Sensory bins are wonderful activity ideas for both at-home and classroom play. These bins are generally inexpensive to set up and kids will still enjoy the contents long after the bin has been taken apart. Sensory bins encourage tactile play that supports numerous learning areas that aid in our little one’s development. Check out our inspiring list of 30 Easter-themed sensory bins that are sure to spark creative exploration and develop fine motor skills.
1. Egg hunt in rice
By using uncooked rice, plastic eggs, funnels, and different-sized spoons and cups, you too can create this Easter-themed sensory bin! Challenge your young one to hunt through the rice and use a spoon to transfer the eggs they find into a cup on the side.
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2. Easter Cloud Dough
This is a great sensory bin for any kindergarten classroom! In order to replicate this cloud dough bin, you’ll need olive oil and corn flour, and various sensory materials such as toy carrots, chicks, and plastic Easter eggs.
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3. Fizzing Easter Activity
This Easter bin is great for exploring the world of scientific reactions in a fun way. Start by adding plastic eggs and baking powder to a plastic container. Next, you’ll need to add a few drops of different food coloring into the mix. Lastly use a dropper to squirt in white vinegar and marvel as the magic show begins.
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4. Color sorting sensory bin
This Easter sensory bin provides a fun learning experience for toddlers. Use it as an opportunity to teach your children the colors and then test their knowledge by asking them to sift out specific color eggs into their matching baskets.
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5. Full Body Sensory Bin
This is a great motor skills activity for babies. Find a crate or box large enough for them to lie on their tummy inside. They can either sit or lie down in it and spend time exploring the objects around them- grabbing and releasing them as they please.
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6. Hunt Through Packing Peanuts
Who doesn’t love a sweet treat? This activity requires kids to hunt through a box of packing peanuts to locate the chocolates hidden throughout. Encourage them to practice their math skills by counting the chocolates as they find them.
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7. Water Beads Bin
All you’ll need is foam eggs, a plastic container, and two different colored water beads to bring this sensory bin to life! Allow your children to search through the bin to find the foam eggs. They can then make patterns on the side of the bin, sort them into different color groups or simply enjoy the water beads.
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8. Cotton Ball Sensory Bin Activity
This is a fantastic fine motor skill development activity. Kids must use careful coordination to lift the cotton balls with a toy set of tweezers. They also gain good counting practice when dropping the balls into the tray waiting on the side.
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9. Spring Chicken Box
Another awesome motor skill development activity is this chicken search. Kids can either pluck the chickens from their chickpea nest or pick up a chickpea to feed the chick using a pair of tweezers.
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10. Easter Water Play
Celebrate the Spring season with a splashy affair! This water play sensory bin tasks learners with using a ladle to scoop out a variety of plastic eggs from their floating nest. This activity is a great opportunity to cool down on those warmer Spring days.
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11. Egg Letter Match
Matching activities for kids are fantastic problem-solving adventures. This sensory bin requires little ones to match two halves of an egg- matching two identical letters together. Simplify for younger children by asking them to find two halves of an egg that are the same color.
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12. Pasta Nest Creation
This sensory tray gets your kids to build nests out of cooked pasta. Once the nest has been built, they can place plastic eggs in the middle. Use this sensory play activity to spark a discussion about how birds build their own nests to lay their eggs and protect their young.
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13. Sensory Counting Game
Toddlers love rice bins and this one is perfect for developing your little ones counting skills! By using jelly beans, dice, colorful uncooked rice, a container, and ice trays, you’ll keep your little one entertained for hours! Kids should roll the dice and must then pick out the same number of jelly beans to place in the ice tray.
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14. Collect A Carrot
Set your carrot garden up by planting plastic carrots, green pom poms, and plastic eggs in dry rice. Get your child involved in the next phase by having them scoop the rice up into the eggs and play with them as shakers or pulling and replanting the carrots.
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15. Peter Rabbit Sensory Activity
This activity is a hit for Peter Rabbit fans. It’s your child’s very own garden made of oats and an assortment of small garden tools and greenery. Use this sensory activity to spark conversation about the importance of food farming.
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16. Rabbit Sensory Bin
This is a great sensory bin to put together if your little one has been interested in getting a bunny of their own. It can be used to explore how they would be responsible for feeding and caring for their pet rabbit before it comes into their life. Of course, this lentil-based bin is also great for pure play and enjoyment.
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17. Easter Exploration
Making a sensory bin has never been easier! Toss in an assortment of Easter-themed toys and you’re good to go. This is a fantastic sensory activity for classroom teachers who would be able to reuse all the contents over and over again in new activities.
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18. Funnel Away
This sensory bin is large enough for toddlers to sit in. It requires the use of plastic eggs, a funnel, and some sort of filler such as beans or puffed rice, as pictured below. Your little one will have a blast sitting in the bin and exploring the contents.
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19. Feathers And Fun Sensory Experience
This is one of the best sensory bins on our list as children are able to explore a wide array of colors and textures. To put it together you’ll need feathers, chenille stems, pom poms, cotton balls, glitter paper, and plastic eggs.
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20. Carrot Planter
Encourage both play and learning with this carrot planter sensory bin. Not only can learners practice their counting skills in a fun manner, but they can also talk about gardening and the importance of planting vegetables.
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21. Foam Pit
This is a great idea for those rainy Spring days. This activity is a reminder that your sensory bin doesn’t have to be big to be fun. Your kids will love hunting for eggs in a shaving foam fit such as this one!
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22. Easter Bunny Hide And Seek
This beloved game has been reworked into a unique sensory bin for toddlers. Use pastel-colored acrylic paint to paint dry beans. Once they have dried add them to a container along with uncooked rice. Although you can use any sort of sensory item to hide inside, we’d recommend plastic bunnies.
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23. Marshmellow Mud
Marshmellow mud can be crafted or cut into different shapes. The best thing of all is that when left unattended in your sensory bin for a few minutes, it melts back down and takes the form of the container you used. All you’ll need to make this is cornstarch, water, and a few peeps.
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24. Easter Sensory Sink
This sensory idea is fantastic! Not only does it make the process of cleaning up easy, but it’s also such a fun one. By coloring the water and adorning it with glitter, you can also use any water-safe toys you have. Your little ones can pretend that they’re bathing their animals or even taking them for a swim in a magic watering hole.
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25. Glowing Eggs Sensory Bin
Bring this activity out as the lights begin to go down! This glowing egg sensory bin is something that your kids will remember for years. All you’ll need to bring it together are plastic eggs, water beads, submersible lights, water, and a container.
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26. Drip Paint Easter Craft
Gather your art supplies! Using a plastic egg with a hole cut in one end, you’ll be able to pour in some paint and let your little ones swirl their egg around to create a painting. Conducting this activity in a cardboard box or plastic crate makes cleaning up a dream!
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27. Textured Easter Egg Art
This activity is all about texture. Fill up crates with a variety of sensory art supplies before giving your learners a template of eggs to decorate. They can use anything from buttons and colored cotton wool to sequins and pom poms!
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28. Feed The Chicks
Learners get to play in a Montessori-type manner with this unique activity. Using little scoops, they’re able to feed the chicks popcorn kernels and even fill up momma hen with feed!
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29. Potato Paint Stamp Bin
Who would’ve thought a potato could be used as a painting tool? Check out the link below to find out how to make a potato stamp to use in crafting an Easter-themed artwork.
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30. Feed The Bunny
Last up on our list of sensory bin ideas is this cute rabbit feeder. Fill a container with blank beans to represent dirt before filling it up with cardboard carrot cutouts. Your kids will enjoy hours of fun feeding their bunny rabbits and replanting their crops.
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