Winter is in full force right now. Lots of people have had snow! We've had a few flurries here in the UK but nothing to get too excited about (there's still time - fingers crossed). Frozen is still very much a firm favourite with the youngsters of today and so these two factors have been inspiring the way we play.

Today we have been very busy making snowflake soup. This activity delighted my preschooler for such a long time! I even popped on the Frozen songs in the background just to add to the activity for her!

We had a snowy down pour last night while Little N was in bed (typical as she would have loved it), so I was really happy to have woken this morning to a beautiful snow covered garden! Glad it didn't turn to rain and melt. We didn't have much but enough to collect some up in a tray and get creative today indoors.
























Here is what the invitation for play looked like.

You will need:
A set of water color paints
Paint brush
A tray filled with fluffy white snow
Small container of water.
















It wasn't long before she started exploring the snow with her hands.
She collected small amounts of the snow and dropped it into the small container.
The color from the water oozed through the snow and she watched on as this happened before  it began dissolving.



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We have been exploring different sensory bags lately and I decided to put together a Frozen themed/inspired sensory bag for Little N.

I used blue hair gel to fill the bag. Hair gel is my personal favorite sensory bag filler. It is so therapeutic squishing and squashing the bag, watching the items glide through the cold gel. The smell lingers too so adds to the sensory experience even more.

Inside the gel I added
- Curling Ribbon - cut into small squares
- Silver Glitter
- Blue Pony Beads
- Confetti Snowflakes

 As young as she is Little N joins the rest of the world and is a huge Frozen Fan. This has been her favourite sensory bag to date. She was drawn to the pong beads and kept pushing them around with her finger.

























She held the bag up into the air. Slowly the snowflakes began moving down to the bottom of the bag.
























Little N also explored them on the window. They always look very effective up against the light of outside.

 The Frozen Sensory Bag looked great on our home made light table too!




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We have been getting creative with Snowflake Play dough today.
Using our simple homemade playdough recipe we created sky blue dough, perfect for this activity.
I put out a range of tools and decorations to get creative.

The invitation for play looked like this:





















Little N was eager to get started and began by using some of the tools to begin with.




She enjoyed using the wheel and went back and forth creating wavy patterns in the dough. She picked up an imprinting tool and pushed down hard to create lots of square dots. She then set about rolling out some new dough to create another snowflake.



She started to explore the decorations and began adding lots of textured, sparkly crafts to the snowflakes. They looked great and she was so engrossed when doing this.



Here is a selection of the snowflakes Little N has been busy making today (yes I did have a go at making one too - I couldn't resist!).

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