Welcome to our ToddleTips Blog

As a parent you strive to provide an enabling environment, one that will support and extend a child’s development and learning and that ensures purposeful play. Realising that children learn in different ways and at different rates will help you to create safe, healthy and educationally rich experiences for your child.

Here at ToddleBabes we aim to make your life that little bit easier by doing all the research for you and making it easily accessible on one site … no more trawling through hundreds of pages to find information. It will all be here!

ToddleTips covers the six areas of a child’s development:

  • What about my body?
  • Who am I?
  • How do I solve problems?
  • What can I make and create?
  • How can I talk, listen and learn?
  • What about the world?

Our ToddleBabes' Blog is where we provide you with articles and advice that will ensure all these areas are covered.

Articles on a variety of parenting issues, educational issues and self - improvement are added regularly so that you can keep up to date on what is new and relevant to you and your developing family.

We would love to know what interests you and what you’d like to know more about. Feel free to add comments to our various articles and share your thoughts with our other readers.

We look forward to helping you get the most out of being a parent!


Here are our some of our latest posts - Happy Reading!

Getting connected to ToddleBabes!

August 1st, 2009

In the interest of making this website easily accessible to all our members, we have now added the following buttons to the left side of our home page:

  • Twitter – Follow me goes to our Toddlebabes twitter account
  • Facebook – Become a fan goes to facebook ToddleBabes page
  • RSS – Allows anyone who uses a RSS reader such as Google, Yahoo and MSN Live, etc. to get the automatic feed from our latest posts
  • Email – You can signup for our the latest posts from the blog and automatically receive updates directly in your mailbox

If you would like to syndicate or use our blog feed on your website, send us a mail and we will get you linked up!

Looking forward to hearing from you all!

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Treasure box

August 18th, 2010

Toddlers love collecting little things on outings. From shells and stones to feathers and leaves, and all the treasures need a place to be kept safe. This simple box made using leftover boxes, some self adhesive plastic and embellishments is perfect for collecting those holiday treasures. Read the rest of this entry »

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Artist on the Go!

August 16th, 2010

This fun and cute creation is guaranteed to get your budding artist inspired. Using discarded clothing and a simple notebook, you can make a wonderful and educational tool for your toddler. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bean Busy

August 14th, 2010

Beans are fun to plant and watch grow,  are yummy to eat and even make great art materials. Try this quick and easy art activity using a variety of different types of beans and lentils. Read the rest of this entry »

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Road Trip Sanity Saver

August 12th, 2010

Taking long  trips in a car is sometimes unavoidable and can be a daunting prospect for you. How will you amuse your toddler. What can be done? This is a simple and fun way to adapt “eye spy” into a paper game. Read the rest of this entry »

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Personalised postcards

August 10th, 2010

Going away on holiday? Before you leave, get out the paints and get messy. Make these lovely postcards to send to friends and family far and near. Read the rest of this entry »

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A Tasty Goldfish Bowl?

August 8th, 2010

Make a tasty, edible goldfish bowl that will be a great hit with your toddlers. Read the rest of this entry »

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