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Sensory Invitations to Play Cards

These Sensory Invitation to Play cards are the tool every parent and teacher has been waiting for!

Packed full of 52 brilliant sensory activities and recipes, they are perfect for toddlers to school aged kids and will keep you inspired for a whole year of play!

Invitations to Play

The Kindness Elves

The Kindness Elves are magical friends who love nothing more than to sprinkle kindness and joy wherever they go!

This simple, yet powerful, idea of spreading kindness amongst kids has become incredibly popular with parents and teachers alike.

Meet the Kindness Elves

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from 380 reviews

Play activity cards

Amazing cards to pick up and put down to easily find a practical play activity.

Sarah Watts

04/05/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

This is an excellent investment. I know that it will be well-used between my two children. I love the way it’s presented, simple, easy instructions and beautiful pictures. My children have enjoyed every activity, in each case more, or in a different way, than I’d expected.
More than that, the ideas have encouraged my own creativity and given me confidence in running sensory play activities with children (my own and in group settings).
No regrets whatsoever (perhaps that I hadn’t bought it sooner)!

Cleo Bowen

04/03/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amazing!!

Me and my 2 year old absolutely love the cards, I purchased them before the “lockdown” and they have been invaluable during this time. I am also a teacher and will definitely be using them in my classroom too!

Alisha

04/02/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to play cards

Great quality and really is the best play dough recipe I have come across! Really pleased with these cards, thank you!

Michelle Collings

04/02/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Perfect for kids and parents

My 5 year old was so excited to look through these, as was I. Simple and inspiring. Thank you.

Lyndsay Knott

03/31/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Fab ideas!

Great little book with loads of ideas! Can’t wait to try some out with my son.

Katherine Wagg

03/31/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great Little Cards with Big Ideas!

Being tied to home and without the usual stimulation of preschool, I was looking for something I could do with my 3 year old at home. The first day I used the cards, I chose the Shedded Paper activity and before I knew it my 7, 10, and 13 year olds were also in the box digging for treasure. We turned it into a Maths exercise by counting the objects and it was a lot of fun with very little set up and clean up. We’ve tried a few others with equal ease and success. The most messy has been the Chocolate Ooblick, but again, it satisfied a range of ages and was fairly easy to clean up.
Would DEFINITELY recommend these lovely cards and only wish I had bought them sooner! Thanks Anna!

Joolia Goolia

03/30/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amazing ideas

Love the ideas. Will be using at home and at work!!

Hannah Tolley

03/30/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

I am currently distance teaching a class of 4 & 5 year olds. I plan to use the play activity cards to provide lots of sensory fun to my little home learners now and back at school when we all get back there. Many thanks for this great resource.

Jackie Hewett

03/30/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to play cards

Lovely quality, fast delivery and have been a hit with the kids! Lots of great ideas

Donna

03/29/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Gorgeous resource!

Absolutely lovely set of cards. Wonderful for the kids to be able to look through & feel as though they’re in control of the play

Katie Robson

03/28/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great resource

Surprised how beautifully the Activity were, lovely illustrations and easy institutions too. Great size a lot bigger than I imagined and the packaging is lovely too! Highly recommend

Lindsay Bainbridge

03/27/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Love it!

Beautiful invitation to play cards I’m sure we will have lots of fun!

Adrienn Szoboszlai

03/26/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

My order of invitations to play activity cards

I am really pleased with my order as there are lots of different sensory activities that I think any child would enjoy playing with.

Kelly Parker

03/25/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Blown away

I received my order fast and in perfect condition. I was blown away by the sensory cards. Not only are they big, engaging and bright but full of every bit of information you could require. There’s lots of great ideas of activists. Most of which you’d have in your house. The few bits we didn’t have I was able to order cheaply enough from amazon.

Jamie-Anne

03/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amazing!

Really, really pleased with my purchase!

Stephanie

03/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Perfect

My children in the daycare love it very much. So much fun and imaginative book for the children.

Carolyne Cosas

03/23/2020

The Story of The Kindness Elves Book

The Story of The Kindness Elves Book

Perfect

This activity cards booklet is great! Just perfect Keeps my 5 and 3 year old very busy

Nipha Willard

03/21/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amazing!

Fantastic ideas presented in a fantastic way.
Highly recommend!

Charlotte Francis-Finch

03/18/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

They are magical!

I love the Kindness Elves, Sparkle and Pop! They have become an important part of my classroom community. It has even carried over to some of the children’s homes!

Jackie Baker Schupbach

03/15/2020

Classroom Bundle Pack

Classroom Bundle Pack

Good ideas

I love all the ooey gooey ideas - many fruitful days of exploration and play thanks to these!

Eva Rebholz

03/13/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Carlos Corzo

03/09/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great resource!

These cards are a great resource for creative play with my young ones. They love looking through the cards and picking out what they want to play - and I love that most of them are easy to set-up and engaging for my kids!

Jessica Hodges

03/03/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Kindness

Our childcare loves these elves! Such a great idea!

Robyn L Stratton

03/02/2020

Christmas Kindness Family Bundle

Christmas Kindness Family Bundle

Inspirational!

Love the ideas and the presentation - some old favourites and some new inspiration all beautifully laid out in such an attractive and user friendly way - bought as a resource at our school for students with autism and complex needs / staff love it!

Anne

02/28/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Love these 💕

Great item, super ideas for all these wet windy days in and all year round 😊. Little ones love getting book out and choosing something to play. Love the bag and great size cards and came really fast, Thank you

Mrs Karen Mccabe

02/28/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Lots of happy kids

This is such a cute idea! The kids at our daycare LOVE the elves and are always trying to make the kids happy

Robyn L Stratton

02/26/2020

Classroom Bundle Pack

Classroom Bundle Pack

Great Cards

These cards are a great with some brilliant new ideas and a reminder of some of the tried and tested long standing sensory play ideas. So great to have them all in 1 place as a quick easy reference for inspiration on sensory play.

Miranda Tibble

02/24/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Sensory cards Review

Great resource! Creative ideas using everyday items keeping costs down but no cutting down on the fun. Interactive, encouraging creativity and learning through play. Great for children young and older. Thank you!

Samantha Davis

02/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Beautifully brilliant

What a fantastically fun supply of activities to share with your young children! My son and I have enjoyed multiple activities already, were 12 days in and 4 activities down! He’s even ‘learnt’ where the book is kept and will often go and collect it off his own accord to invite me to sensory play, even choosing the activity. He loves the easy making and we’ve made many a giggling memories as it’s facilitated the basis of our play and we’ve gone wild with our imaginations. As a bonus, it’s even inspired me to begin to create a sensory play intervention for young people at work! It’s brilliant!

Nicola

02/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Excellent, Quality Resource

Brilliant for supporting sensory activities either at home or school - beautifully produced, visually appealing and great, comprehensive ideas for sensory play

Julie H

02/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Sensory play

Excellent product! Loved the packaging and box it came with made it feel special. Great ideas and clear instructions for the play activities.
I would defiantly recommend and promote. Fast delivery and excellent communication throughout purchase. Thank you!

Jo Lo

02/23/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Sensory invitations to play

Fab resource, very bright and colourful. Looking forward to trying some out

R Jones

02/22/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Oh I’m in love!

What an utterly fantastic idea these cards are. I run a specialist setting for young adults with severe and challenging ASD. They really need sensory/messy/tactile play to regulate their moods and behaviours and these cards are just so fantastic at supporting that. My staff team and I have been enjoying stocking up a big empty cupboard with all of the ingredients/resources that these cards call for so that we’ve got easy access play sessions when we need them. Thankyou so much for such a beautifully created and inexpensive resource ❤️

Charl

02/19/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great resource, fabulous quality

We were really pleased with our Sensory Invitations to Play cards. Full of great ideas that don’t take ages to setup and really lovely quality. Would definitely recommend!

Louise Gilmour

02/19/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to play

Fantastic cards which I will use to support sensory play in nursery. Lots of ideas to try and clear instructions to follow!

REBECCA SCORDIS

02/18/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Love these! My little ones (9,6,3) have been flicking through planning all the things they'd like to do!

Chloe Scott

02/18/2020

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Invitations to Play Activity Cards