The best play food has been either things my children could manipulate (wool roving, play doh, etc.) or things from nature (leaves, flowers, or seed pods). We have some fun seed pods in our neighborhood, but for more variety I ordered a couple more from etsy. Today the girls fed me chocolate-marshmallow ice-cream with nutmeg spice, all the ingredients for which are pictured above :)
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Showing posts with label nature play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature play. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Play Food from Nature
The best play food has been either things my children could manipulate (wool roving, play doh, etc.) or things from nature (leaves, flowers, or seed pods). We have some fun seed pods in our neighborhood, but for more variety I ordered a couple more from etsy. Today the girls fed me chocolate-marshmallow ice-cream with nutmeg spice, all the ingredients for which are pictured above :)
Thursday, April 11, 2013
NatureToto - How to Start Your Own Group
Our mamatoto group is so incredible! I feel so lucky to have these amazing mamas and little ones in my life. I think I already posted about the Nature-toto group we started, but I have been asked so many questions about it lately that I thought I'd post again. We have a set time each week and meet in a new spot every time. We've gone apricot picking, blueberry picking:

on wilderness adventures to places like Ellwood, the beach, Cold Springs, Rocky Nook, and Lane Farms:



to go apple picking and mini donkey brushing at Seeing Spot Farms:

and, to top it all off, we went on a mamas and kids only NatureToto camping trip at Big Caliente!


I highly suggest creating a nature adventure group with your circle of mamas and little friends. What we've learned works best is 1.keeping it consistent. This means same time, same day, so it's easier to remember. 2.keeping it frequent. This is key. If you try to make sure everyone can go, you will hardly ever end up meeting. If it's every week, then it's not a huge deal if somebody can't make it. 3.create a groupMe texting circle, so you can all keep in touch for any last minute changes or check in about the location.
Happy adventures!
on wilderness adventures to places like Ellwood, the beach, Cold Springs, Rocky Nook, and Lane Farms:
to go apple picking and mini donkey brushing at Seeing Spot Farms:
and, to top it all off, we went on a mamas and kids only NatureToto camping trip at Big Caliente!
I highly suggest creating a nature adventure group with your circle of mamas and little friends. What we've learned works best is 1.keeping it consistent. This means same time, same day, so it's easier to remember. 2.keeping it frequent. This is key. If you try to make sure everyone can go, you will hardly ever end up meeting. If it's every week, then it's not a huge deal if somebody can't make it. 3.create a groupMe texting circle, so you can all keep in touch for any last minute changes or check in about the location.
Happy adventures!
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