O and I had fun putting together her Valentine's Day Sensory box last week. I let her choose between oatmeal and rice, and she chose rice. This made it easy for me since I was able to borrow rice from the rice pit that is on our screened porch. I added in pink, red, and white pony beads, heart stickers, scoops, small cups, pom poms, and pipe cleaners (later I added a toilet paper roll). She wasn't interested in playing in the box for a day or 2, but then she started to enjoy it. She makes quite a mess with the rice, but that just gives her more opportunities to practice her sweeping skills.
very cute sensory boxes. We definately need to practice sweeping skills:)
ReplyDeleteI love using sensory boxes - great for every holiday:)
ReplyDeleteHey - can you tell me where you got the monkey tongs?
ReplyDeleteHow fun! i just love your sensory bin ideas!
ReplyDeleteHi! Such a cute box! I wanted to let you know that I nominated your blog for an award: http://theactivefamily.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-award-goes-to.html.
ReplyDeleteI love sensory boxes. I never imagined my daughter and son would find things like rice and lentils so fun to play with :-)
ReplyDeleteYou could use a little food coloring and have pink rice! Love the idea. Going to try it.
ReplyDeleteI think the monkey tongs came from Hearthsong, but it looks like they don't have them anymore.
ReplyDeleteThis is great, I think I will try. But turn it into a "treasure hunting" game for my little guy!
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