Small world activities - Find simple play ideas for children

Small world activity which is perfect for any Thomas the Tank Engine fan.

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Winter Wonderland

This simple and impressive Winter Wonderland small world will have your toddlers and children enchanted and entertained for many hours.

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Gruffalo's Child Small World

Create your own footprints in the snow for your children to play with and enjoy.

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Train Trip to the Beach

Read here how to create a messy play train based small world activity for toddlers and children. This will have your train loving children learning whilst they play and explore.

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Bonfire Small World

A wintry small world activity idea, perfect as it gets colder and darker outside! Great stimulus for imaginative play and developing language from the very young to older children too!

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Footprints

Quick and simple activity to develop language using playdough and toy animals.

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Autumn Tidy

This easy, Autumn themed small world idea is based on one of our favourite children’s books.

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In the Night Garden

A lovely activity to bring the children’s television show ‘In the Night Garden’ to life.

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Edible Farm

Moo! This is a simple, fun activity that is completely taste safe! It is sure to keep your little ones busy and learning at home.

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Land of the Dinosaurs

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Bath Time at the Farm

Quick and easy activity to set up. This activity combines our toddlers love of water, bubbles, animals and cars.

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Using the classic story as inspiration this is a easy and fun way to introduce imaginative play with your little one. Depending on how brave you are feeling you can make this activity as messy or clean as you want.

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Building Site

A fun construction themed small world activity. Perfect for any digger loving small person.

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Farm Yard

Animals remain a popular feature in our small world play. They are just so versatile; you can feed them, you can make them move and you can make them to go to sleep.

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Small World

Discover our small WORLD activities to help spark your child’s imagination and creativity, Promoting play and language skills.