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IDEA #1COLOR SENSORY BINS
Fill a tub with items of all one color. Use colored pasta or rice as the base, then add items from around the house that are the same color. Read more here.
IDEA #2ST. PATRICK’S DAY SENSORY BINS
Use green, yellow and whtie shredded paper as a base. Add shamrocks or gold coins to find. Read more St. Patrick’s Day ideas here.
IDEA #3ABC SENSORY BINS
Use any base (dried beans, water beads, alphabet pasta, etc.) and add alphabet items. Include items of that letter or items that start with that letter. Read more here.
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IDEA #4SPRING SENSORY BIN
Use a base of dried pasta. Add spring items like fabric flowers, plastic bugs, and butterflies. Click here to find out more.
IDEA #5SENSORY ACTIVITIES
You can start teaching sensory activities with your baby. Start with large items like blocks and pop beads. Later use items like play dough and salt. Read more here.
IDEA #6SHAPE SENSORY BINS
Put items in the sensory bin that are all the same shape. For a square sensory bin add a CD case, blocks, a pot holder, a bean bag, etc. Click here to find out more.
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IDEA #74TH OF JULY SENSORY BIN
Use a base of dried pasta. Add spring items like fabric flowers, plastic bugs, and butterflies. Click here to find out more.
IDEA #8HOW TO USE SENSORY BINS
Sensory bins are great for treasure hunts, imaginative play, scooping and pouring, transferring, matching, teaching care of objects, and more. Read more ideas here.