The Banana That Became Brave
Bananas at the ready!
Join the pirate bananas on a faraway island to discover all the fun ways a little bouncy banana becomes brave.
Watch the full story!
Weaning + sensory play
Explore our sensory food play ideas + activities to help create happy little eaters for life!
Discover a world of tasty, touchy, smelly, squishy sensory play. Explore fun activities, yummy recipes + expert tips below to help encourage your little one to build a lifelong friendship with food.
Sensory play
Experiencing fruit + veggies with all the senses through squishing, popping, smooshing + sniffing helps little ones develop their confidence + curiosity to try new foods.
That’s why we’ve created lots of fun activities to help your little one learn to love food with all the senses!
The Broccoli that Wondered Who To Be
Watch the full story and join Little Broccoli + Big Broccoli to find out how a bobbly, wobbly broccoli can become a skydiver! Are you ready to broc?
The Carrot That Could
It’s carrot o’clock! Join the Carrot down in the field, deep in the ground and play along with our interactive sensory storybook The Carrot that Could!
foodie fun
Let little ones get hands on + tasting our scrummy foodie fun recipes!
courgettepillar fun
sensory play activities
Encourage your little one to explore yummy fruit + veggies using all their senses. Try our easy-peasy sensory food play activities at home!
ready, steady, sniff
Let your baby have a whiff of different deeelicious foodie aromas…mmmm
let's start
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Looks lovely
Introducing a range of colours + shapes is a great way to get little ones’ excited about exploring new things. If food looks super interesting, it’ll encourage them to give it a go...
Avo froggy foodie fun
Little ones will love creating + tasting this scrummy, hoppy froggy masterpiece! ribbit!
Let's go!Courgettepillar foodie fun
Create this cheeesy creepy crawly at home using just 3 yummy ingredients!
bubbly bubble bottles game
A super quick + easy peasy game, perfect for playing with little ones from 6months+
Let's play
berry butterflies foodie fun
Try this fruity fun activity, perfect for brightening up a rainy day!
Take a peek
Fun in the sunshine
Have some summer fun on a plate all year round with this foodie fun activity
Cook nowLooks lovely
Introducing a range of colours + shapes is a great way to get little ones’ excited about exploring new things. If food looks super interesting, it’ll encourage them to give it a go...
Avo froggy foodie fun
Little ones will love creating + tasting this scrummy, hoppy froggy masterpiece! ribbit!
Let's go!Courgettepillar foodie fun
Create this cheeesy creepy crawly at home using just 3 yummy ingredients!
bubbly bubble bottles game
A super quick + easy peasy game, perfect for playing with little ones from 6months+
Let's playberry butterflies foodie fun
Try this fruity fun activity, perfect for brightening up a rainy day!
Take a peekFun in the sunshine
Have some summer fun on a plate all year round with this foodie fun activity
Cook now
Smells super
From early on, little ones will begin to react to different smells and associate good or bad experiences with them, which is why it’s super important to get those little noses twitching in fun + enjoyable ways!
herby smelly socks game
Play this easy peasy game of smelly socks with dried or fresh herbs!
Let's play
ready steady sniff activity
Let your baby have a whiff of different deeelicious foodie aromas...mmmm!
Let's go
Cheesy bunny recipe
Explore the sniffy whiffy smells whilst cooking these cheesy bunny muffins!
Let's bake
Tickling tastes
Fruits + veggies will vary in taste and some little ones may react with strong + funny faces at first, but can learn to love them if you keep trying from early on!
yum or ummm!
Was that a yum or an ummm? See our tot tasting cheat sheet for hints + clues from your little one!
Take a peek
Spiced brekkie hash up
Whip up a scrummy brekkie using leftover potatoes + veggies to tingle tiny taste buds
Let's cook
minty pea avo dip recipe
Try making our avolicious minty dip - it's easy peasy + super tasty!
Show meTickling tastes
Fruits + veggies will vary in taste and some little ones may react with strong + funny faces at first, but can learn to love them if you keep trying from early on!
yum or ummm!
Was that a yum or an ummm? See our tot tasting cheat sheet for hints + clues from your little one!
Take a peekSpiced brekkie hash up
Whip up a scrummy brekkie using leftover potatoes + veggies to tingle tiny taste buds
Let's cookminty pea avo dip recipe
Try making our avolicious minty dip - it's easy peasy + super tasty!
Show me
Sounds scrummy
Foodie sounds can create excitement for the yummy food we're about to eat and really adds to the eating experience!
Touchy feely
Let your baby get hands on with their food and explore a variety of touchy feely sensations
touchy feely textures
Let your baby touch + feel different foodie textures like a furry kiwi + bumpy avocado skin!
Let's play
Sounds scrummy
Foodie sounds can create excitement for the yummy food we're about to eat and really adds to the eating experience!
more helpful sensory tips
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