Easter fun

Well Easter is coming up really fast!  I am not sure how I feel about Easter at the end of March!  Little Monkey had his last day of preschool until after spring break today and it just sunk in that he is home all next week with no activities to go to.  I need to get planning! :)  We have already started a few Easter themed things around our house and I plan on doing many more before next weekend.  I made an Easter themed sensory tub last weekend and the kids have been loving it.  I did however underestimate how much of a mess easter 'grass' can make!  The kids really love it though, so it can stay until next weekend!

It worked out perfectly that I already had everything for it.  The bunnies hanging on the side are like A Barrel of Monkeys but bunnies instead (they are so much fun), the bunnies laying in the grass are stretchy ones, the picture of the bunnies on eggs are memory cards that are hidden throughout the tub, and there are also blue and pink dyed dried beans in there.  I kept the plastic Easter eggs out because Little Princess loves to stick them in her mouth and I don't want her to choke on them!

Up next we are doing letter and colour matching with plastic Easter eggs.

St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin

I brought out the new themed sensory bin today.  The kids loved it.  I think I am going to add to it.  I added some rainbow coloured beads.  Little Monkey and Little Princess really liked the beads, but our extra Princess still likes to put things in her mouth....so we took them out for now.

Little Monkey really liked the beaded necklaces and tried to hog them for himself.  I convinced him he should share them.  He really liked wearing them and then finding places all over the house he could hang them from.  They hang really nice off the light switches.  That is the only way he is turning off lights today.  He went around and turned all our lights on and used the necklaces to turn them back off.

Little Princess really liked beading.  I think we need to do more of it.  Maybe I will do some beading and make rainbows.  Now I have to think about how to make that possible!  Weekend project :)

Sensory bin

I made up a Valentine's themed sensory bin last night.  I had lots of fun doing this one!  My husband tested it out for the kids.....he had more fun than he will admit.  I had everything already at home, so it came together pretty easily.  I coloured the rice by putting it in a ziplock bag with some food colouring and a little vinegar.  I shook it like crazy.  I really like that some of the rice stayed white.

Coloured rice, tongs, heart stickers, heart containers, funnel, heart cookie cutters, heart bangles,  heart jewels, and red popsicle sticks. 

I brought it out after Little Monkey had gone to preschool and it was just Little Princess and I.  She loved the heart jewels and played with them the most.  I had it on the kids little table, but I decided it would be easier for Little Princess and I to play with it on the floor!

I left it on the table for when Little Monkey got home from preschool.  He thought it was the coolest thing.  I showed him how to put the rice in the heart containers and make shakers out of them.  It was a great activity for them to do while I got lunch ready.  Little Princess was pretty good about keeping the rice in the container....both of them together made for a lot of rice on the floor!  They had lots of fun and were giggling while playing, so I will take a mess with giggles any day!

This is something we are going to keep out for a while.  The kids loved in and keep going back to it to play some more!  

I redid my math.....I am actually 2 days behind!  I will do 2 posts today and hopefully 2 tomorrow!

Up next heart stamping.