10 Delightful Christmas Sensory Bins
Christmas Sensory Bins give kiddos a chance to take in the Christmas experience by getting a more rounded experience of the holiday while practicing their fine motor skills.
Christmas time brings so many sights and smells. Little ones often learn through the entire sensory experience with sensory bins — including touch!
Get more Christmas inspiration — including Christmas recipes, holiday crafts and children’s activities.
Recommended Christmas Books
When you’re done playing, snuggle up and enjoy these recommended Christmas Books with your child.
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas: Includes Sticker Sheet!The Night Before Christmas HardcoverHow Winston Delivered ChristmasLittle Blue Truck’s Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
Bear Stays Up for ChristmasA Very Fiona Christmas (A Fiona the Hippo Book)Construction Site on Christmas NightThe Berenstain Bears’ Night Before Christmas
Printable Christmas Fun!
Unwrap a delightful assortment of printable Christmas treasures and fun!
- Christmas Coloring Pages
- Minute To Win It Games
- Christmas Word Searches
- Christmas Candy Dice Game
- Christmas I Spy Games
- Christmas Word Scrambles
- Santa Says Interactive Game
- Elf Coloring Pages for Kids
- Christmas Mazes
- Christmas Dot to Dot Pages
- December Mystery Puzzles
Christmas Blocks, Gingerbread House Building Blocks
6 Pack Christmas Squishy ToysChristmas Train Set- Around The Christmas Tree with Real Smoke, Music & LightsDIY Felt Christmas Tree Set
Christmas Sensory Bins
Take this “Find The Magnetic Letter” Christmas Sensory Bin Game is the perfect mix of fun and education.
This was one of the kids' favorite activities last season – a sticky Christmas tree to decorate! Super simple and lots of learning can be added. Counting, colour or size sorting, and patterning can all easily come into play
Watching kids as they dig into it the first time is always so much fun. I am always intrigued by the different ways the kids utilize the elements of the Christmas bin.
Make a musical sensory bin this Christmas for you kids to play with. This jingle bell sensory bin is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
The whole house will smell like Christmas with this simple pine needle sensory bin small world play.
Dye some red and green rice and scented it with peppermint extract. Dying rice is really easy. Just pour some rice into a seal-able plastic bag, add splash of rubbing alcohol and a squirt of food dye.
A peppermint sensory salt writing tray for preschoolers, an interactive Christmas activity to do this holiday!
Dig through this Christmas button sensory bin. One way to play is to fill the cup with the different colored buttons.
It's easy to pull this holiday sensory bin together with just a trip to your dollar tree.
Have a fun-filled winter experience with this Homemade Snow Sensory Play.
These are all excellent ideas. My favorite one is the bin that had the small pinecones and tree branches. After all Christmas just isn’t the same without a Christmas tree. Thank you for sharing these brilliant ideas.
I agree that I love that one, too.
Thanks for including our sensory activity and for the link back to us. 🙂
Great sensory bin! And so glad to pass on the good blogging karma.
So many great ideas!