Treasure Bin: White & Black Animals
I saw the idea for “Treasure Baskets” from Mari-Ann at Counting Coconuts. The idea is that you put a small amount (5 to 10) of similar items in front of your growing baby and let him/her explore! (Of course, ensure that the items are safe for babies and your child is supervised at all times!)
Here is Mari-Ann’s first post with details on how she began treasure baskets. And here is a slideshow on Facebook of all her baskets.
I started this with my daughter this week and she absolutely loves it! She is now six and a half months old. I waited until she became old enough to confidently sit up, so that she could reach at the items with less frustration.
At first, I wanted to have a sweet basket like Mari-Ann’s, but I decided to use what I already have and went with our beloved Ikea Trofast bins. This has been nice for storage — they go right back on her shelf — as well as making the items more accessible to May — using a lid makes them easier for her to reach.
Her first-ever Treasure Bin consists of items that we already owned. I will try to make one for her about once a week. I started out wanting to do black & white, but as I was collecting items I discovered that they were all animals, so it became a White & Black Animal Treasure Bin!
I included in her bin:
- soft white teddy bear
- soft Snoopy
- Schleich animals: panda & white tiger
- Little People black puppy
- Fisher Price cow & sheep
- Melissa & Doug wooden zebra puzzle piece
- twisty polar bear
And here is sweet May enjoying her Treasure Bin. Isn’t she adorable?! I love to watch her exploring the different textures!
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Great work, babies love high contrast visuals so these are perfect!
Thanks :) I was surprised by how long she played with it :)
Aww, these pictures are really sweet. What a great variety of stuff for this age, I so wish I had done some of these types of activities when my son was a baby. Hope you don’t mind that I pinned this!
I didn’t do many things with my son when he was a baby either — I didn’t know about any of it :)
Thanks Nicole! ♥
Yep, she is pretty darn cute!
Thanks Rachel ♥
I love this idea! I love giving my 6 month old son bins to explore with objects of the same color. I like the idea of only giving a few things. I definitely think he plays better when he doesn’t have so much clutter around him. I am going to try limiting the amount of items I put in our color bins. Your daughter is adorable and looks like she is really enjoying exploring her black and white animals!!
Yes, I have found that the presentation of the toys means everything! I hope your son enjoys it ♥
She’s a doll!
Thanks Sanz ♥
What a creative idea! We decided to feature your post as part of our Creative Play for Toddlers round-up on Share It Saturday tomorrow. We hope to see you again on our link up. (We love your ideas!) http://www.sugaraunts.com
Thank you so much! I love all the ideas I find at your Share it Saturday ♥
How simple/easy to do, but looks like she had a blast :).
Thank you Judy!
Love the treasure basket idea. I have never seen the facebook slideshow, so thanks for linking that too!
Thanks for sharing with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday!! Hope you come link up again today!
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