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Valentine sensory bin

February 7, 2014 by Katie 4 Comments

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I believe strongly in the value and importance of sensory play, and I have always enjoyed putting together sensory bins for my kids. I actually hadn’t put together a themed sensory bin for my kids in quite a while, so it was a lot of fun to throw this Valentine sensory bin together for them! I love to watch how they engage with the materials in sometimes unexpected ways. I also enjoy seeing their creativity and imagination in action.

Note: You can find this and other Valentine activities on my Valentine activities for kids page.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

I decided to keep this bin on the simple side.  All of the materials I used are things I already had laying around the house, which included:

  • Dried rice dyed pink using liquid watercolors
  • Pink and purple heart erasers
  • Red and white pipe cleaner hearts
  • Two white pails filled with red and white pipe cleaner
  • Two silicone baking cups filled with red, pink, and white pom poms

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

I also provided some tools for my kids to use while playing with the bin:

  • Plastic bowls
  • Aluminum scoops
  • Measuring spoons
  • Scissor scoops (link is for product similar but not identical to ours)

Tools used along with our Valentine's Day sensory bin

 When they kids began playing, they each took over one of the white pails.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

QBoy declared that he was filling his pail with candy for me to eat.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

XGirl decided to fill her pail with rice and stick the pipe cleaners in.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

She worked on her fine motor skills with the scissor scoops.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

She was determined to fill her pail to the brim with “sugar candy.”

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

After a while, QBoy became intrigued by the pipe cleaner hearts I had made, and decided he wanted to make his own.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

Using the pipe cleaners provided in the pail, he managed to fashion a little heart.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

He also kindly made a ring for his sister.

Valentine Sensory Bin - a simple sensory bin for Valentine's Day that promotes fine motor skills, language skills, and a creative imagination || Gift of Curiosity

 All in all, this Valentine sensory bin was a big success.  My kids loved it, it kept them engaged for quite a long time, and they got to practice all sorts of wonderful fine motor, communication, and imagination skills while playing with it!

More Valentine’s Day learning resources

More Valentine posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Valentine Montessori activities
  • Heart suncatcher
  • Marbleized hearts
  • Find the hearts Valentine’s sensory bin
  • Books about Valentine’s Day
  • Valentine’s Printables Pack
  • Valentine Bingo
  • Valentine I Spy game
  • Valentine Do-a-Dot Printables


For more Valentine ideas, check out my Valentine Activities for Kids page and my Valentine’s Pinterest board.

Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Valentine’s Day on Pinterest.

Products mentioned in this post:

Colorations Liquid Watercolor Paint 8 oz.

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4 Comments

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  1. Carrie says

    February 7, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    That looks like a lot of fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

    Reply
  2. Jessica says

    February 11, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    I’ve never seen the scissor scoop! That’s really neat!!!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      February 11, 2014 at 10:05 pm

      Scissor scoops are such fun, and they help prepare kids to use real scissors too!

      Reply
  3. Jill says

    February 16, 2014 at 7:35 pm

    This is a great sensory bin!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    Reply

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