Kinetic Sand Arctic Animals Sensory Bin

Sensory bins have always been apart of our sensory play at our house. We love doing them. They are loads of fun for kids to play in.

I love having them a part of our different themes. I also love sensory bins that are easy to put together.

Today’s arctic themed sensory bin is one of those easy bins to put together and loads of fun to kids to play in.

Kinetic Sand Arctic Animals Themed Sensory Bin - a fun small play sensory bin for the arctic animals with glass gems, arctic toob and kinetic sand - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Kinetic Sand Arctic Animals Sensory Bin is a great addition to the polar animals 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.

Kinetic Sand Arctic Animals Themed Sensory Bin

Every year we do different themed sensory bins that we have out for a while. And the arctic animals one is great for the winter.

Plus I love the small world play you have with these bins. It is great for all ages to just play and explore.

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Arctic Book to read with the Artic Animals Sensory Bin

I love reading the book Amazing Arctic Animals with this sensory bin. It is an easy way to explore the some of the animals from the bin.

What you need for the Arctic Sensory Bin

How we played with the Arctic Sensory Bin

here are a few ideas to do with the arctic animals sensory bin.

Start with out Playing in the Artic animals Sensory Bin

We always have fun with these bins and yes I say we because I join my girls in playing in them. It was fun to see her start our play and how she would set up the animals, sand, and glass beads.

Sort the Arctic Animals Land vs. Water

We did a sorting activity for land vs water animals. This was fun to talk about what types of animals live in the water vs can go in the water.

Make Tracks with all the Land Animals

Because Safari Ltd Arctic TOOB has realistic feet on the animals it is fun to see the tracks they can make. You can see the detail they put into their figures.

She made tracks with all the animals on land and left the animals where they ended making their trek across the snow.

You could also make tracks with this arctic playdough recipe. Another way to change up the sensory bin with playdough instead of sand.

Change up the Land the Water with the Glass Gems and Kinetic Sand

One of my favorite parts of these types of sensory bins is that they can mix up how the layout of the sand and beads. They can make their own arctic scenes.

You can even make a scene for just one of the animals from the toob. It is fun to see how creative they can be.

And remember to always just play in the sensory bins!

Check out these Arctic and Polar Animal Activities For Kids

Arctic Animals Weekly No-Prep Packs has 6 grade level options with PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. You have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day.

You can make your own Chalk Polar Bear with this fun painting activity. You have a mix of chalk pastels and paint for this fun craft.

Arctic Animals Easy Reader Book has 9 arctic animals for kids learn names in simple sentences. This is a great kindergarten and prek easy reader book.

Arctic Pack has several animals for you to learn with. The Arctic pack is a great artic animal pack for Tot, Preschool, and Kindergarten.

Antarctic Sensory Bin has all the animals from the Antarctic plus a rice and blue rock filler. A simple way to explore animals that live there.

Check out all the fun Polar Animals Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.