What’s in the Tub ~ Birds

Next month our theme at Totally Tots is Birds.  Here are some ideas for you to use in a sensory tub with your little one to explore the theme up close and personal.   

What’s in the Tub?: 

I visited our local craft store, Michaels, a couple of days in a row and used 40% off coupons for almost everything in our tub.

• birdseed
• small clay pot and clay saucer (birdbath)
• small decorative birds
• large decorative birds
• wooden robin eggs (we painted ours purple, green, blue, white with specks and one gold egg)
• small bird eggs
• small bird nest
• bird and birdhouse buttons
• berries (which I cut off floral stems) 
• small piece of blue felt
• branch from the yard (I stuck our branch in play-doh to stand it up)

I removed the wires from all of the small birds.  The two larger birds I left the craft wire on so we could hang them on the tree branch.

The birdbath is made out of a small clay pot and saucer.  I used the pot as the base of the birdbath and hot glued the saucer on the top.  I then cut a piece of blue felt for water.

So, what fun things did we do with the tub? 

• Dug for berries and feed the birds
• Hide eggs and searched for them (whoever found the golden egg got to hide the eggs next)
• Matched the birds and eggs by color
• Counted the birds
• Counted the eggs
• Made up lots of fun stories about birds.  Aiden has quite the imagination!

What’s in the Tub? is a feature that focuses on fun sensory tub ideas to go along with the monthly theme at Totally Tots.   Click here to see past sensory tub ideas.