This was a super fun Easter egg activity we did today after school. It was simple to set up and lots of fun for my three year old! But not only was it fun it also provided lots opportunity for learning!
For more easy and fun Easter Activities check out 18 Easy Easter Crafts & Activities for Toddler & Preschoolers.
Supplies for Easter Egg Magnetic Hunt
- Plastic Easter Eggs
(several dozen) - Colourful bowls
- 41 Qt, Clear Sensory Bin (Large)
- Crinkle Paper Shred Filler for Easter Baskets
- Small Fridge Magnets
- Coin (only Canadian coins are magnetic)
- Magnetic Counting Chip Fridge magnets
- Magnetic Wands
(several dozen)
How to Set Up Easter Egg Magnetic Hunt
- Place the crinkle shredded paper into the sensory bin and spread it out.
- Into each Easter egg add a small magnet such as small circle fridge magnets or a few of the magnetic counting chips or a few Canadian coins. Make sure to add enough magnetic items into the egg so that the magnetic wands can pick it up easily.
- Hide the Easter eggs in the sensory bin among the shredded paper.
Fun Fact: Canadian coins are the only coins that actually have real metal in them. So they can be used in this magnetic activity. No other country uses real metal in their coins. So collect those Canadian coins the next time you are travelling to Canada!
Hunting Time
- Hand your toddler or preschooler a magnetic wand and let them hunt for all the eggs!
- Once your child finds an egg have them break it open to see what is inside.
- To make opening the eggs easier for small hands have them squeeze the egg slightly before trying to open it. If you are using brand new eggs, open them and close them a few times yourself before setting up the activity it will make it easier for them.
Sorting
Once she opened up a few Easter eggs to reveal what was inside we started to sort the different items.
We sorted by colour, size and type. This is appropriate for preschoolers and older children. For toddlers only sorting by one factor at a time.
So Much Fun Learning
There was so much opportunity in this activity for learning! Not only did we sort we also counted different items. We made pairs and matched similar items. The possibility are endless and all depend on the magnetic items you use in the Easter eggs. Another great thing about this activity was the opportunities for language development!
The magnetic counting chips were the best. They allowed us to sort by colour as well do some counting. Such as how many of each colour was in a particular egg.
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
Science teacher here. I’m afraid your “fun fact” is not factual. Nearly every country on the planet that still uses coinage makes them from “real metal,” but most metals are not magnetic! Iron is the most strongly magnetic metal, followed by nickel and cobalt. American nickels used to be made out of nickel, but now are mostly copper, thus only very weakly magnetic.
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