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Washing Pumpkins Station

This washing pumpkins station is a great activity for rainy days and is just as exciting to do outdoors! We love sensory bins in our home and this foamy soap recipe added a more exciting feel to the activity. Sensory bins offer so many skill-building opportunities to further development and are so much fun for toddlers and preschoolers. How To Make Foamy Soap You only need 3 things to create this foamy soap and I got the idea from Mother...

Alphabet Search Sensory Bin

As your toddler gets older they will put fewer things in their mouth; you can start to incorporate smaller objects in their activities at this stage. Today I put together an alphabet search sensory bin full of fun ways to explore the different textures, items, and tools in the bin. What Materials Do I Need For This Sensory Bin? Finding different ways to challenge your child during activities in a fun way can be easy to do and inexpensive as...

Christmas Play-Doh

All kids love play-doh am I right? Adding some small touches we created some Christmas Play-Doh today. This recipe is by far my favorite and the easiest to make. Using only a few ingredients you’ll have the most fun with your children and celebrate the holidays while doing it. I have another great salt dough recipe that’s taste-safe as well! How Do I Make Christmas Play-Doh We all know toddlers L O V E to stick everything and anything in...

Christmas Sensory Tray

Okay, it’s time to count down the days to Christmas and there are so many crafts and activities you can create and enjoy with your kiddos at home Try this easy Christmas sensory tray and explore with magnets, bells and Christmas colors to celebrate the holidays. Where can you find the materials for this Christmas sensory bin? When buying supplies for crafts and activities stick with the less expensive stuff. I like to shop at Dollar Tree and Walmart for...

Taste Safe MoonSand

Trying out different textures, materials, ingredients to keep learning interesting and fun has been a blast! Today we added this Taste Safe MoonSand Recipe to our list of favorite sensory bin fillers. This soft yet durable MoonSand recipe was easy and quick to make and you can involve your children to make it as well! Raising a toddler you realize how fast they find objects and put their mouths. This MoonSand recipe is a go-to activity in our house and...

Bug Sensory Bin

BUGS!! My toddler is all about bugs right now! Every time he see’s a bug he gets so excited running around yelling “BUG, BEE, SPIDER, FLY!” Really any bug name he knows right now he will yell about it. It was only fitting to put together a bug sensory bin today. I’m doing a whole bug theme this week and I’m loving all the ideas I’m coming up with for them. Where To Find The Materials For This Sensory Bin...

Taste Safe Play-Doh

We all know our toddlers will stick literally everting in their mouths and finding activities that are safe for your little ones may be difficult sometimes. This taste safe play-doh recipe is a perfect activity you can prepare at home with only 3 ingredients. Having activities that are fast and easy to prepare are great ways to redirect your kids and have fun doing it. How Do I Make Taste-Safe Play-Doh With three ingredients to work with, I’d say this...

Down By The Shore Sensory Bin

When you cant go to the beach, bring the beach home! This activity was based on some materials I had lying around the house such as buckets and seashells of my old wedding decorations! This is how I came up with this down by the shore sensory bin. A beach theme seemed necessary despite all the rain here in Tennessee. I wanted to create a beach theme activity full of shells and sand/rocky type beach textures. Where Can I Find...

Dinosaur Fossil Activity

This cute activity was from my favorite place to find inspiration for just about everything, Pinterest! That’s how I found this idea to make this dinosaur fossil activity for my own boys. We had the ingredients to make the “taste safe” play-doh (Only 3 ingredients) and the dinosaurs to go with it! Check out my “Taste Safe” Play-Doh Post to see how to make this. My toddler had a blast pressing down dinosaurs and seeing them leave a print. What...

Monster Truck Sensory Bin

Monster trucks and some dried cranberry beans, who knew? This sensory play activity today was based around the idea of monster trucks on the rocky road. Therefore this led to my plan for a monster truck sensory bin. There are crazy amounts of ideas and themes for sensory bins to put together for your child to get them working with their senses. What Are Sensory Bins? Sensory bins are simple activities you can put together that are quick and easy...