Looking for some spring sensory activities for your kids this spring? These unique sensory stations will keep your toddlers busy, happy and tap into their ever seeking sensory needs. These spring activities are perfect for all ages and you can use bins and items around the house such as dirt, water beads and anything that your little one would like! They are easy to create yourself and you can easily use items around the house.
1. Rubber Duck Sensory Bin
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A rubber duck sensory bin can be so much fun for your little one. There are so many ways you can go about creating this. You can use just water and ducks, or water beads. Both are great to get to your toddlers sensory needs. You can explore and play in the water or hunt and find in the water beads.
What you will need:
1.A round bin or large square bin
2. Rocks ( you can also get these outside)
5.Sticks (you can also go for a nature walk and get sticks from outside)
2. Insect Sensory Bin
Creating a bug sensory bin for your toddler can be so much fun for those dirt loving, bug squishing curious little minds. There are so many great ways to put these together, you can really just look around your house and see what you have available.
What you’ll need:
1. Square pan or square bin
2. Dried black beans or green spaghetti noodles
3. Birds Nest Sensory Bin
If you like to feed the birds, then this sensory bin will be easy to create! There are many ways to create this, and if course you can add your own twist to it.
What you need:
1. Bird seeds
4. Sensory Bottle
These easy to make sensory bottles are a great tool to calm and entertain your kids. Who doesn’t love one? You can put just about anything in them, make them you own and have fun!
What you need:
1.Empty Voss bottle or a regular empty water bottle will do
6. Glitter
For exact directions on how to mix it read the recipe from Preschool Inspirations here.
7. You can also add sensory beads to this recipe.
5. Spring Sensory Bag
Creating a sensory bag for spring is fun and easy! What’s great is that once it’s created, it is 100 percent mess free. Your little one can use this spring sensory activity over and over!
What you need:
6. Toilet Roll Stamp Flowers
If you have an art loving child, then thy will love this stamp roll. What is so fantastic about this is they can help you make the paper towel roll into any thing they want as well. There is so much room to be creative with this activity!
What you need:
1.Toilet paper roll or paper towel roll
7. Carton Butterfly
Your little one will love to make this egg carton butterfly. Just cut out pieces of the egg carton, either 4 side by side or on a row. They paint the wings and you have a beautiful butterfly!
What you need:
2.Paint
8. Fine Motor Garden Activity Bin
Mixing your toddlers love for outdoor and gardening with a little sensory play. Squeezing the tongs will help develop your toddlers gross motor skills, which are so very important when they cut, write and just about do anything related to school.
What you need:
3.Soil
5.Tongs
9. Button Flowers
These button flowers are a great idea for play or an art craft to take home to mom and dad. It helps support your toddlers fine motor development which will get your little one ready for school!
What you need:
2.Buttons
10. Flower Soup Bin
This is a perfect outdoor activity for that perfect spring weather! You can use a large bin, or even a toddler pool and they can stand in it! Be as creative as you want! Have them pick the flowers to throw in their, even add some grass!
What you need:
1. Large bin or toddler pool
2. Real flowers or fake flowers
3. Ladle
4. A bucket, a pot or toys to scoop the soup into!
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