Every now and again, a product comes along that is so good, you wonder where the hell it has been your whole life? ‘Real Kids, Real Play’ is quite literally, the best book ever for parents. No kidding. The brain child of Alice from Jack and Lus, it helps parents get out of the ‘I’m bored’ bind. We’ve all been there. Kids have an hour to kill, have a million toys, but nothing to do. ‘I’m bored’ they say. We roll our eyes. We think ‘you’ve got a million toys…how can you be bored’?’.
The thing is…kids get bored. We got bored. It’s actually a good thing that kids get bored. They need to find something to do, create something, use their imagination. This was the reason that Alice created ‘Real Kids, Real Play’‘. The best book ever. Over 150 activities to do with things you have laying around the house!
Remember the good ole days?
The days when a kid’s social network was formed playing kick-to-kick in the street…
Where parties consisted of a sack, an egg, a spoon and a donkey’s tail…
Where we sat by the radio for hours with our finger hovering on the record button to catch THAT song…
When you could do silly things and there was no record of it anywhere for the world to see!
A lot of things have changed since then. Others haven’t.
They still want their toast cut in squares only (or is it triangles?) … and they still enjoy the paper more than the present.
So, at what point did we fall in to the trap of believing that buying things makes memories?
Real Kids, Real Play is about bringing real childhood back. It is the ultimate play guide for 0-5 year olds.
It reminds us of the copious educational and fun activities that our children can do around the home using everyday items – without you having to spend lots of money, time or effort.
It is written by an exhausted Mum, for an exhausted Mum. And Dad. And Grandparent. And Carer…
Inside you’ll find activities, experiments, DIY recipes and song lists that stimulate your child’s physical, cognitive and social development.
GIVEAWAY
We have joined forces with Alice to give TWO lucky followers 1 x Real Kids Real Play book each! Worth $29.95 each for the soft back version, you will receive a book filled with awesome ideas to solve boredom using objects you literally have hanging around the house. It’s visual, it’s simple, it’s child friendly. Give them the book and they can find something to do! It’s bloody awesome. Where has it been these last six years?
To win this awesome book, head to my Instagram Competition here!
