20 Springtime Sensory Play Activities
Spring is in the air and I’m in the mood for a little Spring Sensory Play!
Sensory play is always in season in our house.
But I’m excited to get going with some Spring fun.
Don’t miss out on our other fun sensory activities for kids!
Books about Spring
When you’re done playing, enjoy these Books about Spring that are perfect for your kids!
And Then It’s Spring
Little Blue Truck’s Springtime: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
Welcome Spring (Little Scholastic)
Spring Parade: A Picture Book (Seasonal Parade)
Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever
Don’t Touch that Flower!: The Perfect Spring Book for Children and Toddlers (A Squirrel & Bird Book)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Spring (The World of Eric Carle)
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms: A Springtime Book For Kids
Or enjoy these Spring Board Books and Picture Books About Gardens with your toddlers. It’s the perfect way to tie in the holiday to your Spring activities!
Spring Sensory Play
Celebrate the season with spring sensory play that sparks curiosity and engages the senses through hands-on exploration.
10 Mud-Inspired Sensory Activities
​Explore a collection of ten engaging sensory activities inspired by mud, designed to provide children with hands-on, tactile experiences that stimulate their senses and creativity.
Spring Sensory Bins
Spring sensory bins provide a fun and engaging way for young children to explore seasonal themes while developing fine motor and cognitive skills.
Easter Sensory Bins
Easter sensory bins offer a hands-on way for kids to explore textures, colors, and holiday-themed surprises through playful, tactile activities.
March Madness Basketball Unit with Free Printables
​This March Madness Basketball Unit offers a collection of themed learning activities and free printables designed to engage children in educational fun during the basketball season.​
Fine Motor & Sensory Play {Necklace Making}
This Fine Motor & Sensory Play activity involves creating a necklace-making bin using colored pasta, foam shapes, and string, providing children with an enjoyable way to develop fine motor skills and engage in sensory exploration.
Sensory Table Print Making!
Introduce kids to art and sensory exploration by creating prints using a sensory table setup.
Sensory Garden Ideas for Children
A sensory garden is an outdoor space designed to stimulate all five senses -- sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste -- by incorporating elements like fragrant flowers, textured plants, colorful foliage, soothing water features, and edible herbs.
Rainbow Spring Sensory Paints
This activity offers a multisensory art experience by combining bright, textured paints with delightful scents, making it a fun and engaging project for children.​
Spring Flower Garden Sensory Play
Enhance your child's sensory development with engaging activities that stimulate touch, sight, sound, and smell.​
DIY Spring Sensory Bottles
Creating DIY spring sensory bottles offers a delightful way to engage children in sensory exploration, fostering curiosity and calmness through vibrant, hands-on experiences.​
Two ingredient bread dough
​This two-ingredient bread dough recipe offers a simple and fun way for kids to engage in baking, requiring only self-raising flour and yogurt to create a soft, no-knead dough that's perfect for making breadsticks, pizza bases, or savory scones.
Easter Sensory Play Activity Bin For Kids
Engage your child in a delightful sensory experience with a DIY spring-themed sensory bottle, combining vibrant colors and tactile elements to stimulate their senses and spark curiosity.​
Melting Insect Sensory Painting
This activity combines sensory play with art by using melting insects to create unique paintings.
Springtime Fun with Worms
Spring sensory activities offer a delightful way to engage children in hands-on learning, fostering creativity and exploration through tactile experiences.​
Rainbow Sensory Play for Toddlers, Babies, and Kids
Engage young learners in vibrant, hands-on sensory play with rainbow-colored materials that promote exploration and creativity.
St. Patrick's Day Cereal Sensory Play
Cereal is perfect for a sensory bin for the little ones because it’s edible, of course!
How to Create a Taste Safe Rainbow Sensory Bin
​This activity offers a fun and safe way for children to explore sensory play by using edible materials to create a rainbow-themed sensory bin.
Another Rainbow Bin {Alphabet Pasta}
This activity involves creating a sensory bin using alphabet pasta and rainbow-colored pasta, providing a tactile and educational experience for toddlers.
Birthday Cake Dough ~ sensory play recipe for kids
​This recipe offers a delightful, no-bake sensory play dough that mimics the texture and aroma of birthday cake, providing a fun and safe activity for children.
Making a Sensory Rainbow with Straws
​This activity demonstrates how to create a sensory rainbow using straws, offering a colorful and engaging way for children to explore colors and fine motor skills.
Easy Printable Spring Fun!
Celebrate the season of renewal and growth with printable spring fun for kids!
- Spring Building Bricks Mats
- 20 No-Prep Spring Activities
- Spring Flower Roll and Color Math Games
- 8 Spring Color Activities
- Spring Do a Dot Pack
- Spring I Spy ‘Flip’ Board Game
More Sensory Activity Ideas
Sensory play is a powerful way for children to learn, develop and engage with their surroundings, and it’s also a whole lot of fun!
Take your child on a sensory adventure that sparks imagination, creativity and learning.
- Sensory Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Easy Projects to Develop Fine Motor Skills, Hand-Eye Coordination, and Early Measurement Concepts
- The Ultimate Sensory Play Recipe Book: Learning Through Play
- Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids: 60 Easy Creative Play Projects That Boost Brain Development, Calm Anxiety and Build Fine Motor Skills
- Play to Progress: Lead Your Child to Success Using the Power of Sensory Play
- Sensory Adventures: A Guide to Increasing Literacy Through Sensory Play
- Playful Wonders: 50 Fun-Filled Sensory Play Activities
- The Book of Nature Connection: 70 Sensory Activities for All Ages
- 52 Weeks of Sensory Play










Thank you for sharing my Fine Motor & Sensory Play Necklace Making and Easter Sensory Play Bin! Have a wonderful week 🙂
Both such great ideas!!!
Thank you so much for including my Gardening post. This is a great resource!
Pinning for later — thanks for these links!
Thank you Jenny for including our insect sensory painting activity. 🙂
Wish I had thought of this one earlier when my boys were young tots. They would have loved it!
Thank you so much for hosting.
Thanks for hosting, Jenny!
I love the colored pasta. I need to try to make some for my youngest, I bet he would enjoy playing with it.
We love sensory play! I’ve pinned a bunch of these to my sensory play pinterest board so I’ll remember to give them a try next time we need a bit of stimulation. Thanks for including my sensory bread dough as well. xx
I could just smell your sensory bread dough, Danya! I also pinned your to my special needs site that focuses on sensory challenges in kids called The Sensory Spectrum. Always enjoy seeing what you’ll post next 🙂
I love getting ideas for my kids. I have a board where I pin all kinds of fun and educational stuff like this
Wow, some great ideas here. Sharing with my homeschooling friends. Thanks.
Thanks for passing it along. I can’t wait to get some of these out for my kiddos 🙂
This is such an awesome list! They’re all perfect for the warmer weather we’ve been having the past week or so!
Thanks for linking it up for Mom’s Library! It will be one of my features this week along with a few other Spring sensory activities 🙂
I’m so excited 🙂 Thanks for featuring my springtime sensory play activities post. I always love checking out Mom’s Library!