The Easiest Easter Toy

Do you have extra plastic easter eggs hanging around?  Then I've got the easiest Easter toy ever.  It's probably so easy that you never thought of it.  Well maybe you did, but just in case you are so busy coming up with clever crafts that you forgot about the easy things, I'll give you a little tutorial.  You don't even have to be crafty!

Materials:  Empty egg carton, Plastic Easter eggs

Directions:  Put plastic Easter eggs into the egg carton.  Tada!  You are done!  :o)  Told you it was easy and you didn't even need any skills.

Oops - We've already lost some eggs!

Now I know that this wasn't rocket science.  But Little Bear found this to be better than the majority of his toys and it actually has a lot of potential year round.  Think about the possibilities:

1.  Play pretend!  Toddlers love to imitate you and its much better to give them plastic eggs than real ones!   Plus these are cheaper than buying the play food.  If they aren't real enough for you just use some paint.

2.  Practice fine motor skills.  Little Bear loves to open and close the eggs and take them in and out of the carton.

3.  Introduce opposites - Open/Closed, In/Out  (See above!)

4.  Practice sorting eggs by color (if you haven't painted them).

5.  Practice counting eggs.

6.  For a fun snack time, fill the eggs with different little snacks (raisins, crackers, etc.) and serve them in the carton.  Or try out these Speckled Ice Cream Easter Eggs by Michelle at Heartfelt Balance, Homemade Life.

7.  Whatever other fun things you can think of!  :o)