Are you looking for ways to keep your little ones busy and entertained during the long, cold winter months? Sensory bins are a great way to keep your kids engaged while also stimulating their senses! They provide a creative outlet that allows children to explore different materials with their hands. From textured items like pom-poms and cotton balls to sparkling glitter and warm sand, creating winter sensory bins will help capture the magic of the season indoors. Read on for some ideas on how you can get started!
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Here are some ideas for winter sensory bins:
- Iceberg Sensory Bin– This awesome winer sensory bin has everything you need all in one box from amazon. It comes with water beads, penguins and bears, and water white snow and the inflatable tube to put everything in.
2. Winter Pom Pom Bin– Fill a bin with different colored pom poms and cotton balls, tongs, bows and other small winter related items. Also some small containers for sorting the items.
What you need:
- Medium sized clear bucket
- Cotton balls
- Different color large holiday pom poms
- Tongs
- Small bows
- Small sensory balls or other holiday items
3.Polar Animals Sensory Bin: Create an Arctic scene using colored rice, polar animal figures, and rocks. Comes together in an already made bin from Etsy.
4. Hot Chocolate Sensory Bin- This hot chocolate kit comes with everything you need from Etsy. Included is resin marshmallows, chocolate chips, candy canes, peppermints, cinnamon sticks, gingerbread men, and fluffy pip cleaners ( for the pretend whip cream). There’s also a scooper, tongs, and 2 mugs as well as colored rice.
5. Winter Forest Sensory Bin- Fill a bin with pinecones, twigs, fake snow, and small animal figures to create a woodland winter sensory experience.
What you will need:
2.Twigs
4. Blue pom pots (different sizes)
6. Christmas Sensory Bin This awesome Christmas sensory bin will keep your little ones engaged for hours of sensory play. This bin comes with red and green rice, mini Santa erasers, spikey balls, wooden people, wooden tree, bendy Santa and reindeer, sans container that opens and closes, white gemstones, ornament rhinestones, plastic shovel, pom poms, wooden container, spoon and scooper. Whole bin you can buy on Etsy.
Things you can add:
- Plastic reindeer and Santa ( shown in picture but not part of kit)
- Bin to put items in.
7. Melted Snowman Sensory Bin-You can easily make this yourself or order the whole bin already together from Etsy. Your kids will thank you !
What you need:
1. Blue rice
4. Gem stones
8. Winter Wonderland Snow Sand Bin A sand sensory bin that comes right in the box. Kinetic white sand to have the effect of snow, and everything you need to make a snow man and his accessories. It comes with a bin already to use- so just open up and enjoy!
9. Gingerbread House Sensory Bin Everything you need to make a perfect gingerbread house candy sensory bin. You’ll kids will love this already put together sensory bin from Etsy.
10. WinterSnowflake Sensory Bin-This sensory bin comes with colored pasta and different kinds of snowflakes. Simple and already comes together from Etsy.
A winter sensory bin could brighten wintry days with exuberant joy and fun. As you can see, the possibilities are endless – inspiring creativity that often requires little effort. Whether it be a winter wonderland, gingerbread house, or a hot chocolate themed bin, the result is guaranteed to please any small builder or its adult critics alike. Plus there’s something for everyone! In addition to giving you some inspiration in getting started on your own creative project, we hope this blog post enticed you to spend some quality time with your family this winter season.
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