My daughter and the daycare kids have had a blast with this Easter egg sensory bin with rice. It’s simple to make and offers great learning opportunities for toddlers and preschoolers.
Easter and spring activities have been taking over our house a lot lately. After making some sensory art Easter eggs with rice I decided to use the leftover rice to make this simple Easter egg sensory bin!
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I used very simple materials for this easter egg sensory bin! I had planned to use some mini Easter egg decorations from the Dollar Tree but when they were out. Instead, I ended up using some small jelly bean eggs that my husband had purchased for himself (sorry, Hubs! 😉 ). Obviously, if you have small children that still mouth everything you may want to find an alternative to the small eggs or make sure to use close supervision.
Materials for Easter Eggs Sensory Bin:
- Colored Rice (Our recipe is can be found here)
- Plastic Easter Eggs
- Small Egg candies or decorations
We used this primarily for some color sorting practice and general sensory play. The kids sorted the jelly bean eggs into the matching color of plastic egg. They used tweezers and their hands to do this. They counted out the eggs before dumping them and starting over.
My daughter and the daycare kids always like rice bins and the easter eggs really added to the fun. It’s also quite a fine motor adventure for the kids as they try to fit the Easter Eggs back together.
My daughter also added her tweezers and a magnifying glass to the box which added more fine motor practice to the activity! She hasn’t quite figured out the magnifying glass but it’s fun to watch her try!
The Easter egg candies definitely smell good but I was surprised that it took about 35 minutes for MB and the daycare kids to realize that they were in fact edible.
“What? I’m not eating anything…”
What Easter or spring activities have you been up too?
