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Welcome to & The Little Box!

We handcraft play dough and carefully curate themed sensory play products and workshops for hands-on learning, and open-ended play.

We are inspired by nature.

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 Why Hello There Little Adventurer!

We design our themes and choose activities to promote deeper thinking and mindfulness.

 
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Our Favourites.

Our themed sensory box includes everything your child needs for magical play.

We include adventurers’ activity sheets, crafts, mindful colouring, themed loose parts and components, plus sensory play material.

Everything is beautifully presented in our bespoke boxes and packaging, plus we include our calico bags for storage.

Fairyland, Woodland, and Seaside are among our favourite themes. We also stock unique limited edition and holiday-themed boxes from time to time. Plus we sell a range of beautifully hand-crafted sensory play materials and accessories. New to our range are potions and slime play.

WE HANDCRAFT OUR PLAY DOUGH & MAKE UP EACH ORDER ON DEMAND, PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 7-10 DAYS FOR DELIVERY.

 
 
 
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We are now offering our ‘Mindful & Sensory Play Workshops’ - get in touch for more information.

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We are always happy to customise a range of sensory boxes for either your family or business. We would love to hear what you have in mind.

 

We choose eco-conscious components and nature-inspired textures to spark imagination, creativity and initiate conversation.

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Follow our journey.

Tag us @andthelittlebox to share your mindful moments with the tribe.

 
Sensory Rice 🌟 the perfect textured terrain for Dinosaurs - along with our Sensory (Kinetic) Sand - so many adventures await … Our ‘Dinosaur Dig’ Box contains both for real Jurassic Enthusiasts …. Swipe for some lil shots o
Play dough is so good for little hands - squeezing, squishing, pushing, rolling, patting, pinching, poking - all great for developing those early fine motor skills. Little hands need to develop strength & skill and play dough is fantastic to help
Who doesn’t love a MINI ? 🌟 We have added some new themed Mini Boxes up on our website. 💛 Plus we have added to our range with our new Party Play Bags. 💛 These are so super sweet and very affordable. They make great goodie bags too. 🌟 Choos
A side shot of one or our NEW boxes - Woodland Fairy Mini - it’s absolutely one of our favs. 💛 Our website has been refreshed & updated & all our new boxes are up live. Stay warm & dry this wet weekend. @made_of_blooms @ilonastore
We hope you are finding a little spot of sunshine & some calm these school holidays. ☀️ Took the children to the beach, it’s such a magical place, instantly uplifts and calms everyone. There’s so much sensory experience to be had ther
‘Creamy Vanilla’ is one of our new shades of hand crafted play dough featuring permanently in our collection. 🌟 As much as we love a little colour, sometimes what’s needed is a little understated pure creamy bliss. 🌟We feel so cal
Some Play Ideas Inspo - Colour themes. 🌟Try grouping your loose play parts & play dough by colours or tones of colours, warm, cool etc. We choose to go bright with PURPLE. We added in grapat figures, mandala eggs, dried flowers, play dough plus
Organic, unstructured free play without rules, prompts or themes is so satisfying & calming for children. Just being in the moment with their imagination creating is often the best type of play. 💛 How amazing is this beautiful & peaceful pho
Yay for Friday, just popping on to say we are excited for some cool new products 🌟they will be making lil appearances on Insta and then up on our website soon. Anyone else so really for school holidays? We always look forward to a break in the routi
Love this shot of one of our new boxes coming soon. 🌟 Any ideas on the theme ? Photography by the amazing & talented @ilonastorey_photographer @ilonastorey.photography 🌟#wonder #create #inspire #mindfulplay #naturelovers #happyplace #nzphotogra
In Maori tradition the Morepork was seen as a watchful guardian. 🌟They belonged to the spirit world as a bird of the night. With Matariki upon us we want to think about our beautiful Ruru - it is the only remaining native owl species in New Zealand
Sneak peek at one of our new products coming 🌟 our hand crafted SAND play dough! This stuff is SO tactile, gritty, and seriously cool for always sorts of themes - beaches, construction, farms you name it you can pretty much apply it. 🌟DM us if you
Acorns. ⭐️ To us they symbolise a small business, one tiny seed inside a tough little nut. We love having the acorn as one of our branding symbols thanks to @katecregoedesign for our acorn illustrations.🌟Big shout out to other small NZ businesses ?
Wonder 💛Create 💛Inspire 💛it all starts here, AND we have busy working on some NEW ‘creations’ which are coming real soon folks. 🌟Stay tuned & and stay warm (brrr temperatures are chilly…. ) #wonder #create #inspire #smallbu
Good Morning 🌟 starting the week with a little side shot of our Woodland Sensory Box. We really missed our forest walks this weekend due to heavy rain and wet weather….. 🌟 #woodland #naturelovers #happyplace #wonder #create #inspire #smallbu
Mid winter is here, which means we are half way through the year already. 🌟Who else loves winter as much as we do? Hot chocolates, and coffee, hats and scarves, winter walks in the woods, and most importantly those winter earthy colours.🌟Wishing yo
Wonder 🌟 Create 🌟 Inspire 🌟It all starts with a small ‘um I wonder’ …. My little um started here with a few of my favourites off for some happy mindful & sensory play. 🌟Then the gorgeous @katecregoedesign visually brought t
‘Be yourself - everyone else is already taken’ - Oscar Wilde 🌟I love this quote to start the week. So here’s to you, the true, honest, natural, unique and only you.💛 @ilonastorey_photographer #wonder #create #inspire #mindfulness
Popping by to give you some play ideas inspo for your Sunday. 🌟 Swipe the photos to see the sensory play unfold. Play Ideas 1. 🌟 Create an invitation that’s inspired by a theme. I choose a chicken/farm theme today as the children were talking
Dasha’s off to the field days today, 🌟 such an amazing event. 💛 Who else is going ? 🦌#fielddayfun #fieldday #supportlocal #smallbusiness #cambridge #waikatonz #sensoryplay #mindfulness #happyplace #naturelovers #farmlove #nzdesigner
 
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‘All you need is faith, trust and a little pixie dust.’ Tinkerbell