A play at home simple science experiment for little ones! Learn about colours and chemical reactions with these colour volcanoes.
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Where is the Green Sheep?
Where is The Green Sheep is a children's classic, and this is another fun and simple book inspired play at home activity!
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
I love to take inspiration for play at home activities from our bookcase! A favourite book of ours is "Row row row your boat", so we decided to take our love for this book and make some little sail boats!
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Feed the Bunny
This quick and simple Easter activity can be used as play at home inspiration all year round - just change up the animal and the food and you have a new activity!!
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10 nature play at home activities
Spending time in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety, improve your mood, and boost feelings of happiness and wellbeing. While we may try to shelter our children from the news around the world, they can't help but sense our stress and anxiety. What better time than now for both adults and children to reconnect with nature? With this in mind, I've pulled together 10 great nature play at home activities to occupy bored children and help us find some peace in the great outdoors.
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Forest Green Park, Pimpama
Forest Green Park in Gainsborough Greens (Pimpama) is a quiet achiever. As a neighbourhood park it certainly isn't the biggest playground around, but the 8m high hill slide, timber log play forts and climbing tree have enough to keep little minds busy and let the imaginations run wild!
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Macintosh Island Park, Main Beach
Macintosh Island Park is a real oasis in the midst of all the glitz and glamour of Main Beach! With big shady trees, cascading streams running through the park, pathways perfect for little ones to ride their bikes on, and many birds including the beautiful peacocks that are popular in their own right. You might even spot Big Foot!
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Southport Yacht Club
The Spit is generally known for its more up-market venues, but families can enjoy the luxury lifestyle and views on a budget with a visit to the Southport Yacht Club. Family friendly dining with a kids gated playground? Let's go!
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10 family-friendly random acts of kindness
If you're looking for a way to show your kids how to give back and show kindness this RAOK week, I've put together 10 great ideas for families to do together. Why not take the time to connect a little more as a family, and spread kindness at the same time!?
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Hinze Dam
While Hinze Dam is best known as the Gold Coast’s water supply, many are surprised when they visit and take in its stunning hinterland setting, with onsite View Café taking prime position to capture the breathtaking vistas. Add to this the state of the art information centre, dam wall walk, picnic grounds, pathways, fishing coves and mountain bike trails, and you’ve got yourself a great spot for locals and tourists.
