Adelaide Hills based company The Good Dough Co. is taking playdough back to the bare essentials; literally. Scented with essential oils or natural food based scents, the hand made sensory playdough is all natural and perfect for squishing in little (and big!) hands.
‘Dinosaurs’ is returning to screens on Disney+ Raise your hand if you are a child of the ’90s! If not, it’s alright. We forgive you! (Kinda). But please allow us just a moment to have a low key freak out about a beloved classic returning to our screens thanks to the good people of Disney+. We’ve had some pretty all time reboots and Netflix originals that have become firm family favourites lately thanks to streaming services, but nothing is quite is exciting to us 30 and 40 something year olds as a good old 90’s revival. According to whatsondisneyplus.com the hit family sitcom from the ’90s, Dinosaurs, is slated for autumn release on Disney+ in the US, which equates to Spring time here in Australia. As part of its bid to completely dominate the millennial nostalgia niche (which we could not be happier about tbh), Disney+ is bringing Dinosaurs back this year, but have not released an official release date as yet. This family-friendly show is going to bring us back all the classic throwback memories (who can forget the baby dinosaurs tag lines ‘NOT THE MAMA’ and ‘GOTTA LOVE ME’?) and honestly we’re pretty excited about it. Running from 1991 to 1994, Dinosaurs aired 65 episodes and satirised ‘modern’ life through the Sinclair family, just regular folk who happened to also be dinosaurs. The series’ breakout star was Baby Sinclair, sort of the nineties, puppet version of Baby Yoda. It was the brainchild of Jim Henson (yes the mastermind behind The Muppets), who developed the idea in the late 80s, but he unfortunately died without ever seeing it make it to the screen, let alone witnessing how universally loved the character was. Divorce, vegetarianism, homosexuality, puberty, environmentalism, and corporate greed were all topics covered on the show which may strike you as surprising considering the show is literally about a family of talking dinosaurs whose lip movements didn’t even match what they were saying. And in the final episode (spoiler alert), they killed off the entire family, baby and all, which is absolutely wild even by today’s standards. If you remember Dinosaurs and loved it when you were a kiddo, watch out for its airing on Disney+ later in the year and give your own kids a schooling in 90’s cult classic TV culture! You might also like: Top Things To Do With Kids in Adelaide School Holidays
The Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation has teamed up with children’s hospitals across Australia on a unified mission – #CuringHomesickness. Find out how you can help sick kids get home sooner by supporting the cause.
A floating boat cinema is coming to the River Torrens this November, so families and groups can drop anchor and immerse themselves in a physically distant cinema experience with a twist!
Windmill Theatre Co has collaborated to assist independent artists Chris Edser, Renate Henschke and Jonathon Oxlade with the creation of Honey I’m Home, a new online series inspired by isolation. The series see’s the artists collaborate to use their skills in the visual arts to create unique animations, entirely out of objects found in the home, and will be broadcast via Windmill at Home.
With NAIDOC Week – the nationwide event that celebrates the heritage, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – postponed until November, the Adelaide Festival Centre brought together some of South Australia’s most talented First Nations musicians to celebrate original music and mark the week that would have been. In light of this event, ABC Radio’s Kate Bailey gives us some songs to start conversations with our kiddos.
After reopening in June, Blue Dolphin Swim Centre is excited to welcome back swimmers, big and small, for the splashtastic fun of diving and jumping, splishing and sploshing, mucking around in the pool, and of course learning to swim!
The new mini golf course at The Beachouse is open after it’s recent refurb and we were lucky enough to head down to check it out with our mini KIDDO crew during the recent school holidays. Here’s what we thought!
Kids nutrition and fussy eating expert Karina Savage from Smartbite has developed this Vitamin C loaded healthy muffin for kids that will win over even the fussiest of little people!
Part of the littlest KIDDO crew had the exciting pleasure of heading to Funtopia Prospect during the July school holidays and let’s just say this place is just the most fun filled awesome time imaginable for little people!
The City of Onkaparinga has released a 24 page colouring book of original black and white line drawings depicting Fleurieu Peninsula wild life, scenery, landmarks and towns. Perfect for kiddos who love colouring or a mindfulness activity for yourself.
Get your skates on – an ice rink is headed to the Southern Suburbs from Saturday 11 July!
Tie Dye is back in fashion and it’s a great craft activity for the kids and an easy DIY if you know how! We’ve also linked some cool tie dye styles to buy if you just love the look of tie dye but can’t bring yourself to get the dyes out with the kids.
Local not-for-profit Uniity launches Find Your Village Morning Tea; a welcoming environment with a high tea experience, for people to simply connect, get to know each other and build friendships. The intent of the Uniity friendship program is for parents who may not have family nearby, and older people in the community who value family-like connections, to meet and form friendships.
Check out Nature Play SA’s list of South Australia’s best adventure and nature playgrounds. With so many opportunities in our state for our kids to get outdoors and explore environments that have been tailor made for their little hands to touch and feel the textures of the world around them; sticks, sand, mud, wet grass – there’s no excuse not to go!