Life-Sized Easter Basket

Infant+

We sometimes need a bit more space for our sensory play, so we have a small inflatable pool that we can get out (we store it when we're not using it).  It works really well at containing activities that would otherwise make an entire room a bit, ahem, messy.

For this activity, I bought a bunch of bags (somewhere around 8-10) of shredded paper/Easter grass from the Dollar Store and let the kids have at it.  

S was beyond thrilled and was bouncy-crazy-exuberant while X, just a few months old, was mesmerized by all the paper (and his sister's crazy antics!).  

X observing all the beautiful colors (I think he liked the shiny kind the best.  He's kind of a magpie.)

X liked crinkling some of the paper in his hands.

S was 3 at the time, and though I didn't get pictures of it, we played a game where I would hide 10-15 ping pong balls (also from the Dollar Store) AKA Easter eggs in the Easter grass/paper mixture and S would have to root around to find them.  I found that the ping pong balls worked better than the traditional plastic Easter eggs because they are lighter and smaller and required more searching.  We'd practice counting up to whatever number I'd hidden together and talk about how many she'd found vs. how many were left (beginning subtraction with a lot of help).

Despite its fluffy nature, the Easter grass/paper does compact down fairly well and we store it in our shoebox containers when we aren't using it.

Have you seen our other Easter-themed activities?

Three Ways to Hunt Easter Eggs in the Dark

Edible Art: Easter Egg Toast

Melted White Crayon and Liquid Watercolor Easter Eggs

Toothbrush Painted Eggs

An Eggsperiment with Natural Dyes

Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs

Giant Easter Egg Art

No Sew Easter Bunny Felt Playmat

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Please always supervise your infant/child at play.  Please stay within arms reach and never leave infants/children unattended.