Rainbow Button Sensory Bin

Rainbows are a great theme for the spring and Saint Patrick’s Day. And this simple rainbow button sensory bin is great for kids to play in. And they will love all the different colors of the buttons.

A great color sensory bin and a great rainbow theme. Kids will love scooping and playing in this easy to make sensory bin. This took less than a minute to set up the sensory bin.

And then kids can explore different colors in the sensory bin. You can use this sensory bin with kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten.

Rainbow Button Sensory Bin - a simple button sensory bin with a rice filler. You have buttons in the colors of the rainbow mixed in with the rice in the sensory bin. A simple and easy sensory bin to set up. - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Rainbow Button Sensory Bin is a great addition to the rainbow 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.

Rainbow Button Sensory Bin

The rainbow button sensory bin is a simple sensory bin with a rice filler and 6 colors of buttons. It is super simple to set up and use. And the buttons can be used with different themes throughout the year as well.

You can use this sensory bin with kids in preschool (ages 4), prek (ages 4 to 5), and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).

We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission.

Rainbow Book to read with the Rainbow Sensory Bin

What Makes a Rainbow? is a super fun book for kids. You have a ribbon for each color of the rainbow as you read. And you see loads of different colors on each page.

Another fun book is A Rainbow of My Own. A fun book about a boy imagining what is would be like to have his own rainbow to play with. It is fun to see the colors and creativity in the book.

What we used to make the Rainbow Button Sensory Bin

These are all the items we use the make the rainbow button sensory bin. You can find links to Amazon below.

Always remember to watch younger kids who might put the buttons in their mouth. It is always important to watch sensory play when you have smaller items.

Ways to Use the Rainbow Button Sensory Bin

You are going to see some ways to use the rainbow button sensory bin with kids.

Play in the Sensory Bin

A great part of a sensory bin should be just playing in the sensory bin. This can help some kids who need sensory play.

They can play around, look at the button colors, they can scoop and pour with kids. Anything they can think of that helps them with their sensory needs.

Sort the Color of the Rainbow

A fun activity you can do in the rainbow button sensory bin is to sort the colors of the buttons. You can sort the button in the sensory bin or outside the sensory bin. You can do which works best for your kids.

You can have them tell in the color of the button as they sort them.

After the buttons are sorted you could ask them to give you a color and a number of how many buttons they should give you. An example would be can you give me three red button.

You could have some older kids do addition this way They could give you two colors of buttons and add them up. Then you take away a color and talk about how many of the buttons are left. And example would be can you give me three red buttons and four purple buttons. How many button do you have? They would say seven. Then you take three red button away and how many buttons do you have?

Just a fun idea you can do with kids after you sort the colors.

Make a Rainbow with the Buttons

You can also make a rainbow in the sensory bin. You can tell them the color order if kids are just starting out with learning about rainbow, or have older kids tell you the order of colors. Then you make the rainbow in the sensory bin.

Make Letters, Numbers, and Shapes in the Sensory Bin

You can also use the buttons to make letters, numbers and shapes. You can tell them the letter and then they can make the letter.

You can see we make the letter r for rainbows.

You can use the number wall cards, ABC wall cards, or shapes wall cards to help with building the formation of the letters, numbers or shapes.

And Remember to just Play in a Sensory Bin

And always just play in the sensory bin. They are there for sensory play and kids will have loads of fun playing in the sensory bin.

And if the sensory bin is a mess that is totally okay. They are meant to be messed up and use for sensory play. We often use cups or sensory scoops in sensory bin.

More Rainbow Activities for Kids

Rainbow Water Bead Sensory Bin is a great way to explore the colors of the rainbow with sensory play. Kids can find different colors and see if they can find all the colors from the rainbow.

Torn Paper Glitter Rainbow Craft has a blue construction paper background with a torn paper glitter rainbow that is simple to make with kids.

Tissue Paper Rainbow is a great way to brighten up a window during spring. It is great rainbow to have in your window.

Rainbow Watercolor Pencil Painting is a great way to change up painting and see how much kids can fun with watching colors spread and mix with watercolor pencils.

Sequencing: Seeing A Rainbow has four steps in seeing a rainbow. A simple and easy way to work on the order of events to see a rainbow with clip cards, easy reader books, task cards and more.

Romping & Roaring R Pack: Rainbow is a super easy rainbow letter r pack for kids to work on. You have rainbow coloring pages, rainbow matching puzzles, rainbow prewriting and more in the letter r is for rainbow pack.

Rainbow Number Dot Marker & Counting has numbers 0 to 20 with color and black and white options. You have a number marker number and then matching dots on the rainbow to count

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