Collage featuring children's activities with paint, crafts, reading, and sensory play, alongside Snap Mouse branding at the center.

At Snap Mouse, we believe that the magic of childhood lies in creativity, exploration, and hands-on play.

Person holding a painted sunflower plaster with a child in the background, sitting on a floral-patterned surface.

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Sensory Play: A Fun and Powerful Way for Children to Learn

Sensory play includes any activity that engages a child’s senses—touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell. It also involves movement, balance, and spatial awareness. These hands-on experiences spark curiosity and encourage children to explore, discover, and problem-solve, all while fueling their creativity.

More than just fun, sensory play plays a vital role in a child’s development. It helps build and strengthen nerve connections in the brain, which supports improved focus, concentration, and critical thinking. Through sensory experiences, children also develop fine motor skills like hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and control.

In addition, sensory play nurtures communication and language skills as children describe what they feel, see, and hear. It can also have a soothing, calming effect—helping children manage emotions, reduce anxiety, and feel more grounded.

Above all, sensory play is a joyful, enriching experience that supports learning and growth in a playful, meaningful way.

Child playing with bee-themed sensory bin containing yellow rice, black beans, wooden scoop, daisy flowers, and wooden honeycomb cutout, next to a children's book titled "Albee and the Big Seed."

Child playing with coloured rice and blocks in a sensory table, wearing a blue patterned shirt.

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Child sitting at a wooden table, painting various plaster ornaments with small paint pots and brushes. The ornaments are partially painted with pastel pink and blue colours.

Painted plaster shapes on a wooden table with small paint containers and brush.

Colourful hand-painted Easter eggs arranged on a textured surface.

Child's feet with paint, painting plasters piece with brush, outdoors on wooden surface.

Hand holding a colourful, painted plaster bunny with abstract patterns on a white background.

Colourful garden photo featuring a rabbit-shaped wooden cutout with a pink handprint and the text 'Some bunny loves you' and '2025.'

Close-up of a child's hand painting a starfish with bright blue paint, using a paintbrush. A small seashell is visible in the background.

Child stirring a pink cup with a white spoon on a table, next to another pink cup and saucer.

Child painting a colourful egg with a blue brush.

Child in pink smock holding paintbrush with paint on face outdoors.

Child painting plaster flowers with bright colours at a table.

Child painting plaster shapes on a wooden table outdoors.

Child with curly hair playing with red and blue counters on a white surface next to a yellow tray filled with colourful rice outdoors.

Child playing with sensory bin filled with blue rice and small toy sea creatures.

Child painting a heart-shaped plaster with colourful paints while sitting on a blue surface. Close-up view.

A baby sitting on a polka-dotted sheet, playing with colourful finger paints. The baby is in a white outfit with paint on their hands and legs. There are two other people partially visible sitting on either side.

Colourful butterfly magnets on a white surface

A toddler in a blue shirt with dog patterns is playing at a sensory table with colourful rice and small toys like a green dinosaur, smiley face, star, and ladybug button.

Young child painting blue starfish-shaped plaster with adult assistance on a table.

Child playing at a sensory table with colourful rice and building blocks.

Child with curly hair standing near colourful flowers in a garden.

Child playing with colourful play dough and cookie cutters on a table.

Three children seated at a table outdoors, engaged in painting with paint trays and brushes.

A child in a green sweater painting on a small tray with multiple colours of paint, holding a blue paintbrush.

Colourful gingerbread-shaped figures painted with various designs, lying on a white surface.

Hands holding a painted ice cream-shaped ornament, with a child in the background.

Child painting a plaster mold and domino pieces on a tray with brushes and paint palette.

Five colourful butterfly-shaped plasters on a white background.

Colourful painted Easter eggs on a wooden surface with paint containers and a brush nearby.

Toddler painting a rabbit figurine at a pink koala-themed table with small paint pots and a brush.

Colorrful abstract painting of a rabbit on a light pink background.

A toddler with a pink bow in her hair is painting a plaster bunny figurine using various colours on a tray. The table has a pink mat with koala designs. There are small paint containers and brushes nearby.

Why We are best

Our Tiny Creations Store offers a curated selection of locally sourced, handmade arts, crafts, and sensory products that inspire imagination and support developmental growth. Whether you need sensory supplies, arts and crafts materials, or a creative gift, you’ll find something special to engage and inspire young minds.

Illustration of a family of four with faceless figures: a man in sunglasses holding a child, a woman in a blue dress holding another child, against a black background.

MEET THE FAMILY

Snap Mouse was originally started in 2024 simply as a creative outlet for myself during my maternity leave with my second but has quickly grown into something much more, for so many of us. A COMMUNITY!

And the best part is this journey of ours, is only beginning!