St Patrick’s Day Sensory Treasure Basket

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As a new mum, I’ve taken great joy from using holidays and celebrations to theme activities. Does my little human really care? Not at all. But they love the change up in activities, and I love the creative prompt of holidays and celebrations for our playtime. In this post I’m going to round up some ideas for a St Patrick’s Day Sensory Treasure Basket. Something for your little one to explore!

You probably already guessed, but many of the treasures going into this St Patrick’s Day Sensory Treasure Basket are going to be green or gold – with a rainbow exception. When putting this together, make sure to select items of appropriate size for you little one – keep in mind choking hazards and ensure they are well supervised whilst playing!

St Patrick’s Day Sensory Treasure Basket ideas:

1. Pompoms & pipe cleaners
2. Gold coins
3. Green sensory scarf
4. Strings of beads
5. Large wooden beads
6. Green sea glass
7. Green toy blocks
8. Large, non-chokeable rocks (bonus points if they’re green or have gold flecks!)
9. Green playdough
10. Fresh herbs
11. Green ball
12. Gold bells / Christmas tree decorations
13. Gold kitchen utensils
14. Green or gold ribbon
15. Green toothbrush
16. Green teether toys
17. Mirror
18. Green sponge
19. Green hair scrunchie
20. Rainbow anything

Pop your treasures into a basket and present them to your little one to enjoy! If you put together any themed treasure baskets for your littles this St Patrick’s day, make sure to share and tag us on instagram!