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Treasure Bin: White & Black Animals

April 7, 2013

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!

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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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Comments

  1. NannySavvy says

    April 7, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    Great work, babies love high contrast visuals so these are perfect!

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 8, 2013 at 8:06 am

      Thanks :) I was surprised by how long she played with it :)

      Reply
  2. Nicole Kavanaugh (@NicMKav) says

    April 8, 2013 at 9:02 am

    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!

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 8, 2013 at 9:36 pm

      I didn’t do many things with my son when he was a baby either — I didn’t know about any of it :)

      Reply
  3. wildflowerramblings says

    April 8, 2013 at 9:07 am

    Thanks Nicole! ♥

    Reply
  4. RachelSarah47 says

    April 8, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    Yep, she is pretty darn cute!

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    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 8, 2013 at 9:35 pm

      Thanks Rachel ♥

      Reply
  5. Blayne says

    April 8, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    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!!

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    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 8, 2013 at 9:35 pm

      Yes, I have found that the presentation of the toys means everything! I hope your son enjoys it ♥

      Reply
  6. Sanz says

    April 8, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    She’s a doll!

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    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 10, 2013 at 8:49 pm

      Thanks Sanz ♥

      Reply
  7. Sugar Aunts says

    April 12, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    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

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 13, 2013 at 7:38 am

      Thank you so much! I love all the ideas I find at your Share it Saturday ♥

      Reply
  8. Judy says

    April 12, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    How simple/easy to do, but looks like she had a blast :).

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    • wildflowerramblings says

      April 13, 2013 at 7:36 am

      Thank you Judy!

      Reply
  9. Hannah says

    April 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    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!

    Reply
  10. Juliana says

    June 9, 2013 at 2:11 am

    Your style is unique compared to other folks I have read stuff from.
    Many thanks for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I’ll just book mark this web site.
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