# Mini Alphabet Eggs Hunt
> Kids use tweezers to hunt for mini foam eggs marked with letters in a bin of Easter grass, then sort each egg into a muffin tin cup labeled with the matching letter. It's a simple Easter fine motor activity with lots of literacy thrown in.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/fine-motor-activities-mini-alphabet-eggs-hunt/
- Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium
- Time: prep 30 min, activity 20 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 2 kids
- Skills: fine-motor, letter-recognition, alphabetical-order, vocabulary, sensory-exploration
- Cautions: ingestion-risk

## Materials (one batch)
- 1 piece Clear bin
- Easter grass
- 72 piece Mini styrofoam glitter eggs
- 1 piece Tweezers
- 1 piece Black permanent marker (household)
- 1 piece Muffin tin (household)
- Colored paper
- 1 piece Scissors (household)
- 1 piece Circle paper punch (optional)

## Substitutions
- Instead of circle punch: Hand-cut circles with scissors (This is what the author did. Imperfect circles work fine.)

## Safety
- Mini foam eggs and Easter grass are choking hazards. Keep them away from children who still mouth objects, and supervise at all times.
- An adult or older child writes the letters with permanent marker. Let the ink dry before play.
- Glitter eggs can shed glitter. Wash hands after play.
- Supervise tweezer use and keep tweezers away from eyes and faces.

## Before you start
- Write letters on the mini eggs with a black permanent marker. Involve an older child for this part. Make multiples of the vowels.
- Choose just a few letters for the session (for example A-H) and make a bunch of eggs for each of those letters.
- Cut circles from colored paper, write each letter (upper and lower case) on a circle, and place one circle in each muffin tin cup.

## Steps
1. Fill the clear bin with Easter grass.
2. Mix the letter eggs into the grass.
3. Set the muffin tin with the letter circles next to the bin.
4. Start with A and hunt for the letters in alphabetical order.
5. Use the tweezers to pick up the egg with the letter you are looking for.
6. Say the letter name and drop the egg into the muffin cup with the matching letter.
7. Keep hunting until every letter cup has its eggs.
8. Next session, flip the circles over and write the next set of letters.

## Tips
- Using the tweezers to pick up the alphabet eggs was a big challenge and a little bit frustrating for the 4 year old. She was in a hurry to find the next letter, and the tweezers really helped her slow down and focus.
- To avoid overwhelming the child, do just a few letters you are currently on, like A-H in one session, and make a bunch of the same letter eggs.
- Make multiples of the vowels.
- Involve an older child in writing the letters on the eggs.
- Lots of opportunities for vocabulary and conceptual learning while hunting.

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2015)

*Use small styrofoam glitter eggs to make a fine motor activity. Egg hunt sensory bin for kids*

Today we share a simple Easter themed fine motor activity with lots of literacy thrown in.

*{All our [fine motor activities here](https://www.funlittles.com/category/fine-motor-activities/)}*

*{All our [Easter activities here](https://www.funlittles.com/category/holidays/easter/)}* **Materials**

- Clear bin
- Easter Grass
- Mini styrofoam eggs
- **[Circle Paper Punch](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DN65OCW/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- **[Tweezers](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00361NV88/?tag=blmemo-20)**

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We added a set of tweezers to up the challenge. I found mine at a Teacher Supplies Store. Amazon carries them as well.

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Using a black permanent marker, I wrote down the letters on the eggs. { Involve an older child for this part} I made multiples of the vowels. I also made lower case letter eggs for a future matching activity.

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Then it's time for the fine motor egg hunt. Lots of opportunities for vocabulary and conceptual learning. Using the tweezers to pick up the alphabet eggs was a big challenge which was little bit frustrating for the 4 year old. She was in a hurry to find the next letter. Using the tweezer really helped her slow down and focus. We went hunting for the eggs in the alphabetical order.

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So what do we do with the found eggs? Another mini fine motor activity was in place for that. I brought out muffin tin and cut out a bunch of super imperfect circles using colored paper { now this when I'd love to have a **[Circle Paper Punch](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DN65OCW/?tag=blmemo-20)**!!} I wrote down the letters {both upper and lower case} on the circles.

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After she found a certain letter egg she would place them in the corresponding slot in the muffin tin.

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Best way to do this and not simultaneously not overwhelm the child is to just do a few letters you are currently on and make a bunch of the same letter eggs. Just A-H on in one session. Then flip the circles and make the next set of letters/