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Valentine’s Treasure Dig

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Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

My little guy N loves simple sensory activities! Rice is a particular favorite. He actually did his first activity with rice when he wasn’t even 6 months old yet! {Check out the post, it’s super cute šŸ™‚ }

This time, in preparation for Valentine’s Day, I set up a simple Valentine’s Treasure Dig in a box full of rice for him!

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

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Materials for Valentine’s Treasure Dig:

  • Rice.
  • Jumbo tweezers.
  • Small Valentine’s themed items. We used foam heart stickers, Valentine’s erasers, gold coins, a paper straw, a hearts necklace, pipe cleaners, and more. Anything you have on hand and that you’re comfortable with giving to a toddler under supervision works great!
  • Shoe box sized storage bin. {I like to keep the sensory bin smaller for young toddlers, and these shoe boxes are perfect for us.}
  • Shower liner (optional).

 

It was very easy to set up this activity. It didn’t take N long to come over and take a look, either šŸ˜‰

To peak his interest, I’d placed some of the items on top of the rice and lightly covered the rest of them.

 

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

 

He really liked the tweezers! It was the first time I offered them to him, and he spent a lot of time exploring them. It wasn’t easy for him to actually pick up the items, but he kept trying.

 

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

 

The heart necklace was another favorite!

 

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

 

N took his time picking all of the items out of the rice and inspecting all of them. Most of them weren’t familiar to him yet.

 

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

 

I’d actually given N two sensory bins for this activity to encourage him not to dump the rice on the shower liner he was playing on. It didn’t really work out that way, but N did enjoy transferring items and rice from one box to the other and back šŸ™‚

 

Check out how much fun my toddler had with this simple Valentine's Treasure Dig! He got to use tweezers for the first time, practiced his fine motor skills, and had a blast.

 

If you’re looking for more sensory activities using rice, check out 10 Simple Sensory Bins with Rice!

15 Valentine’s Day Toddler Activities includes many other awesome ideas for seasonal sensory play, crafts, and more!

Recommended Valentine’s Day Books

V is for ValentineV is for ValentineThe Valentine ExpressThe Valentine ExpressI Love You, Snugglesaurus! (Made with Love)I Love You, Snugglesaurus! (Made with Love)The Perfect HugThe Perfect Hug

More Valentine’s Day Activities

Have fun creating your own fizzy hearts science experiment, a perfect activity for Valentine's day. Watch the fizzy hearts fizz and melt away into nothing.

Fizzy Heart Science Experiment

Valentine’s Day Counting Cards and Puzzles

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Hi, I’m Tina! I have a toddler and a preschooler, and I blog at Simple Fun for Kids where I share printables and simple ideas for crafts, sensory, science, and art activities for kindergartners, preschoolers, toddlers, and babies.
We're from Germany but currently live in Texas. Come on over to get to know my kids, my blog, and me better!


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  1. The Natural Homeschool says

    February 15, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    How adorable!!!!!

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