We were super excited to receive the Go Green Playhouse from Little Tikes. Arjun didn’t have any other playhouses prior to this one and I was pretty excited for him to have his own little space to take care of – it isn’t just a playhouse, there’s a lot more to it – he’s all about learning through play, and this was a brilliant opportunity to introduce recycling and ways in which we can help the environment.
Arjun has recently begun growing his own vegetables in his vegetable patch with his grandparents and has taken an interest in how plants grow with water and the sun. We often cook with the produce that he has grown to show him the end to end process and he’s always super proud! It’s so important to me that he is “close to nature” as I believe it’s good for the soul! I love how his new playhouse can be used to interact with other parts of the garden.
The house comes with various parts to assemble and it took Preetam (and his assistant Arjun) approximately an hour – he said the instructions were pretty easy to follow though I think if it were left to me, it’d take me a few days to put together!
The playhouse itself has several features:
There’s a flower garden which he’ll be planting during the summer with his grandparents, I can’t wait for him to add a splash of colour and have his very own flower bed! His grandparents have already promised him a trip to the garden centre to pick his own.
A water reservoir which he found really fascinating – it helped that we set it up during the cooler months where he could see how rain was collected and how he was then able to use this water to water his vegetable patch. Bruno also enjoyed helping himself to a drink!
A solar light – each evening he looks out the window at his house and excitedly tells us how the roof caught the sun and saved it for his house light when it gets dark. Though he doesn’t fully understand the concept, it’s definitely been a brilliant introduction to solar powered lighting!
A real working sink which uses the rain water – you’ll often catch him washing his dishes after “cooking” in his house. He sometimes asks to wash his own dishes after his meals in his own house!
A letter box which he loves to post the cardboard for recycling through.
Recycling bins where we’ve introduced recycling milk cartons and cardboard boxes – he’s now taken to emptying the fridge to place random materials in his recycling baskets haha! Again, although he doesn’t always get it right, he definitely has such an awareness and now always asks the question “mummy is this for recyclying” before throwing anything in the bin.
A doorbell – more than anything, Arjun was quite interested in how the doorbell worked, he rings it and tries to figure out how the cause and effect relationship works – like father like son!
As well as the educational perks of the playhouse, it’s make up is brilliant for role play with its door, window and working sink – what we loved most about the playhouse is its versatility and how Arjun uses his imagination to quickly transform it in to a different space! Arjun often pretends that it’s his own restaurant and mimics a McDonalds drive thru serving rice crispies and ice cream! Haha!
We absolutely love our Go Green Playhouse – Arjun has hours of fun and has learnt so much without even realising! I think this is what really makes this playhouse stand out from the others – the fact that there are so many unique features which introduce the concept of greener living through play.
At £249.99, it’s a pretty big investment, but I think given how much more it has to offer, the price is fairly justified. You can purchase the playhouse at Little Tikes.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in the form of remuneration or in exchange for a product or service. However all views expressed above are my own.
