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Our Playroom Must Haves for Creativity and Open-ended Play 💭🎨
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items Aesthetically pleasing AND functional! For parents looking for beautiful toys that your kids will actually play with. These playroom products help foster creativity and curiosity, and encourage your children to do what they do best: play!
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Toys
Books
Decor
Storage
This IKEA storage unit is a perfect height for my 1 & 2.5 year old. They are both able to reach all the cubbies and it’s great for displaying toys and easy toy rotations.
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This table doubles as a storage spot, and a sensory table. The top comes off where you are able to add bins, which you can use for storing craft supplies, toys, etc. or you can use it for sensory bins. When not using the bins, you can simply put the ...
FLISAT Children's Sensory Table, 325/8x227/8" (83x58 cm)
These bins are the perfect size to fit in the ikea cubbies. They are super cute and you can’t see into them from the outside, so they make perfect storage for your children’s toys that they might not play with as often!
Storage Boxes, Baskets & Bins at Affordable Prices
Toys
Beautifully crafted, long lasting wooden toys that are designed for open ended play. Wooden Caterpillar releases seasonal collections which are thoughtfully curated and so fun to collect. The encourage play and creativity!
Wooden Caterpillar Toys
Our favourite play couch! Tons of sweet neutral colours to for whatever theme your playroom is. The microsuede is so soft and there is also a waterproof cover underneath to ensure the foam stays protected.
The Joey® Collection: The Best in Kids Play Couch & Kids Furniture
This magnetic play wall is so versatile! Not only can you use magnetic tiles and letters, but you can also use dry erase markers to draw and create. Add endless hours of play to your playroom/area with one! So many colours to choose from to fit in wi...
Magic Playwall - Arch Magnetic Art Wall Decal for Kids - Cherrypick
The cutest play kitchen. It is the perfect size for both my toddler and infant. They are able to reach all areas of the play kitchen. It is simple enough that they are able to use all the functions, and they play with it everyday. I love the colours ...
Wooden Play Kitchen
Easy to put together or take down. My son loved crawling in here and playing around in it, and my daughter loves to use it for hide and seek! Great addition to any playroom and is amazing for creativity and open ended play.
Recycled Fabric Play Tent
Great to encourage crawling for infants. My kids have so much fun chasing each other through here and it is super quick to pack away and pull out when you need to!
Play Tunnel
An affordable option for a climber and rocker for your toddler. Easy and quick to put together. Our daughter uses the slide every day! Great for helping develop hand-eye coordination.
bbgroundgrm Beech Triangle Set Climber 5 in 1
Super cute toy barn. My toddler got this for her 2nd birthday and loves it! She enjoys being able to open and close the stables from inside and outside the barn, and has fun dropping the hay bales through the upper level of the barn. It really gets h...
Fold & Go Barn Playset | Play Horse Barn & Stable
This walker is great for infants working on strengthening their leg muscles and practicing walking. There are also tons of other activities to do on the front of the walker which turns it into a toy that has multiple functions. My daughter who is 2.5...
Wooden Activity Walker
This trampoline is a great size to fit in your playroom or store away. Like all kids, my daughter has a ton of energy and loves jumping. The handle bar allows her to keep steady while she’s jumping away!
Toddler & Kids' Trampolines With Safe Enclosures
These playsilks come in a variety of colours and are truly amazing. They can be turned into so many different things and foster open ended play and creativity. We like to use ours to make “scenes” for our wooden animals to play. They can we turned in...
Playsilks | Buy Children's Play Silks in a Variety of Colors
These are some of the most gorgeous wooden blocks I’ve ever seen! My kids love playing with them and looking at the photos printed on. They make great photo props and also lead to a lot of conversation and learning when my daughter asks me what the i...
Wooden Toys Collection | Wooden Toys for Kids – tagged "Blocks"
Books
Written and illustrated by a speech pathologist, this book will not over stimulate your baby, helping their brains develop and work more efficiently.
Our Big Book of Sports: 100+ Foundational Words
This book rack is so easy to put together, and holds so many books! Lots of colour and design options as well.
book rack – 3sprouts.ca
Decor
Gathre mats are the perfect addition to your playroom decor. Not only are they educational and aesthetically pleasing, you can also use them for indoor/outdoor play, under sensory tables, or for a picnic in the park.
Shop Map Mats
Although intended for spices, we use these in our playroom and children’s rooms for bookshelves! They are the perfect size and allow kids to grab books easily. You can paint them any colour you like, or leave just the bare wood. Both options looks gr...
BEKVÄM spice rack, aspen - IKEA CA
These alphabet cards are the cutest addition to any room. The quality is amazing and they look so cute hanging up in our playroom!
Character Quality Alphabet Cards - Kiera Rose
A cute little hanging sign for your child’s playroom!
Wall Decoration with Text Motif - Beige/Happy Place - Home All