Today in this blog post I’m giving you 7 free Christmas sensory bins that are perfect to work on a range of skills with your students. I love to include a variety of edible items in my sensory bins with my students.. So you’ll find that a lot of my sensory bin set-ups include food and drinks.
This is because I’ve seen the benefits over my years of teaching of exposing my students to food and drink in safe settings.. Like with sensory bins.. And how this has helped them to grow their confidence around new food/drink.
Below you will find instructions, photos and videos about each of the 7 Christmas sensory bins that you can download for free to use with your students. At the bottom of this blog post you’ll find a link to download these sensory bin activities for free!
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1. Hot Chocolate Sensory Bin
Materials Needed;
- Hot cocoa powder.
- Milk. (I use a toy!) (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Mini marshmallows.
- Large marshmallows.
- Small candy canes.
- Large candy canes.
- Chocolate chips.
- Christmas takeaway cups.
- Jumbo tweezers. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Scoops. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- IKEA sensory bin.
- Task cards. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
2. Mrs. Claus’ Cookie Kitchen
Materials Needed
- Sugar for base.
- Small cookies.
- Large cookies.
- Chocolate chips.
- IKEA Sensory Bin and Table.
- Peg Dolls. (Click here to visit Little Wooden Peg Town. Use code JOSEPH10 for 10% off!)
- Task cards. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
3. The Nutcracker
Materials Needed
- Walnuts.
- Nutcracker figures.
- Nutcracker tool. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Sensory bin. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Task cards. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
4. Christmas Tree Farm
Materials Needed
- Trees in 2 sizes. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Sugar for base.
- Sensory bin. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Task cards. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
5. Big and Small Candy Canes
Materials Needed
- Small candy canes.
- Large candy canes.
- Sorting pages. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
6. Decorate the Christmas Tree
Materials Needed
- Pom-poms.
- Jumbo tweezers. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Christmas tree pages. (Free download at the bottom of this blog post.)
7. Making Christmas Lights
Materials Needed
- Pom-poms.
- Jumbo tweezers. (USA Link. UK Link.)
- Task cards. (Free download at the bottom of the page.)
If you want these 7 Christmas sensory bins for free, you can download them by clicking here.
More Christmas Activities
- Free Santa Star Visual Recipe
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Nikki
