Flower & Rice Sensory Bin
Flowers are a favorite spring theme for me and my girls. And sensory bins are loads of fun to have around.
This simple flower and rice sensory bin is easy to step and use with kids. You can have fun playing with the flowers and rice.
And this is a twist on one of our favorite sensory bins, the flower and water bead sensory bin.
The Flower and Rice Sensory Bin is a great addition to the flower activities and sensory bins on the site.
What is a sensory bin?
A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.
Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.
Flower and Rice Sensory Bin
The flower and rice sensory bin takes just seconds to set up. You have a rice base and then acrylic flowers in the sensory bin.
Flower Book to Read with the Sensory Bin
Flowers by Gail Gibbons is a great book to learn more about different flowers with kids. You have a lot of concepts that you can explore while reading the book.
What we used to make the Flower and Rice Sensory Bin
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Ways to Use the Flower and Rice Sensory Bin
There are loads of ways to play in sensory bins and I’ll share a few of our favorites. But this is for sensory play.
Play in the Flower & Rice Sensory Bin
As above this is for sensory play. And yes let kids play in sensory bins. They might make a mess but they are loads of fun to play in.
You can scoop and more and find flowers and more.
Sort the Colors of the Flowers
You can have a fun color sorting activity. You can see there are several different colors and some are similar colors as well.
They can make small piles of a the flowers in the bin.
After they have them sorting it is fun to mix the flowers back into the rice.
Make Shapes, Letters or Numbers
If you have not mixed the flowers back in the rice after sorting. Then use the rice to make shapes, letters and numbers.
You can see we made a square below. It is very simple and easy to do. And you can use flashcards to help as well.
Scoop and Pour the Rice & Flowers
A fun activity that we always love is scooping and pouring with rice sensory bins. You take scoops of the flowers and in your hands and then pour it back into the bin. Yes this might make a mess but that is okay.
You can do this over and over. It is fun to listen to the sound the rice and flowers make as they are poured back in the bin.
And Remember You Can Just Play
And a final reminder to just play in sensory bins. They are so much fun and kids can just enjoy the sensory play without any other activities
More Flower Activities for Kids
Flower Water Bead Sensory Bin is a great sensory bin for sensory play. You can great acrylic flowers and water beads for the sensory bin.
Flower Paper Plate Wreath is a great craft with oil pastels. Super simple and easy to make. You can color the flowers, punch out the flower and decorate the wreath.
Flower No-Prep Weekly Packs is a set of no-prep packs with 5 day of printables and 4 pages for each day. They have a mix of math and language for each grade level. There are six levels of pack to pick from Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.
Tulip Fine Motor Mat Printables has two types of tulips that kids can trace, color and dot. You have a beginning level and a more advance set of flowers for working on fine motor skills.
Flower Number Tracing Strips has numbers from 0 to 20. You have a number writing example and then several numbers to trace on each number tracing strip.
Check out all the fun Flower Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Check out all the fun Sensory Bin Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com