# @theworkspaceforchildren on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE6j5HJnLG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30018186-theworkspaceforchildren-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2c8ec21304.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-30T16:11:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Lizzie Assa, MsED| Play and Parenting (@theworkspaceforchildren) — https://gondola.cc/theworkspaceforchildren

## Caption

When I was a little kid, my sisters and our neighbors spent hours playing in the backyard. At the edge of our property, there was a woodsy patch where we’d sit for hours grinding up onion grass between two rocks and making a stinky paste out of it. We’d add water and sandy dirt to change up the consistency, pretending we were making paints in a lab for a company that would sell our goods.
It sounds kinda silly now, but then? On those humid, buggy New Jersey afternoons it was pure summer magic. A little gang of girls ages 4-10, clumped together in a heap, swatting at mosquitos, working towards a common goal. 
As an adult, I attempted to recreate some of that childhood magic for my own kids. ➡️Comment POTIONS⬅️and the bot will send you the full free article on exactly how to set up potion play fo ryour own kids. 
And who knows? Maybe twenty years from now, they’ll catch a whiff of something that reminds them of those potions, and for just a moment, they’ll be transported back to these golden days of childhood, when the biggest decision was which color to add next.
#childhoodunplugged #invitationtoplay #summerplayideas

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invitationtoplay, summerplayideas, childhoodunplugged

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