Sensory Play
The Best Sensory Bin Ideas to Keep Kids Engaged for Hours
The best sensory bin ideas to keep kids engaged for hours! Fun, hands-on activities that spark creativity, learning, and fine motor skills.
Flower Activity for Preschoolers with Free Printable!
This flower activity is a fun way to learn about how flowers bloom while also strengthening fine motor skills while using a spray bottle!
Blooming Paper Flower Experiment
This blooming paper flower experiment is magical! Grab our printable with flowers you can cut out in different shapes and colors!
How to Decorate Easter Eggs with Rice and Food Coloring
Discover how to decorate Easter eggs with rice and food coloring, with the added benefit of creating vibrant rainbow rice for sensory play!
Simple Slime Recipe – Ooey Gooey Egg Inspired
This simple slime recipe looks just like an egg! Not only is it taste-safe, but it also makes for a fun egg-making pretend play set up!
Counting Numbers for Kids – Count the Petals
Here is a fun way to practice counting numbers for kids! This spring-themed activity is all about flower petals! Plus, get our free printable!
Hand-Eye Coordination Game – Hatch the Egg
This hand-eye coordination game is so much fun for toddlers! They will love cracking some leftover eggshells to help the chick hatch!
Colorful Rainbow Craft
Combine color recognition and fine motor skills with this cotton ball rainbow craft! Perfect for preschool, toddlers, and beyond!
Color Mixing Green – Make the Leaf Activity
This mix the leaf activity is a fun way to answer the question: blue and yellow make what color? Plus, it’s mess free!
How to Make Cocoa Playdough – Soft, Chocolate-Scented Fun!
Make homemade cocoa playdough for a soft, chocolate-scented sensory play experience! Easy recipe + fun chocolate box setup for kids.
Chia Slime Recipe: How to Make Taste-Safe, Squishy Sensory Play Fun
Make a fun, taste-safe chia slime recipe for kids! This squishy, mess-free sensory play idea is easy to make and great for hands-on learning.
Red and White Make What Color: Mix the Heart
This mix the heart activity is a fun way to answer the question: red and white make what color? Plus, it is a mess free!
Scented Play Dough – How to Make Rose Swirls
This rose scented play dough recipe smells divine! It is a fun activity to do around Valentine’s Day and also make great gifts!
Snowman Sensory Bag: A Fun Winter Activity for Kids
Create a snowman sensory bag using cotton balls, gel, and a plastic bag. A fun winter activity for toddlers to boost fine motor skills!
12 Taste Safe Sensory Play Ideas Kids Will Love (and You’ll Love Too!)
Explore taste-safe sensory play recipes that are fun, safe, and spark creativity in kids. Perfect for messy play without the worry!
84 Fun and Easy Halloween Crafts and Activities for Kids in 2024
Get into the spooky spirit with these 84 Halloween crafts and activities for kids! Easy and fun ideas to make Halloween extra special.
How to Make a Pumpkin-Themed Halloween Sensory Bin
Create a fun Halloween sensory bin with orange rice and jack-o-lantern faces. Great for toddlers to work on fine motor skills while playing!
Hands-On Halloween Sensory Bag: Craft, Play, and Color-Mixing Fun
Create a fun and easy pumpkin-themed Halloween sensory bag! Mix colors, enjoy sensory play, and explore color science. Perfect for Halloween!
Make Oobleck with a Pumpkin Autumn Twist
This oobleck activity is a fun sensory play for Fall! Kids will enjoy tapping into their inner chef to make pumpkin spice oobleck soup!
How to Make Salt Paintings for Kids
Salt paintings for kids are fun and easy! With a few supplies, create beautiful textured art using our templates or your own designs.
DIY Lemonade Sensory Bin: A Fun ‘L is for Lemonade’ Activity
How to make a lemonade sensory bin for kids. This ‘L is for Lemonade’ activity promotes imaginative play and letter learning.
Magnetic Slime Recipe, Awesome & Easy Science Project
This magnetic slime recipe is the coolest! It is the best excuse to play with slime while learning about what scientific magnetic forces are!
Ocean Sensory Bin: How to Bring the Beach to Your Home
Create a taste-safe ocean sensory bin for kids. Bring the beach home with fun, hands-on activities and marine creatures.
How to Dye Pasta Bright Colors for Sensory Play
Learn how to safely dye pasta so your kids can play with it in lots of sensory activities. Perfect base for sensory play activities!
Spaghetti Sensory Play and How to Make Colorful Pasta
This spaghetti sensory play activity features cutting colorful spaghetti to improve fine motor skills. Bonus points for being taste-safe!
Slime for Toddlers – How to Make Taste Safe Slime
Discover a safe and fun slime for toddlers. Read to get the recipe – it’s perfect for exploring textures without harmful chemicals!
Dinosaur Play Dough Kit – How to Assemble with Easy Recipe
How you can make a dinosaur play dough kit for sensory and imaginative play, perfect for on-the-go fun or rainy days!
How to Make Mud for Play – Taste Safe Oobleck
This taste-safe recipe is a fun sensory play activity for young kids. Learn how to make mud for play using 3 simple ingredients!
Popsicle Paint – How to Make This Fun, Frozen Art Tool!
Experience the fun of popsicle paint! Chill out and create icy masterpieces. Learn how to make your own frozen art!
Homemade Bubble Solution – Extra Strong Bubble Recipe
Want to make your own super strong homemade bubble solution? We’ve got you! Check out this easy bubble recipe that you can whip up in minutes!
Number Learning Game – Pop and Learn the Numbers!
This number learning game is a playful way to work on number recognition while having some popping fun! A great one for toddlers and prek!
How to Make Kids Bath Paint – Colorful Clean Fun
Explore a fun and easy way to make bath time fun for kids with our vibrant and homemade kids bath paint recipe!
The Best Bath Toys for Kids in 2024
Explore the best bath toys for kids! Discover the ultimate guide to bath time fun with these top picks that will make every splash memorable.
How to Make Edible Play Dough with 12 Easy Recipes!
Discover 12 edible play dough recipes! Perfect for little ones who love putting everything in their mouths!
Play Dough Storage – How to Keep Perfect Portions in Ice Trays
Maximize play dough longevity with our genius storage hack using ice cube trays. Perfect portions, less mess, and long lasting fun for kids!
Scissor Cutting Practice – Free the Cars Activity
Looking for a fun hands on way for kids to get scissor cutting practice? All you need are colorful strips of paper and toy cars!
Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments – How to Make This Adorable Keepsake
Salt dough handprint ornaments are such great keepsakes! Find out how to make the dough and find ideas on how to decorate!
Color Mixing for Kids – Hands on Learning
Discover the magic of color mixing for kids using Oobleck. This is a great hands on way to discover primary and secondary colors!
Sensory Bags for Babies – Helpful Tummy Time Distractions
These sensory bags for babies are so easy to make and are such a great distraction during tummy time. Here are 4 ways you can make them!
DIY Baby Toy – How to Make Sensory Wrist Bands
This DIY baby toy is so easy to make! Babies will enjoy exploring the high contrast colors and jingly sounds of these homemade wrist rattles!
Baby Activity at 3 months – Fun with Balloons
Tying balloons to the hands and feet is a great baby activity at 3 months. Perfect for strengthening gross motor skills, eye sight, and more.
Black and White Patterns for Babies – Printable Cards
There are a ton of benefits to providing black and white patterns for babies. Get your printable set of 12 dozen cards here.
Shaving Cream Art – A Vibrant and Sensory-Packed Activity
This vibrantly colored activity is all about making shaving cream art! It is easy to set up and such a rich sensory experience for kids!
Aladdin Party Idea – How to Make a Themed Play Dough Kit
This Aladdin party idea will be a hit with the kids! It is such a fun activity to play with and also makes a great homemade gift!
Activity for Toddlers – Colorful Taste Safe Sensory Play With Cereal
This activity for toddlers is a colorful way to use stale cereal for sensory play that is also taste safe! Plus, it’s super easy set up!
Peppa Pig Activity – Make This Adorable Play Dough Kit
Looking for a Peppa Pig activity? This DIY play dough kit is adorable, so easy to make, and can be played with time and time again!
Toddler Fun – Cut Paper Tubes to Strengthen Hand Eye Coordination
This stacking game made out of recycled paper tubes is toddler fun at its best! Super easy to set up and great for hand-eye coordination!
Christmas Sensory Activity – How to Make Candy Cane Oobleck
Candy Cane Oobleck is such a fun Christmas sensory activity. Plus, add tongs to pick out candy canes to strengthen hand muscles!
Fun Winter Activity – Make Your Own Snowman Puzzle
Make your own snowman puzzle using rocks! It is a budget-friendly and fun winter activity for learning numbers and counting!
Lacing Activity – How to Make a Toy for Preschoolers
This lacing activity is great for strengthening fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. A super easy to make DIY toy!
Play Dough Gift – Easily Assemble a Fun Princess Kit
Kids can enjoy not one, but so many princesses in this fun kit! These boxes are easy to assemble and make such great play dough gifts!
Animal Themed Party, Everything You Need to Know
Everything you need to know to throw a super fun animal themed party! From animal-themed activities, to cake & table design, we got you covered!
Beads Activity – Fun with Play Dough and Spaghetti
The kids are going to love this beads activity! Thread the beads onto spaghetti stuck inside play dough to help strengthen fine motor skills!
Frozen Play Doh – Make Your Own Kit
This Frozen Play Doh Kit is easy to create and assemble. It makes the perfect homemade gift for a Frozen fan too!
Autumn Activity for Preschool – Easy Pine Cone Pom Pom
This autumn activity for preschool using pine cones & pom poms is a great way to use an ordinary object for strengthening fine motor skills!
Jelly Sensory Play – Make a Zombie Brain with Bugs
This jelly sensory play is all about making an ooey gooey zombie brain that is full of creepy critters! Find out how to make it too!
Q-Tip Skeleton Craft with Easy Play Dough Recipe
This Q-Tip skeleton craft is where sensory play and anatomy collide! Cotton swab bones and DIY black play dough combine to look like x-rays!
Messy Play for Toddlers – Make a Pudding Sensory Bin
Messy play for toddlers is the ultimate sensory experience. This pumpkin patch pudding activity is great way to explore all of the 5 senses!
Skeleton Printable Activity – Unique Puzzle Using Cotton Swabs
This skeleton printable activity, is a unique way to play and learn using cotton swabs as puzzle pieces! Find out how easy it is to set up!
Pumpkin Activities – Being Creative with a Real Pumpkin
These pumpkin activities are a fun way for kids to crack open a pumpkin and create some fun festive decor while learning about plants!
DIY Maracas – How to Easily Make a Musical Instrument
These DIY Maracas are not only so much fun, but they are super easy to make and allow kids to explore their artistic and musical sides!
5 Senses Activity – How to Make a Puzzle for Kids
This 5 senses activity is a fun way for kids to learn about the sense of smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch with a DIY puzzle.
Kids Halloween Party – The Ultimate List of Fun Ideas
Everything you need to know to throw a fun kids Halloween party! From spooky-themed activities, to decor and party favors, we got you covered!
Hydrophobic Sand – How to Make Magic Sand
Hydrophobic sand, also known as Magic Sand, is sand that doesn’t get wet! Find out how to make this fun science-based activity for kids!
Shaving Cream Slime Recipe – How to Make Fluffy Slime
This shaving cream slime recipe makes vibrantly colored fluffy slime! It is super simple to make and has the coolest texture!
Fall Activity for Toddlers – Easy Autumn Sensory Bin
This Fall activity for toddlers is a fun way to enjoy all things Autumn! This set up is great for sensory play and fine motor skills!
Dinosaur Party, Inspiring Ideas for a Roar-some Birthday
Everything you need to know to throw a roar-some dinosaur party! From dinosaur-themed activities, to cake & table design, we got you covered!
Birthday Play Dough Kit – Easy Party in a Box!
This birthday play dough kit is so much fun! Assemble it once, and then use the loose parts to make cupcakes time and time again!
Food Activity for Kids – The Real Life Mr. Potato Head
This food activity for kids is a great way to expose children to fruits and veggies while constructing a real life Mr. Potato Head!
Making Play Dough into Beautiful Rainbow Swirls
Making play dough with our simple recipe is so easy and fast! Take it one step further by transforming it into beautiful rainbow swirls!
Fall Sensory Bin – How to Make Taste-Safe Foam
This fall sensory bin includes a taste safe foam that even babies and toddlers can enjoy! Read on for the easy how-to recipe!
Sensory Sand – Easy to Make and Taste Safe!
This sensory sand recipe is made with just a few taste-safe ingredients including stale cereal! It’s moldable and crumbly, but not sticky!
Sensory Play Printables
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Craft for Toddlers – Sticky Cotton Ball Sheep
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Color Mixing Activities – Fun Printable
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Scissor Skills – Cut the Patterns
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Brush the Teeth – Printable for Kids
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Poke the Animals – Fine Motor Skill Activity
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Peg-osaurus Dinosaur – Activity for Kids
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Count the Hair – Fun Printable
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Add the Hair – Fun Printable for Kids
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Discover the Colors – Printable for Kids
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Scissor Skills Haircuts – Fun Printable
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The 5 Senses – Fun Printable
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All About Opposites – Fun Printable for Kids
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Play Dough Mats: Shapes – Printable
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Play Dough Mats: Numbers – Printable
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Play Dough Mats: Alphabet – Printable
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Mini Activity Kit Labels – Printable
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Building Shapes with Sticks Printable
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Lacing Activity Printable for Kids
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Alphabet See Through Jars Fun Printable
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Life Cycles – Printable for Kids
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Exploring Fruits and Vegetables Activity for Kids
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Paint Blowing – Fun Activity for Kids
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Anatomy Sensory Bag – Fun Printable
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Yoga Poses – Fun Printable for Kids
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Animal Matching Tube – Printable for Kids
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Pilgrim Salon – Fun Printable
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Blow Up the Turkey – Printable for Kids
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Color Lab – Printable for Kids
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Feed the Heart – Printable for Kids
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Butterfly Wings – Printable for Kids
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Discover the Systems of the Human Body
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Feed the Animals – Printable for Kids
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Garden Craft – Printable for Kids
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Rainbow Color Match Game – Fun Printable
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Colorful Sensory Bags Printable
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Cotton Swabs Skeletons – Printable
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Pumpkin Templates – Free Printable
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Halloween Color By Number – Printable
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10 Pumpkin Decorating Templates – Printable
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Thanksgiving Color By Number – Printable
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Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt – Printable
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Christmas Color By Number – Printable
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Mitten Templates – Free Printable
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Snowflake Templates – Free Printable
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Tear-and-Reveal Holiday Photo – Printable
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Santa’s Shoe Print Template – Printable
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Christmas Snow Plastic Cup – Printable
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Count the Ornaments Printable Fun Activity
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Valentine’s Play Dough Mats – Printable
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Count the Petals – Fun Printable
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Blooming Paper Flowers – Fun Printable
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Blooming Flowers – Printable for Kids
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