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Sensory Play Activities

Here at Stir the Wonder we love sensory bins and other types of sensory play activities! We use sensory play activities to enhance children’s literature, learn about science as well as help to regulate tactile senses and work on fine motor skills. Below you will find a collection of sensory play activities for hands-on learning that we have enjoyed, including sensory art projects, sensory bins, play doughs, sensory doughs and slimes!

Over 35 Sensory play activities for kids of all ages!

Sensory Play Activities

This Magic Color Changing Sensory Bottle is a fun way to teach kids about the power of the sun and the importance of sunscreen!

Magic Color Changing Sensory Bottle with the Power of the Sun

Introduce early American history in a hands-on way with a simple Native American Small World! This is perfect for Kindergarteners who are just starting to understand history!

Native American Small World for Hands-on History

Creating a Name Bracelet with alphabet beads is a fun way for preschoolers to learn the letters of their name and practice fine motor skills.

How to Make Name Bracelet Fine Motor Activity

The Back to School Kinetic Sand Writing Tray is a fun way for young children to practice handwriting with great proprioceptive input!

Back to School Kinetic Sand Writing Tray

Shark Aquarium Math Game is a fun game for summer time learning with preschoolers!

Shark Aquarium More, Less or Equal Math Game

Minecraft Playdough Fine Motor Activity is the easiest activity for kids to practice fine motor skills!

Minecraft Playdough Fine Motor Activity

Christmas Tree Sensory Bottle is full of Christmas magic for all kids, even babies and toddlers while providing a calming sensory retreat for older kids!

Christmas Tree Sensory Bottle

Acorns & Leaves Fall Sensory Bin will keep your kids busy for an afternoon and can be used to practice math skills!

Acorns and Leaves Fall Sensory Bin

Bobbing for ABC Apples is a fun hands-on literacy game for preschoolers that includes the sensory element of water as well as practicing fine motor skills!

Bobbing for ABC Apples

Process Art Challenge: Exploring Texture with Clay & Shells!

Exploring Texture with Clay & Shells

Alphabet Ice Cube Sensory Play is a simple summer activity for preschoolers and older kids!

Alphabet Ice Cube Sensory Play

Shaving Cream Marbling is a simple process art painting technique that will allow kids to get creative while exploring their tactile senses!

Shaving Cream Marbling Process Art Painting

Play Dough Sensory Mud- the messy way to play with old play dough that is so much fun!

Play Dough Sensory Mud

Dinosaur Discovery Sensory Bin

Dinosaur Discovery Sensory Bin

Watching this Shark Sensory Bottle creates a wonderful imagery for calming upset children!

Shark Sensory Bottle

Invitation to Create an Imaginary Friend with Play Dough

Invitation to Create an Imaginary Friend with Play Dough

Ant Life Cycle Sensory Bin is a playful, hands-on way for kids to learn about the life cycle of ants!

Ant Life Cycle Sensory Bin

Shape Sorting Sensory Invitation to Play incorporates early math skills, fine motor skills and tactile sensory input in one fun activity!

Shape Sorting Sensory Invitation to Play

Play Dough Invitation with Ants. Kids will love playing with this play dough set up all the while working on fine motor skills, crucial for learning to write!

Play Dough Invitation with Ants

Counting Ants: Fine Motor Sensory Game is a fun way for preschoolers to practice early math skills!

Counting Ants: Fine Motor Sensory Game

Digging for Shark Tooth Fossils is a fun, hands-on way to learn about sharks and shark teeth!

Digging for Shark Tooth Fossils Sensory Bin

Gone Mudding! Clean Mud Sensory Play | Stir the Wonder

Gone Mudding! Clean Mud Sensory Dough Play

The Easter Egg Hunt Sensory Counting Game is a fun way for preschoolers to practicing counting objects, work on one-to-one correspondence and gain tactile sensory input.

Easter Egg Hunt Sensory Counting Game

Sparkling Ocean Play Dough is a great sensory way to work on fine motor skills as well as identifying sea life!

Sparkling Ocean Play Dough

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Sensory Bin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Sensory Bin

The Octonauts Water Sensory Bin is a simple sensory bin to create that goes along with the Octonaut books by MEOMI!

The Octonauts Water Sensory Bin

Kool-Aid is a fun way to dye play dough and also make it scented! For this months sensory dough we made Grape Kool-Aid Scented Play Dough and played with heart shaped cookie cutters and molds! | 12 Months of Sensory Doughs at Stir the Wonder

Grape Kool-Aid Scented Play Dough

Get the full painting experience by creating your own Alien Planet Sensory Painting | Stir the Wonder

Alien Planet Sensory Painting

Fizzy Alien Planet Sensory Bin- A fun way to play and learn to recognize the letter A as well as the /a/ sound! | Stir the Wonder

Fizzy Alien Planet Sensory Play

Snow Dough Sensory Play inspired by Katy and the Big Snow & I Drive a Snowplow | 12 Months of Sensory Doughs at Stir the Wonder

Book-Inspired Snow Dough Sensory Play

Moon Dust Writing Tray | A fun space-themed twist on the classic salt writing tray!

Moon Dust Writing Tray

Alphabet Slime: 31 Days of Sensory Play Challenge | Stir the Wonder

Alphabet Slime

Tacky the Penguin Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

Tacky the Penguin Sensory Bin

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies : Christmas Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Sensory Bin

Hedgie Blasts Off Sensory Bin

Play Dough Alphabet Search & Sort, adapted from 99 Fine Motor Ideas for Ages 1 to 5 | Stir the Wonder #finemotorfriday #finemotor #preschool

Introducing 99 Fine Motor Ideas the Book

Monsters Love Colors Sensory Bin

Monsters Love Colors Sensory Bin

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Play with Corn | Stir the Wonder #sensoryplay #childled

Child-led Sensory Play with Corn

10 Fall Sensory Play Ideas

The Salamander Room Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder for Enchanted Homeschooling Mom #sensory #bookinspired

The Salamander Room Sensory Bin

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Play with Cloud Dough | Stir the Wonder #sensoryplay #clouddough #kbn

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Play with Cloud Dough

Goodnight Construction Site Sensory Bin| Stir the Wonder @ Enchanted Homeschooling Mom #kbn #sensory

Goodnight Construction Site Sensory Bin

Junk Yard Sensory Bin & Counting Game | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #kbn #preschool #math

Junk Yard Sensory Bin & Counting Game

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Play with Sand | Stir the Wonder #sensory #kbn #childled

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Play with Sand

10 Sensory Bins for Summer | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #kbn #sensory

10 Sensory Bins for Summer

'Shiver Me Letters' Sensory Bin & Pirate Play | Stir the Wonder #poppinsbooknook #kbn #preschool

Shiver Me Letters Sensory Bin

Sensory Painting with Blueberry Jam | Stir the Wonder #handsonplay #kbn #bfiar

Sensory Painting with Blueberry Jam

‘Play with Me’ Sensory Bin

Sensory Bin Challenge: Child-led Water Play

Little Dishwasher: a Practical Life Activity for Preschoolers

Birdseed Sensory Bin

Sensory Play with Paper Pulp {Hands-On Play Party} | Stir the Wonder #sensoryplay #handsonplay #kbn

Sensory Play with Paper Pulp

Gold, Silver & Bronze Sensory Bin {Hands-On Play Party} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #handsonplay #sensory

Gold, Silver and Bronze Sensory Bin

Winter Olympics Small World | Stir the Wonder #kbn #handsonplay #smallworld

Winter Olympics Small World

Snowy Winter Small World Sensory Bin {Hands-On Play Party} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #handsonplay #smallworld #sensory

Snowy Winter Small World Sensory Bin

Simple Play with Colored Ice Cubes {Hands-On Play Party} | Stir the Wonder #kbn #handsonplay #simpleplay

Simple Play with Colored Ice Cubes

Bring the snow inside & make your own penguin habitat! Keep it in the freezer for a rainy day!

Snow & Ice Penguin Small World

Open-ended play dough play inspired by Rescue Bots cartoon!

Play Dough Snow Bots

I Spy Three! Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #handsonplay #sensory

I Spy Three! Sensory Bin

A Year of Sensory Bins | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory

A Year of Sensory Bins

Christmas Sensory Bins for Fine Motor Skills

Set up a simple invitation to create a Fall Play Dough Tree. This is a wonderful fine motor activity for toddlers and preschoolers using play dough and fall themed loose parts!

Fall Play Dough Tree {Fine Motor Fridays}

Apple Pie Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #apples

Apple Pie Sensory Bin

Beach Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #beach

Beach Sensory Bin

The Great Water Table Experiment | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #watertable

The Great Water Table Experiment

Bath Time Fun!: Car Themed

Ocean Sensory Table | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #ocean

Ocean Sensory Table

Outer Space Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #space #moon

Outerspace Sensory Bin

Cozy Coupe Car Wash

Shaving Cream Car Wash

Jelly Bean Sensory Bin a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to practice coloring recognition and sorting!

Jelly Bean Sensory Bin

Practical Life & Sensory with Sawdust

An Insect Sensory Bin with 3 Ways to Play is the perfect way to introduce toddlers to different bugs! | Stir the Wonder

Insect Sensory Bin

Letter 'C' Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #letteroftheweek

Letter ‘C’ Sensory Bin

Christmas Peppermint Sensory Bin

Thanksgiving Play Dough Feast

Allow your toddler to freely and safely explore pumpkin guts with this mess-free pumpkin guts sensory bag!

The Mess-Free Way to Explore Pumpkin Guts with Toddlers

Jack-o-Lantern Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #halloween

Jack-o-Lantern Sensory Bin

Sugar Cookie Play Dough

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Sensory Bin | Stir the Wonder #kbn #sensory #fall #autumn #redleafyellowleaf

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Sensory Bin

Apple Sensory Cards

 

What are your kid’s favorite sensory play activities? Check out more ideas on my Sensory Play Activities board on Pinterest!

Follow Samantha @Stir the Wonder’s board Sensory Play Activites on Pinterest.

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