Create an indoor picnic
Children will love preparing for an indoor picnic - choosing the perfect spot to spread the blanket as well as the yummy picnic foods is just as much fun as the picnic itself.
Kings and queens
Imaginative play is so much fun. Playing kings and queens is a great way to have your child use their imagination. They can play for hours.
Car wash
Children love being outdoors, running around and finding ways to play with water. Washing the car is a great way to get children involved in an activity while enjoying natural play with water.
A rainy day activity box
Keeping your kids entertained on a rainy day is a great way to get them to play using their imagination. There are heaps of make-believe activities that will keep your kids entertained for hours that require little more than a few basic essentials.
Creating a fairy garden
Kids love playing in the garden and they can enjoy being creative when they make their very own fairy garden that they can play loads of imaginary games in later.
Doctors and nurses
Imaginative play is so much fun. Children can be very creative and play for hours. Doctors and nurses is a great way for children to have fun and use their imagination.
Sensory play: Edible water beads
There is a lot to be said about not playing with your food and many parents discourage it. Truth is, kids learn a lot from sensory play. Here is a safe and fun activity that encourages learning and play.
Playing shop assistants
Imaginative play is so much fun. Give them fake money, keep old packaging from your shopping and watch them caught up in their own imaginative world.
Backyard camping
Children will love to camp outside in the backyard. A fun way to play and engage with the natural world, backyard camping can lead to all sorts of imaginative games.
Make a cardboard cubby house
Making a cubby house from scratch is so much fun! Combining a little creativity with simple craft skills, as well as the imaginative play that follows once the cubby house is built, a cardboad cubby house will fill many happy hours of play for your children.
Make your own jungle in a box
Animals, trees and the great outdoors - all brought indoors for those times when you just can't get the kids out! Children will go on some wild and woolly adventures in the rainforest right from the living room floor.
Have an outdoor bath
Children love playing in pools, splashing around in the water. Turn your play pool into an outdoor bath and your kids will have heaps of fun using their imagination to create watery games while getting clean.
Wet paint water play
Children love being outdoors, running around and finding ways to play with water. This activity allows children to get creative using paintbrushes with water as imaginary paint.
Dress up as a robot
Imaginative play is so much fun. Robots are a fun way to play many different make-believe games.
Dress up as fairies
Imaginative play is so much fun. Children can be very creative and play for hours. Dressing up as fairies is a great way for children to play they can explore the garden looking for fairy flowers!
Shaving cream play
Children love to play and get a little bit messy! Try this is fun activity that will encourage imaginative natural play and keep your kids busy for hours it can be played indoors on a tray or outdoors for really messy play.
Bug Hunting In The Garden
There is no better way for kids to learn about the world around them than by getting out into it. Bug hunting encourages your kids to explore their own backyard in an open-ended way that will lead to adventures and imaginative play.
An outdoor activity box
Children love being outdoors, running around engaging in imaginative play. You can encourage creative natural play by creating an outdoor box full of creative ideas.
Making mud pies
Making mud pies is one of the great joys of childhood! Your kids will spend many happy hours magicking up messy pies that they can use in open-ended imaginative games later.
Backyard hose water play
There's nothing better than running around in the back garden with a hose (or a bucket of water if there's water restrictions) on a hot day! Hours can be happily spent dreaming up watery games.