Spring is here, and with the season comes lots of sights, sounds, and textures. A great way to introduce your children to the wonders of Spring is through spring-themed sensory play activities! Sensory play is a great way to engage your child’s senses, improve their motor skills, and encourage exploration. In this blog, we’ve got some ideas for different types of sensory activities you can create for your little ones!

Sensory Bins & Tables

Spring Creature Bin: Fill a bin with soil, sand, or dried beans, and add in toy bugs, worms, and frogs for digging and exploring.

Flower Garden Bin: Use dried black beans or dyed rice as a base, combined with artificial flowers, plastic pots, and gardening tools.

Bird Nest Bin: Create a textured bin with shredded paper, twigs, cotton balls, and small toy birds.

Art & Sensory Crafts

Rainstick Craft: Decorate cardboard tubes and fill them with dried beans to create the sound of spring rain.

Flower Petal Sensory Bag: A mess-free option where flowers and water are sealed in a plastic bag for squishing.

Pasta Craft: Dye pasta in pastel colors and have children string them together. Your child can string them to wear as jewelry, or you can string them together to create a wind chime.

Outdoor & Exploration

Nature Walks: Take walks to feel different textures like grass, pavement, sand, or soil and smell flowers or rain.

Planting Seeds: A hands-on activity with soil and seeds, or, for a simpler version, growing beans on wet cotton balls.

Garden Yoga/Movement: Play, “Simon Says” with spring actions like “hop like a frog” or “crawl like a caterpillar”. 

Sensory Bottles

Flower Bottle: Fill a clear bottle with water, glitter, and fake flowers.

Bug Bottle: Fill a clear bottle with dyed rice or dry beans as dirt and plastic bugs.

Rain Bottle: Fill a clear bottle with water, chunky blue glitter, and white tinsel pom poms for clouds.