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Digging for Treasure

Materials

  • Small objects to hide
  • Shovels
  • Colander
  • Sandbox

Directions

  1. Hide small objects in the sandbox for your toddler to find as he digs about.
  2. Try using an old kitchen colander to sift through the sand.
  3. If you like, spray-paint rocks in shiny silver and gold, and show your toddler how to search for hidden treasure.

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Copyright © 1999 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Toddler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

To order this book visit Meadowbrook Press.

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