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Egg box treasure hunt

Six little cups, six little treasures. Fill an egg box with things that feel soft, rough, smooth and more.

  • 20 min total
  • Low mess
  • Ages 2–5*
  • Outdoors
  • Any season
Let's do this

*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.

A tiny plan for your day

Estimated time: 3 min to prepare · 15 min to explore · 2 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • An empty egg box
  • A pen, to write or draw a clue in each cup

Let's begin

Four simple steps

That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.

  1. Grown-up job

    An adult writes or draws a clue in each cup: something soft, something rough, something smooth, something tiny, something green, something that smells nice.

  2. Head out and hunt for one treasure for each cup.

  3. Together

    Feel each one together. Is it really soft?

  4. Close the box and open it again at home for a big reveal.

All done!

That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.

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