This week has absolutely flown by.

We have been very busy and it has been tough with SIDS all over the news.

Everyone is talking about it.

We have had some quiet times thinking of our Matilda Mae.

Remembering our Baby Tiger.

Whenever we think of Baby Tilda

We think in pink and purple.

Esther and William have been very emotional this week.

I think that they are feeling how sad we are and how difficult things can be.

I have been trying to build in some quiet times.

So, this week’s messy play is more sensory than messy

Though it goes without saying that we made a mess.

This week we used some shop bought Play Doh.

Something that we very rarely do.

We chose pink and purple to use as a base

A base for making our pink and purple pretty things.

I set up a play table with Play Doh and a variety of beads, jewels, feathers, stars, buttons, cut up straws and sticks of spaghetti.

All pink and purple, some other colours and some sparkles and patterns.

I wanted Esther and William to explore the different materials and adornments and make some thing pretty.

We practised rolling the Doh out flat and making ball and animal shapes.

I showed them how the buttons and beads could be used as decorations or as tools for printing.

I encouraged Esther and William to try a little bit of everything before trying to actually make something.

They loved breaking up the spaghetti and pushing it into the Play Doh.

They also loved threading the beads onto the spaghetti but found this quite hard to do.

I looked at them sometimes and they were concentrating so hard.

This was a great activity for developing fine motor skills and that all important pincer grip.

We created lots of different hedgehogs with straws and spaghetti for spikes.

We made beautiful feathered fairies and birds. We made starry eyed creatures and The Fat Controller made an appearance too!

I loved mixing the two colours of Play Doh together and made the pink and purple blend that Baby Tilda uses to paint the evening skies.

I find these sensory play experiences so soothing. Therapeutic.

They make me feel close to my little girl.

Like we are doing something that is just for her.

This was a short but intense activity for Esther and William.

For a short period of time they concentrated really hard.

I think they need an older child to show them all the different possibilities with this more controlled style of sensory play.

On Wednesday we have some friends coming for tea and play date and I am going to get this activity out again.

I know a little girl who I think might be very good at it and who will help Esther and William to move their creations on just a little bit more.

This was our play for Matilda Mae this week, a sensory play this week, making our pink and purple pretties.

We would love to know what you have been up to in your messy and sensory play.

Please do link up and I promise that though I have not yet commented on many of the posts I do read them all and I am going to start commenting on them, and using the ideas from them, very soon.

ps – Next week there is going to be a theme! The theme is Making Marks!

Please join in our Messy Play for Matilda Mae.