We’ve done mermaid play, so we also needed to do some pirate play. The kids loved this activity – something about the combination of collecting treasure and putting people in jail is so much fun for kids.
I used our Tuff Tray and put in our Drewart Pirate Island and some beach sand and pasta shells sensory mix to make up our pirate island. Of course, weI also had to include many treasures!
It’s interesting to me that these pirate toys have been out for a while at our house ( they were in July’s toy rotation and they do get played with), but as soon as I put them in a tray with some sensory mixes – the kids’ imaginations exploded and they came up with all kinds of new stories. I really do believe that sensory can help bring new life to toys .
We had this play activity out in our playroom for about a week and my 3 year old son, especially, loved creating his own imaginative stories about finding treasure and imprisoning and rescuing pirates.
Materials
- Pirate Ship and pirates – thrifted
- Drewart Pirate Island – Nest
- Sensory mixes (Sandy Seascape and Tidal Treasures) – The Creative Mix Shop
- Acrylic mini gems, sand dollars and dry-erase pirate map flisat insert – Stars and Sensory
- Felt palm trees, felt anchor and Grimms Giant Acrylic Gem Stones – Sewing Seeds Play (save with code HOUSEOFPLAY10)
- My favourite Bathymetric Pond (it’s so versatile!0 – Aurora + Holly Children’s Accessories and Play
