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Easter themed Treasure Tray

April 8, 2014      34 Comments

We love our Treasure Tray activities (see our first one and our Christmas themed one) and this weekend I decided it was time for an Easter Themed tray. We were kindly sent a lot of lovely Easter craft materials from Baker Ross, so I knew that our now bumper craft supplies would be perfect for this activity. This is what we did:

Easter treasure tray~ghostwritermummy.co.ukWe spread the shredded paper over the bottom of the tray and then added coloured feathers, large pipe cleaners, mini nests, sponge shapes and plastic fillable eggs. I wanted the tray to be colourful and busy, and a sensory experience for the eyes first and foremost.

We filled each of the eggs with different objects: some were filled with feathers, some with the paper, some with salt dough beads, some with salt dough stars and some with submersible lights. I wanted each egg to be a surprise when The Toddler opened them.

Easter treasure tray: using fillable plastic eggs~ghostwritermummy.co.ukThe Toddler loved opening the eggs and quickly found the most enjoyable activity to be filling them up again! She practised her fine motor skills by picking up the beads and carefully collecting them inside the egg shells, counting as she went: “One, Two, Tee, Two…” She also loved hiding the stars under the shredded paper and finding them again, exclaiming: “Star! Look, Mummy! I found a star!” Her vocabulary during this activity was wonderful! She also enjoyed hiding the lights under the shredded paper and then trying to blow them out!

The lights were a favourite of The Preschooler too. He loved holding the eggs in his hands and insisted they were magic. Then he carefully cracked the eggs, making ‘magic soup’!

Easter treasure tray: cracking the magic eggs~ ghostwritermummy.co.ukThe Toddler found the Treasure Tray to be a lovely, gentle sensory experience. She loved poking her feet into the paper shreds and feeling it under her fingers too. The feathers made her giggle as she picked them up and brushed them over her toes. She explored the sponges by pressing them with her fingers and even used them to wash her face!

Easter treasure tray: a sensory experience~ ghostwritermummy.co.ukWe also took the opportunity to practise some colour matching. I asked The Preschooler to collect as many yellow and green items as he could, and make separate piles for them. After a moment or two The Toddler joined in! We practised saying the colour names, then we went through other items on the tray, naming their colours and comparing them to our coloured piles. I can’t be sure, but I think that The Toddler understood a lot more than she let on! The Preschooler matched beads to pipe cleaners and practised his fine motor skills too, by threading them.

Easter treasure tray: matching colours~ ghostwritermummy.co.ukIt wasn’t long before The Preschooler discovered he could manipulate the pipe cleaners to make shapes and patterns, and then numbers. He spent absolutely ages on this self imposed tasks, making a number line to ten and lots of different shapes too. I then showed him how to make words with his pipe cleaners. I made the word ‘mum’, which he read aloud easily. I then made the word ‘top’, which again he read easily. He then re-arranged the letters to make the word ‘pot’! Clever boy!

Easter treasure tray: letters and numbers with pipe cleaners~ ghostwritermummy.co.ukAnother wonderful sensory learning experience for The Toddler and The Preschooler- and so easy to set up too. Do let me know if you try this one!

 

 
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  1. Notmyyearoff says

    April 8, 2014 at 7:42 am

    Oooh great ideas. We have a tonne of colourful pipe cleaners. I’m going to do the numbers thing!

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 8, 2014 at 4:57 pm

      That was all Luka’s work and I was so proud of him! They’re great for this kind of activity 🙂
      x

      Reply
  2. The Reading Residence says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:17 am

    I love the lights! This tray looks so much fun. That’s it, I need a tuff spot – off to order one now…

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 8, 2014 at 4:57 pm

      The lights are awesome! And SO glad you have a tuff spot now! Yay!
      x x

      Reply
  3. Jenny says

    April 8, 2014 at 9:43 am

    These are fantastic. I really need to learn how to do all this creative messy play stuff from you. Where do you get all the supplies??? I think we own crayons and coloring books that’s it. Sad but true. I need to stock pile a few things. 😉 Lovely post and a lot of fun here. #letkidsbekids

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 8, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      Haha the stuff for this activity was sent to us but mainly stuff has accumulated over the years! 😀
      x

      Reply
  4. Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk) says

    April 8, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Looks fun and I love the egg with lights too! #leykidsbekids

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 8, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      Yes, they were a great hit. We used them in the bath too- very effective!
      x

      Reply
  5. Sara (@mumturnedmom) says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Great idea, I have most of the these things in my craft drawers 🙂 I haven’t set the tuff spot up for awhile, must do it! #LetKidsBeKids

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 9, 2014 at 8:11 pm

      Yes, set it up! This was great fun!
      x x

      Reply
  6. Claire says

    April 9, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    Another fab activity. I love how the treasure tray had so many opportunities for play and especially how your preschooler came up with his own.

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 9, 2014 at 8:11 pm

      He is getting really great at doing that. So lovely to see!
      x x

      Reply
  7. Helen at Casa Costello says

    April 10, 2014 at 12:14 am

    This is so creative – what a fab idea to use pipe cleaners to help with learning numbers and letters. Definitely one to try with the 3yo. Thanks

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 10, 2014 at 6:24 am

      Ah that was all Luka’s idea- he’s a very clever boy!
      x x

      Reply
  8. Mel says

    April 11, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Another great activity. You are so creative! Mel

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 11, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you, we did enjoy this one 🙂
      x

      Reply
  9. Katie Clark says

    April 11, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Ooh – such great ideas. I love the light in the eggs and the pipe cleaner letters are just brilliant!

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 11, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      The pipe cleaners were a huge hit! Its funny what they choose to play with 🙂
      x

      Reply
  10. Karen Bell says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    What a fantastic sensory learning and fun activity. Great that its easter themed. The lights in the egg look fab.
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 11, 2014 at 8:25 pm

      Thank you, we had great fun 🙂
      x

      Reply
  11. Christina says

    April 11, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    another fab activity! can I ask where you order you tuff spot trays? xx thanks hun x

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 13, 2014 at 10:21 am

      This one was from Ebay but you can also get them from Amazon, B&Q or Wilkos
      x x

      Reply
  12. lorna mai says

    April 12, 2014 at 12:53 am

    I love the way you incorporate all areas of learning – maths, literacy, creative play, physical. Brilliant activity and current!

    Reply
  13. Erin says

    April 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    Looks fun and what a great idea with the pipe cleaners. We just got a giant jar of goodies.. I think I might actually be able to do this!

    Reply
  14. Becky Willoughby (@LakesSingleMum) says

    April 12, 2014 at 9:06 pm

    you have such fabulous ideas!

    Reply
  15. Rahul says

    April 13, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    Aaaaw so cute! What a fab idea!!!

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 15, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      Thank you!
      x

      Reply
  16. Honest Mum says

    April 13, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    This is wonderful and something we could easily recreate here too! We recently went on an Easter Egg Hunt round an RHS garden in Harrogate which Oliver loved, really enjoying all these Easter themed activities x

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 15, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      Oh I love Easter! Its so simple and has none of the stresses of present buying etc. Lovely!
      x

      Reply
  17. Anna says

    April 13, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    Great activity! This looks so much fun. I love things like this that have so much open ended potential for them to guide them own play and learning

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 15, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      It always make me smile to see where they take the play 🙂
      x

      Reply
  18. Tarana says

    April 14, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Love this tray, it has so many possibilities! I’m going to pin this too.

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    • ghostwritermummy says

      April 15, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      Yes, we got so much out of this activity and I’m sure if we did it again Luka would find more!
      x

      Reply

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