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Plastic Egg Guttering Fun

April 1, 2014 by Emma Edwards 8 Comments

We are excited to be taking part in our first Creative Challenge for Kids hosted by TinkerLab.

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This months key supply is the egg. “Children are invited to make, build, experiment with and tinker with eggs. While adults are welcome to facilitate and play along, the process and results are up to the child.”

I was interested to see what Adam would do if I gave him a plastic egg sensory bin and left him to it. We were in the garden so he had access to the equipment that is left outside – Tuff Spot Tray (affiliate link), trays, paint brushes, chalk, water, guttering, cars, garage, tractor and trailer and some kitchen utensils.

Adventures of Adam Easter sensory bin

The sensory bin contained two sizes of plastic eggs, two sizes of chicks (as a teacher you soon have a vast collection of these each Easter!) and yellow and green shredded tissue paper.

Adventures of Adam Plastic egg drop

Adam’s first reaction was to get the basket I had left on the back door step. He took out each egg one by one, opened them up and placed the two halves in the basket.

Adventures of Adam plastic egg sensory bin

He was surprised to find a chick inside one egg.

Adventures of Adam Easter sensory bin

The basket was nearly full so I waited to see Adams reaction.

Adventures of Adam Easter sensory bin

He dropped the last egg in and ran over to the playhouse and started moving the tractor to one side. I assumed he was onto the next activity but he proved me wrong. He was getting the guttering out. For the past few days he has played non-stop with the guttering we have inside. He spends ages dropping his cars down one at a time and then attempts to pick all the cars up at once to bring them back. Not an easy task when he attempts it with 10 cars!

Adam had made the link that the plastic eggs would also fit down the guttering. He pulled it towards me and signed ‘help’. I put the guttering on a chair and watched as Adam pushed the eggs down one by one.

Adventures of Adam Guttering with plastic eggs

Adventures of Adam Plastic egg guttering

Adventures of Adam Plastic Egg Guttering Fun

I couldn’t get him interested in wearing the bunny ears though – despite wearing them all the way round the supermarket!

Adventures of Adam Bunny ears

I am looking forward to more TinkerLab Creative Challenges to see how Adam’s thought processes change and develop over time.  Age is certainly not a barrier in letting children develop their own experiments with everyday objects.

Equipment:

Tray

shredded tissue paper

chicks

plastic eggs

Adventures of Adam HG friendly play activity

Adam was 22 months old.

Check out the #creativechallenge for more fun egg ideas

 

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Filed Under: Activities suitable for Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers, Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Some time required Tagged With: Animal themed play, Colours, Fine Motor Activities, Gross Motor Skills, Independent Play Activities, Outdoor Play Activities, Sensory Play Activities, Tuff Spot/ Builders Tray

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Comments

  1. sarah says

    April 4, 2014 at 9:30 am

    This is super cool! My kids are older but I think my daughter (aged 6) would love rolling eggs down! Such a simple thing to amuse kids, why did I never think of it?! Thanks for sharing!
    http://mumx3x.blogspot.co.uk

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  2. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    April 4, 2014 at 11:32 am

    I love the gutter slide – he looks like he’s having fun with it! 🙂

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  3. Kierna says

    April 18, 2014 at 4:14 pm

    Love this idea & I bet the plastic eggs will be reduced on Monday, so I’ll stock up for next year! Thanks for joining in the Outdoor Play Party.

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  4. brinabird and son says

    April 19, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    Such great fun. Exciting seeing their imagination at work. #countrykids

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  5. Coombe Mill (Fiona) (@coombemill) says

    April 19, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    Guttering is a great idea to roll the eggs down. We used to use some in our indoor play barn for balls, kids spend hours watching them fall down. Some lovely Easter activities for Adam, thank you for sharing on country Kids.

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  6. Merlinda (@pixiedusk) says

    April 19, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    We have that same bunny ears! Cant wait till my son (hopefully) would wear it tomorrow =) Opening eggs’ such a lovely activity and as much as fun as opening a presents. #countrykids

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  7. Mudpie Mama says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:48 am

    Aww, it is so lovely watching children play and seeing them make connections. This is a great Easter activity. Thanks so much for sharing at the Outdoor Play Party

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  8. Amy Louise says

    January 28, 2015 at 11:34 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this! I love sensory bins and love the additional activity with the piping! We are having an Easter BBQ play date this year and this would be a great addition to the activities I plan to set up!

    Reply

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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