Print and play
When time, budget and postage time gets in the way of being the creative parent you want to be, PUKACA can help. The Portugese designers take their mission – to make your days colourful ones – very seriously indeed, by offering their designer paper crafts at tiny prices. If you have a printer, it’s a cinch to whip up play scenes, puppet theatres, blocks, masks and more in minutes. Great to keep the kids amused on school holidays and a wonderful alternative to ho-hum party favours.
Or if DIY is not your thing, check out their professionally printed alphabet posters with an international vibe – choose from English, Spanish, Italian, French, German or Portuguese and get them personalised to boot.
PUKACA paper crafts and alphabet posters available from Etsy – priced from $2.95
10 toddler busy bag ideas
Smart mums know that if you’re waiting at the doctor’s office, trying to grab a caffeine kick at a cafe, or taking an urgent call on the run, a bag of toddler-taming tricks is essential. But there’s no need to spend a fortune on travel toys: Here are 10 ideas for creating your own toddler busy bag, full of engaging activities for little ones.
Make it me hearties
Ahoy crafty buccaneers! Hoist the jolly roger and sail the seven seas in search of creativity. German-designed CALAFANT cardboard toys are a blank canvas for imagination that offer double the fun of traditional toys. Construct (no glue or scissors required), paint and decorate your unique pirate ship and treasure chest and then set sail for hours of pirate play.
CALAFANT Pirate Ship available from Hard to Find – $35.50
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