For babies its often better to use a small soft sided box, so they can easily access and discover the box for themselves.
Toddlers and older children love a good old shoe box. They can decide to personalise the box with stickers, painting, drawing, or even sticking their special treasure to the outside.
At treasure troves we use a plain shoe box, so that children can change and decorate them as they see fit. The idea is for them to have a sense of ownership and responsibility for the box, and this is more likely to happen if they make decisions about how it looks. Its also just down right fun to help them decorate the shoe box.
Hidden in each shoe box we have a small safety mirror stuck to one of the internal faces. This gives them a chance to see both their own expression and yours at times while they are busy playing.
Troves give them the chance to expand their sensory experience, and can really help their development. I am going to write a seperate post about development, so bare with me.
Each of our boxes comes with some standard items such as wooden utensils, blank CD, pine cones. This is a base for you to then help your child to find and add new things as time goes on.
Our boxes are mixed, but you can create a themed trove around a topic that interests them eg nature, green things, pairs of objects.
Tresaure troves really are a great present for any child!
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