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Fall on the farm sensory bin

September 22, 2013 by Katie 6 Comments

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Regular readers of my blog will know that I love to create sensory bins and other sensory materials for my kids. At their ages (3 and 4), they still get so much enjoyment out of the sensory activities I prepare for them, and this Fall on the Farm sensory bin was no exception!

Note: For more kid-friendly farm activities and printables, see my Life on the Farm Unit Study page. 

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

To create this fall on the farm sensory bin, I used the following materials:

    • a base of dried corn kernels
    • Safari Ltd Down on the Farm Toob
    • Safari Ltd Farm Animals Toob
    • Safari Ltd Farm Babies Toob
    • hay bales
    • feathers and plastic eggs from our Easter collection (for the area by the chickens)
    • A toy carton of milk from our Melissa & Doug Fridge Food Set (for the area by the cows)
    • A pig pen made from craft sticks

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

Before the kids played with the bin, I laid a large sheet on the carpet to catch any spills and facilitate clean up. And then I let them explore!

The first things that grabbed their attention were the plastic eggs. They started by filling them with corn kernels.

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

And then they decided to put some chickens inside to make them hatch from the egg. They later tried putting other animals inside, which lead to a great conversation about which animals come from eggs and which ones do not.

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

Eventually, they moved on to feeding the horses.

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

And putting the pigs to sleep in their pen.

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

The kids were disappointed to find only one pen. So I asked if they wanted to make their own, and they eagerly agreed.

I showed them how to lay two craft sticks parallel to each other and then put dots of glue on the ends.

Build an animal pen from craft sticks for a fall on the farm sensory bin || Gift of Curiosity

Then they laid more craft sticks down crosswise to complete the square.

Build an animal pen from craft sticks for a fall on the farm sensory bin || Gift of Curiosity

They continued this process for a few layers until they had built up a nice pen.

Build an animal pen from craft sticks for a fall on the farm sensory bin || Gift of Curiosity

Once the pens were dry, they were added to our farm sensory bin. Since we still didn’t have enough pens for each animal family to have their own, the animals had to share when it was time to sleep. 🙂

Fall on the farm sensory bin using dried corn as the base and Safari Ltd TOOB figures || Gift of Curiosity

More farm learning resources

More farm posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Farm Printables Pack
  • Farm do-a-dot printables
  • Farm grid games printables
  • Books about farm animals
  • Farm Montessori activities
  • Learning about farm animals
  • Fun on the Farm preschool activities


For more kid-friendly farm activities and printables, see my Life on the Farm Unit Study page and my Farm Unit Pinterest board.  Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Unit Ideas: Farm on Pinterest.

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6 Comments

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  1. Stephanie says

    September 23, 2013 at 6:25 am

    Love the corn and corral! Looks like fun!

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    • Candice says

      July 9, 2020 at 8:29 am

      I L😍VE everything about this. My daughter will have loads of fun playing in her new farm animal’s sensory bin.. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  2. Jill says

    September 27, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Sensory bins are so much fun. Your farm stuff looks like lots of fun to learn about and with too. Thank you for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop 🙂

    Reply
  3. Ashley says

    October 1, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Perfect for harvest time! Featured you at Mom’s Library!

    Reply
  4. Sarah Thigpen says

    October 7, 2019 at 10:48 am

    Hi! Where can I buy the corn kernals?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      October 7, 2019 at 12:18 pm

      I got ours from the bulk aisle at our local grocery store. Or you can look into getting unpopped popcorn kernels and using those.

      Reply

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