Showing posts with label Sensory Tubs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sensory Tubs. Show all posts

4.01.2013

Easter art and fun!

Here was our Easter sensory table this year to kick off the week. If you missed last years, you can see it here.  Playing with plastic eggs has got to be one of my girls favorite things of all time.  I can't even begin to tell you how many "indoor" Easter egg hunts I had to perform.



Materials Included:

Easter grass
plastic eggs
Easter confetti (97c @Wal Mart)
Robin's eggs and nest (Target dollar bin)
Girls easter buckets


Here is our math egg match activity. Dots on the top half of the egg, numbers on the bottom. Match em up! 


Little K was obviously still a little too young for this activity this year but Big K had a good time helping her out.  She loves playing little teacher, just like Mommy.  And she does a mighty fine job I should say!



Decorating eggs with glue dots and colored sand..our alternative to egg dye this year.



See my cute little OSU eggs?! 



 Tape resist/wet chalk egg art.  Something about dipping the chalk in the water is what creates all the fun! 





Uppercase/lowercase letter egg match game



Alphabet egg hunt. Reveal the letter inside the egg, then match it to the ABC chart.




We then had to throw this sensory table in towards the end of the week. I had the spring colored rice in my sensory table at school and since we were done with it, Big K insisted it was a must that we take it home and put it in ours. So here you have it.  Something about colored rice never gets old. 






Mod podge egg balloons.  Messy but cute.





We did our own little version of Resurrection eggs so we could try to remain focused on the real meaning of Eater.  Even though Big K will refuse to tell you so, I do believe she had it figured out by the time Easter finally got here, why we actually celebrate the day.  I plan on bringing these back out year after year and know I will be thankful for it one day! Already am through watching Big K re enact playing with them.  There are all sorts of formats you can follow for making some of these yourself through Pinterest, etc. 




And here is a glance of a few of the little arts we did.  The last three of which were made with cut potatoes.  



 I apologize but the bunnies photo got taken while the glue was still running. I was in a hurry!



And this was supposed to be a sheep, but I must say it is the most interesting sheep I've ever seen.  But you know what, that's just fine because I ALWAYS encourage my kids to make their art their own, so there ya go! 


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3.11.2013

Cake Mix Play

I hardly think there is anything much more fun than playing in boxed cake mix.  This past week I placed these baking materials in our sensory table in honor of my youngest's 2nd birthday and my girls played in this stuff for literally HOURS.  And the main reason I liked it so much...  It was easy and took NO effort on my part.  And I don't know how this part managed to happen, but neither one of them fought the whole time we had it out.  They played together the entire time and shared so nicely. This very rarely happens in this household for extended amounts of time with a 2 year old who still likes to tear things up and a 4 year old who is very particular.  Not a good combo I tell ya! 








2.11.2013

Popcorn Sensory Table


Materials Included:

Crumbled up pieces of yellow and white tissue paper
Corn kernels (I didn't have actual popcorn kernels) 
Popcorn tubs (dollar bin at Target)
Scoop



1.07.2013

Ice Cream/Cupcake Shop Sensory Table



Materials Included:

Assorted Jumbo Pom Poms
Tiny pom poms for toppings (cherries, blueberries, etc)
Ice Cream Scoop
Plastic ice cream waffle bowls (I believe these were $5.99 for the 4 pack at Hobby Lobby and then I used my 40% which makes them very reasonable and they are super cute to use for real ice cream too!)
Play cupcakes (a friend actually crocheted mine for me some time ago so I just got lucky)


I must say, this has been one of my most "revisited" sensory tables I've made yet.  The girls just love playing ice cream shop/baker and have played it numerous days over and over again as you can see. This bin is great for working on those fine motor skills too. Bonus especially for the Little K! 












And for whatever reason, the really good tables always wind up with Little K climbing into them...