God given gift

I believe that God have me the gift of creativity. I believe that He is opening doors for me an my little whimsical Etsy shop. I believe that He is presenting me with ideas and opportunities. I have been presented with an opportunity to feature my shop, reaching thousands of people. I am totally going to use that extra hour this weekend to be creative! What will you do with your extra hour?

Have a fun and playful day
Mel

Polar Playscape restocked

I just added a new Polar Playscape to my Etsy shop. The last one sold out in less than a day.

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Mel

FREE shipping until Oct. 31 on Imagination

I am offering Free shipping on everything in my Etsy shop until Oct. 31

That's on all hand-stitched Playscape Play Mats, Imagination Kits, Craft Kits, and jewelry.

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Mel

New in the shop

Looking for something unique to give to your special kiddo? Check out my shop full of Imagination Kits and Playscape Play Mats.

www.mybigworld2015.etsy.com

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Mel

Developing language and vocabulary skills through play

I love to take a handful of random toys and say, tell me a story.

Today, it was 4 monkeys, a moon play mat, and a McDonald's happy meal toy How To Train Your Dragon toy.

G, age 5, made up an elaborate story about space monkeys living and playing on the moon then a space monster came and are them but spit them out because space monkeys don't taste good and they became friends.

Little sister, Roo, age 2, then parroted the story, adding some of her own details.

This 10 minute activity develops language and builds vocabulary. AND it's just plain fun!

"Tell me a story..." is an invitation to play. If your child can't think of something, then you should model or tell your own story. Keep it simple. Have a beginning, middle, and end. Make it fun. Then say, now you tell me a story.

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MyBigworld2015 update

A few updates on my Etsy shop...

*FREE shipping ends Oct. 31st

*I will be adding items until Dec. 1st

*my Ship will be closed after Dec. 10th

*I will not ship after Dec. 12th

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Mel

Not the cheap stuff

All of my playscapes are hand-stitched and I use quality materials. This Polar Playscape, for example, is made of wool felt - not the cheap stuff. Wool Felt can run $15 per yard, compared to the cheapo stuff that costs $2.99 a yard.

I believe in quality products. I believe in handmade. I believe in imaginative play.

Have a fun and playful day
Mel