Pasta glittery sensory bin

This bin has pasta, craft pom poms, pipe cleaners, confetti and fruit shaped ice cubes. 

She likes this bin because she tries to put the pipe cleaners through the pasta. She also likes throwing the pasta around.

This is by far her favorite sensory bin and she wants to play with it everytime we are in the playroom.

Rice sensory bin

This started out as a bin like the others but quickly became a huge mess so I moved it into her sand table.

I threw in some character figurines and some scoops.

 It's still a mess but she likes to play in it. We just pick up/vacuum the rice on the floor.

Princess sensory bin

This bin has dried beans. I put Disney Princess characters in it. She has since taken the genie from Aladdin out and carries it around. I keep a small scooper in it for scooping and pouring the beans.

While she likes playing with the princesses, she just wants to throw the beans around in this one.

..and eat on the random ice cubes from her glitter bin

Silly!

Vertical tube

This is good for hand/eye coordination and since M(and other babies her age) love putting things into things, this should be a fun game!

Just take a paper towel or toilet paper roll and tape it vertically onto something. I taped hers onto her sand/water table since I have bad luck with tape peeling paint or finish off. I then took her pom poms from her craft bin and let her at it. She had fun!

Mess free finger painting

I kept seeing this on Pinterest, and I finally remembered to buy the materials to make it! 

You will need:

-someone to watch your child while you put it together. Lesson learned.

-gallon zipper bag

-tape

-scissors

-paint

Open the bag and put the paint inside. I didn't do much paint because I wasn't sure. Next time I will add a good bit more. Close the bag and get out as much air as you can. Tape the zipper part of the bag. Then tape the bag to a table or the window. I thought the window would be pretty against the sunshine.

She seemed to enjoy this for roughly 5 minutes and then walked away but she did keep coming back to it while playing with other things. I left it up a few days and she keeps going back to it.

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Bead sensory box

Madison loves her new sensory boxes. I made a total of 4 and will be posting them over the next few weeks. This is good for texture play, hand/eye coordination and it's good for busy, alone play.

For this box I used oatmeal. I bought googly eyes, a few strands of beads and I included the Silly Bandz that I got from the Goodwill Bags O Fun I bought a couple weeks ago. I also put in a small strainer for her to scoop and pour.

This is the reason I want edible material.

I keep this box in the kitchen and it allows me to prepare supper while keeping an eye on her. She loves playing in the floor.

It also allows for easy clean up. I will have to replace the oatmeal often I'm sure, since she empties half of it every time she plays.

 

I bought all of these items(except the Silly Bandz) at Dollar Tree. Goodwill is a great place to get small items to put in them. Ours sells Bags O Fun which usually include a bunch of small plastic toys. 

As with any small toys, make sure to keep a close eye on them!

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Busy play

Madison is all about putting items in things. Emptying toys out and then putting them back. She's all about hand/eye coordination and is very good at it! I made a Dollar Tree trip yesterday to buy some sensory activities(more on those later) and part of what I bought was an ice cube tray(2pk) and a bag of craft pom poms. She loved taking the poms out, putting them all in and then dumping them all out again. She was only occupied for about 10 minutes but it helped me get supper ready! This is a good color and counting game. It also helps identify shape(she calls them balls) and they can be done with anything pretty small.

I also picked up a sugar shaker, a box of toothpicks and a bag of craft pipe cleaners. This takes some serious hand/eye coordination and she loves this more than the trays. This is a good cause and effect game. She knows if she shakes the shaker, toothpicks will fall out :) Of course with any small or sharp object, pay close attention so they do get stuck or try to swallow the items!

I will be blogging some more sensory activities soon! Please share your ideas with me! I love trying new things with her!

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