Some days I am not sure what our activity will be until we do it

We had one of those days on Thursday

Esther and William were so tired

Bea had been unsettled and I had not had chance to set up an Invitation to Play

After a snack and some television

Esther and William were ready for something else

Something more

I got down the mirrors and the glass beads

And found Esther’s tiny wooden village

Esther was given this by her Uncle at Christmas

We had played with it a couple of times

Mostly alongside train track

But I had an idea

For fairy week

I arranged the miniature buildings

On the mirrors

I then used clear glass beads as stepping stones and pavements

Green beads as grass

And blue beads as water

Esther and William were soon joining in

Designing and making their own fairy villages

Using mirrors and glass

William was all about lines and shape and organisation

Esther was about fairies dancing and skipping and making friends

At first they played alongside one another

In their own separate imaginary worlds

But it was not long before their lands and minds entwined

And they started telling fairy tales together

Esther and William both had a lovely time with this activity

It was a simple to set up, easy to tidy away small world play

As it was fairy week

We made lands for fairies

But you could adapt this activity to fit any topic

Or no topic at all

We all love our glass and mirrors play

This has definitely been one of our prettiest play activities

And one we will definitely be doing again