Den Building Fort

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Den Building.pdf

DIY Fishing

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DIY Fishing.pdf

Dressing Up

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Dressing Up.pdf

Floor is Lava

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Floor is Lava.pdf

Hovercraft

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Hovercraft.pdf

Imagination Game

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Imagination Game.pdf

 

Laser Maze

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Laser maze.pdf

Life-sized Board Game

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Life Sized Board Game.pdf

 

Loose Parts Play

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Loose Parts Play.pdf

Positivity Box

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Positivity Box.pdf

Role Play

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Role Play.pdf

Secret of the Water Rising

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Secret of Water Raising.pdf

Sink or Float

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Sink or Float.pdf

Shape Sorter

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Shape Sorter.pdf

Small World of Play

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Small World Play.pdf

 

Sock Puppets

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Sock Puppets.pdf

 

Transient Art

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Transient Art.pdf

Volcano in a Bottle

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Volcano.pdf

Water Art

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Water Art.pdf

Frozen Chocolate Bananas

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Frozen Chocolate Bananas.pdf

 

Biscuit Decorating

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Biscuit Decorating.pdf

Fruit Cracker Pizzas

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Fruit Cracker Pizzas.pdf