October 17th, 2008 Playing with keys Posted by Melitsa in Homemade, play activities, Thought of the week

We’ve moved a few times and seem to keep collecting keys. Well I keep collecting keys. I always think it might be important so best to keep it, just in case. So I have a bit of a collection. But if you don’t try asking around. You’d be surprised at how many lonely, lost keys are floating in draws and on key rings.

This play activity is one of the ones you can find if you subscribe to the weekly activities ( Right sidebar). It’s one of those rare combinations of old keys, excitement and nail varnish.

Wind chimes.  They chose this spot for maximum draft from their closet.

Who needs paint when you can use mummy’s nail varnish ?

We had a great time threading, cutting and using nail varnish that afternoon. It was probably the only legitimate time the boys will get to use nail varnish with such care and attention.

It was never about the end product but the journey it took to get there.

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Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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