Willow Tree Pantry

08/09/2021

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This pantry craft is a favorite activity of ours for
It’s a great way to use leftover dried beans and even expired garden seeds! We used salt dough (recipe below), or you can use air dry or modeling clay if you want it to last longer and be more weatherproof for out in the garden. Mod podge works well for securing seeds that are still loose once the clay has dried.

✨ Easy Salt-Dough ✨
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
1 cup of water

Thoroughly mix the first two ingredients together. Gradually stir in the water bit by bit, until you get a dough-like consistency. Form it into a ball and knead on a floured surface for 5 minutes. (If the dough gets too sticky, add some more flour.) Roll the dough out flat (not too thin) and use a ceramic plate or round baking pan to cut out the circles.

13/08/2021

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Woweee!!! We are SOLD out of our activity boxes! Thankyou so much for your support and we hope everyone enjoys their packs!
We will get our little hands moving and make up some more! Keep your eyes peeled! More available to pick up next week 🤗

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We have some make and do activity boxes available for purchase for $15 at Willow Tree Kindergarten (contactless pickup)!
Please see comments section on each photo for details of the packs!
More variety will be available soon! If you would like anything specific please let us know, we may be able to source it for you!
Available now! Message us to place your order.

Happy making! 🤗

05/08/2021

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Taking sprinkles to a whole new magical level! 🧚‍♀️
….going to the garden brb! 🏃🏼‍♀️

Fairy bread with edible floral sprinkles
Reposting this for and the coming Spring.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but in Australia, fairy bread is a firm staple at many a child's party. To make it, you take the cheapest, whitest, softest loaf of sliced bread you can find (none other will do), slather each slice with butter, then press them into a bed of sprinkles, or as we call them, hundreds and thousands. Cut into triangles, pile on a plate, watch them disappear within seconds.

Now I don't mean to diminish the famous deliciousness that is fairy bread, but this floral version felt like REAL fairy bread. It. Was. Amazing.

We gathered a petal mixture of rose, lavender, brassica, marigold, plum, dandelion, viola, daisy, baby fennel. (I ensured all the varieties we picked were safe.) We all teared and chopped them into sprinkles. We took our soft cheap white bread, lavished it with butter, sugar and cinnamon, then sprinkled our petals on top. Then a final dusting of sparkly sugar.

You may argue that anything on white bread with that much butter and sugar would taste good, and you'd probably be right.

But this was really special. The perfume was heady. The textures were yielding. We were eating actual fairy food.

If you're having a fairy garden party during lockdown, I strongly recommend a nectar-sweet batch of these. They're pure magic.
Are there any 'unusual' plants you love eating? 🌼

10/02/2021

♥️ This Valentines Day is also Sweethearts Day! ♥️

This flagship campaign through Heart kids is to raise much needed awareness of congenital and childhood acquired heart disease. We currently have heart beads bracelets available for purchase for $5 from Willow Tree Kindergarten.
The beads symbolise those given to the children during their hospital stays, with each distinctive bead representing a specific challenge, procedure, or treatment that children with CHD have endured.

Make Valentines Day that little bit sweeter with a bracelet for your loved ones! Available all this week at Willow Tree!

12/11/2020

🙌🏻🛍 A huge Thankyou to our generous families who have donated these much needed items for Brighter Futures... Miss Kim took our first delivery today! We will still be collecting much needed pantry items and new toys in the coming weeks. Many families will be so grateful to be assisted at this time of year. 🎄
If you would like to donate we have a collection basket 🧺 out on our Willow Tree verandah 🧡🙏🏻

15/10/2020

05/10/2020

Sponungy soft and spongy will have a stall of lots of little characters at our Willow Tree Market ... beautifully hand made (with love 💛 by our very own Miss Kim!)

How cute are these girls!
Every little girl would love one for their dolls house for Christmas!

On Saturday 17th October we will be at Willow Tree Kindergarten's 9th Birthday Market. With only 12 shopping weeks until Christmas why not come down and check out the stalls and do some christmas shopping.


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02/09/2020

TODAY is EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS DAY!!!
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A day where we give heart felt gratitude and warmest thanks to all in our industry.

It’s been particularly challenging this year for everyone, but our EC community rose to the occassion and became a part of the backbone of essential workers and continued to make a difference for children and their families. 👫

We look forward to celebrating our extraordinary educators at Willow Tree today and would love to involve our families and friends to share your messages of support for our wonderful team! 🥳

To our educators please know you are recognised and appreciated not just today but everyday!

Thankyou 🙏🏻 ###

“It takes a big heart to help shape little minds” ❤️

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