When I taught primary school a few years ago,
I SPY
books were all the rage.
Sweetpea and I recently discovered them at our library and we love poring over the pages looking for all kinds of tiny treasures.
I was especially thrilled when she pointed out the first letter of her name to me recently as we were looking at page with colourful beach paraphernalia.
I have seen so many versions of this idea on the web lately, and had been itching to make one for my two.
I finally got around to it over the Easter weekend and it's been a hit eversince!
We used a large, clear plastic spaghetti jar that I bought at the plastics shop for R13.
I then collected all kinds of little treasures to put in. Because our jar was nice and big, I could also add a few larger pieces, like the yellow cat, so that ArrowBoy could easily find it by rolling the jar around on the carpet.
I took a photo of everything I was going to put in, so that Sweetpea could use it as a reference when she wanted to play with it on her own.So far she has been quite happy just exploring.
We then added a bag of rice, and our I Spy jar was ready! On the first afternoon I played with it more than the children - it is great fun searching for the smaller things hidden in the rice!
A small
banana shaped button
has proven hardest to find,
Pink and Green Mama (click on the link to visit her blog) took this a step further and made a stunning rainbow rice version, while Mama Jen put an educational twist on her alphabet I Spy jar. The possibilities seem endless, so let me know what you come up with for your little ones!
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