This has been a HIT! All you need is a 20 pound bag of dried pinto beans that you can get from Wall-Mart for Only $13!Fill a long bin (I like the ones that can fit under your bed) with small trinkets and toys. I used a bunch of my scrap booking stuff. There are flowers, buttons, spider rings, ropes, letters, jewels, and much much more hidden throughout the beans. I put some kitchen utensils like cups, and spoons so the kids have something to move the beans around with.
We like to play "I spy" with this. I will ask Raegan to find something and she will work hard looking for it. This keeps her busy for hours!
I took this To Nursery one day! It was a hit! The kids played with it forever! The lesson was on prayer and so I hit small pictures of people praying throughout the beans. I had the kids see how many they could find!
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i love these ideas camille. I think abraham would love all of these. Thanks for sharing them! You are such a fun mom.
AWESOME ideas! I love the bean table. I bet the nursery kids loved it. Can I steal the idea??? Aidan is going to need something to do when Weston goes to Kindergarten...
The Bean Table!! Skylar still talks about it from when you watched her last month! Awesome idea, you are so so fun :)
I may need to steal this idea too--look so fun. And anything that can entertain for so long sounds totally worth it!
Heck yeah! That is why i posted it! You can all still the idea! :)
can you adopt me so i can do fun crafts?
Way cute I deas Camille! I am defiatley going to steal it to keep Ethan entertained. He would LOVE that bean game!
Great idea! My daughter would love that!
I found your tip on Tip Junkie btw :)
I love this idea. I always love the rice table when I was in kindergarden. I will have to store it away for when I have kiddies of my own. Thanks for sharing.
Ahhh! This is so great. I've done these in preschools, but haven't thought to bring this to my home. How perfect for I Spy. Thanks!
Love this! I have done small ones with rice but a big one with beans would never have occurred to me. Thanks...
I just ran across your blog and wanted to say what an awesome name your daughter has! My daughters name is also Reagan (spelled a little different), she is 3 years old.
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