As a teacher, mom, and crafter I love coming up with all kinds of activities for my kids to do. I love sensory activities and believe all kids need sensory input in their everyday lives. I made 4 sensory bins for my kids at home that they are always asking to play with. They were easy and inexpensive to make and you can make them for your kids too!
Sensory Bins can be for all ages and geared toward your child's interests. Pasta bins are great for little kids as the pieces are larger and not harmful if it goes in their mouth. My son loves digging for bugs and dinosaur bones and my daughter loves making food out of the sand. All 3 of my kids love filling cups in each sensory bin and dumping them out, we have so many cups from restaurants and birthday parties that I was able to put in each bin. Many items can be found in the dollar store and the options are endless. I purchased 4 wide, shallow bins with lids from the store so easily store and stack our sensory bins.
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Rice Bin
- Colored Rice: Instructions on how to dye rice here
- Various sand toys, scoops, spoons, kitchen funnel, bugs, and cups
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Sand Bin
- Kinetic Sand
- Various sand toys, bugs, and tongs
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Pasta Bin
- Various types of pasta (small and large)
- Cups, scoops, and tongs
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Floam Bin
- Floam
- Cups, tongs, and some sand toys
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Other ideas for sensory bins:
- Water Beads
- Insta Snow
- Beans
- Beads
- Popcorn Kernels
- Pom Poms
- Shaving Cream
- Straws
- Marshmallows
- Spaghetti
Other items for sensory bins:
- Trucks/Vehicles
- Paper Towel Tubes
- Dinosaurs & Animals
- Cookie Cutters
- Playdoh toys
- Kitchen Items
- Easter Eggs
- Ice Tray
- Holiday toys
- Water Bottle
Our sensory bins are always my go to for an at-home day. I also have a Rainy Day Drawer if I ever need fun activities on a whim - storms, snow days, quarantine, or anything else.
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