There are lots of different sensory bin ideas that you can do with kids.
Loose Parts Sensory Bins
Loose Parts Sensory Bins: Winter
Loose Parts Sensory Bins: Spring
Loose Parts Sensory Bins: Summer
Loose Parts Sensory Bins: Fall
Water Bead Sensory Bins
Water Bead Sensory Bins: Winter Sensory Bins
Water Bead Sensory Bins: Spring Sensory Bins
Water Bead Sensory Bins: Summer Sensory Bins
Water Bead Sensory Bins: Fall Sensory Bins
Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins
Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins: Winter Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins
Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins: Spring Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins
Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins: Summer Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins
Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins: Fall Kinetic Sand Sensory Bins
Rice Sensory Bins
Rice Sensory Bins: Winter Rice Sensory Bin
Rice Sensory Bins: Spring Rice Sensory Bin
Rice Sensory Bins: Summer Rice Sensory Bin
Rice Sensory Bins: Fall Rice Sensory Bin
Space is one theme you can do at almost any time. There is always something you can do. It can be as simple as walking outside and looking at the moon and stars. My girls have been interested in stars for a long time. My husband put stars on their ceiling in their room, and…
‘m always looking for new sensory bins that I can do with my girls. It means being creative sometimes. My girls wanted to do another Shark Water Bead Sensory Bin and I thought it would be fun to change it up a bit. We did some Prehistoric Sea Life instead. My girls love learning about…
What happens when you child asks to play more with the counters? Put them in a sensory bin! We took the counters from the ocean mats and put it all in a sensory bin. They are so much fun and easy to do. This sensory bin took less than 2 minutes to put together. I…
I’m always looking for fun and different sensory play ideas. With this month’s Virtual Book Club book Pinkalicious, we thought it would be fun to do a sensory bin. So we put together a pink sensory bin to go with the book. Sensory bins are fun because it is an open play activity while feeding…
Messy, messy sensory is great fun by mixing two of our favorite sensory play together: water beads and shaving cream! My girls just love having sensory bins. We always have a sensory bin up to play in. After the last water bead sensory bin, I took the beads and added it to shaving cream to…
Sensory bins are always a big hit at our house. We also like one that are simple and easy to put together. This sensory bin is a quick to put together. Seasonal erasers are always easy to find and very cheap. I find bags of 60 or so erasers for a dollar often. This one…
My girls just love having different types of sensory activities they can do. I always have a sensory bin set up that they can play with. I don’t always black about them either. Sometimes they are repeats from years before and sometimes we just like to have fun without worries. We have done this foam…
We are enjoying our last week of summer break. We had plans to go to the beach, but they did not happen. So instead we had a shell and water bead sensory bin at home. Sensory bins are tons of fun! I love sensory bins. They are great for kids to explore and be creative…
Water beads have been so much fun for my girls to explore in. We always have lots of fun playing in them. This summer we did a Space theme water bead sensory bin. This was tons of fun. We had done a space sensory bin before. It has been a few years and I thought…
We have been having some ocean themed fun at our last few weeks of preschool. This big and smalls sensory bin was easy to put together and loads of fun. Who says you have to do a big sensory bin to have fun. One thing I love about this bin is the size difference in…
Sensory bins are always fun to explore. This is a fun two color water beads with an Easter egg theme to it. It is always fun to see what fun This was a fun sensory bin because the water beads made the eggs stick to hands. Plus we did a few hands on activities with…
Seasonal sensory bins are always lots of fun. This St Patrick’s Day sensory bin is tons of fun to play in. You can see many of the themes from St. Patrick’s Day in it. It has a rice base that makes it easy and fun to play in. It is fun to explore different texture…
In our study of penguins, we put together a simple Penguin water bead sensory bin. This was a great way to explore them in a 3D environment. My girls love using water beads in the sensory bins. They give a good sensory experience while exploring the differences between the penguins on the ice and those…
Snowflakes are a great theme for the winter. They come in all shapes and sizes. This sensory bin was tons of fun to explore and look at the different textures and weights of all items in the bin. This is also a great white themed sensory bin as well. We did a lot of fun…
Water beads are a favorite at our house! After the fall water bead search my girls asked for something just as fun for Christmas! This was tons of fun to set up and loads of sensory fun for them to play in. My girls love the Safari Ltd Designer TOOBS Christmas. I’m always looking for…
Dreidels and candles are a big part of Hanukkah. We always have fun exploring them in different ways. A few years ago we did a
Christmas lights are one thing my girls just love to go out and see. Bringing part of that into activities has been tons of fun. This sensory bin is an extension of the
We have been doing lots of number learning this last year. This Number Sensory Bin is a twist on the ABC Sensory Bin. The ABC bin was a favorite at our house for many months. We used it for many different projects around the house. This number sensory bin has been tons of fun for…
Halloween has so many different things you can explore. This Eye Ball Sensory Bin was lots of fun to explore different weights. There were different eyeballs that were very light to hold and the rock was very heavy compared to the erasers. This was also great to look at the shapes of the eyes ball…
We have been exploring the colors of red, yellow and orange this fall. One thing we did during this time was a fun water bead sensory bin gem hunt! This is a fun activity for looking for colored glass gems in clear water beads. This was tons of sensory filled fun. This is great to…
In the fall we love learning about leaves and doing activities with them. We are always doing some activities with them. This year we did a full 2 weeks on the study of leaves. As part of that we did these hands on activities and sensory bin. When we have a sensory bin I always…
We have been having an apple theme start to our month of September. It is always fun to do some fun activities with apples at the start of apple picking season. I love having sensory bins in the house. Not only are they fun but they give some extra sensory input when you might need…
Part of this summer we did a lot of collecting of rocks. A lot of the places that we visited had collect rocks you could buy in little bags. We got bag of rocks from various places. The girls wanted to do something fun to play with them. I made all the rocks plus some…
Today post is a guest post by Emma from P is for Preschool! I usually try to limit our messy sensory play to outdoors. But with a series of rainy days, we were all getting a little stir crazy from too much in-the-house time. And, you know, desperate times and all that. So I brought…
It is full-on summer here and we are really enjoying it. We love to go to the beach but can’t always happen. Today we are bringing the beach to us! Check out our fun Beach Sensory Bin! This goes great with the Free Beach Pack. With all our sensory bins or activities I really do…
With the 4th of July coming up we have started a few fun activities. Today’s activity is a star sensory bin. This is something that could be used at any time and would be great for a space theme as well. There are two different types of stars in the bin: Buttons and beads. Sensory…
Exploring bugs is always something fun. Sensory bins are a great way to explore something and get a great sensory experience at the same time. This is a good activity to add on when doing the Bug Pack. One of the girls favorite books to read is Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner. You get…
Hands on sensory bin with Flower, mixture of beans and cups, provides lots of fun with pretend flower planting. In the spring one of our favorite books is Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. I love watching the flowers grow and learning about them. We read this book and played with a this fun Flower…
If you have followed me for a while you will know that we do a lot of simple and easy sensory bins. I was so happy to be apart of the the 40 Days of Sensory Bins! I just had to do a button sensory bin. I have done several of them over the last…
We continue our Dr Seuss week with another fun activity we did this week! My girls just love Green Eggs and Ham. It is the most read book at our house right now. My middle learned and memorized the pages so she could read it. I decided it was time to challenge what she did…