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Birthday Party Sensory Bin

By Sharla Kostelyk

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This week just for fun, we did a birthday party theme. It was a nice change of pace and easy to find activities for. I made a birthday party sensory bin to go with it. Birthday Party Sensory Bin #sensorybins #sensoryplay #kidsactivities

Birthday Party Sensory Bin:

Materials needed:

  • party hats
  • blowouts
  • streamers
  • party horns
  • happy birthday glasses
  • ribbon curls
  • clown nose
  • birthday candles

Just dump everything in a plastic bin. Let your child play. That’s it!I was able to find all of the items for this sensory activity at the Dollar Store. With all the bright colours, this bin provides great visual sensory input. This activity also gives tactile (touch) sensory input and if the kids rip or scrunch the streamers, it provides proprioceptive input too.

The kids enjoyed this sensory bin a fair bit although the candles got broken pretty quickly and the streamers didn’t last long either.

The kids mostly enjoyed wearing the hats and glasses. The clown noses were especially popular! They produced a lot of laughs.

Birthday books that would pair well with this sensory bin:

Happy Birthday to You!Happy Birthday to You!Happy Birthday to You!Big BirthdayBig BirthdayBig BirthdayHappy Birthday, Mouse!Happy Birthday, Mouse!Happy Birthday, Mouse!Birthday Monsters!Birthday Monsters!Birthday Monsters!How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday PartyScaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday PartyScaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party

If you’re doing a birthday party theme, you may also want to create this birthday cake sensory bin.  

 

 

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Filed Under: Sensory, Sensory Bins

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  1. Dawn says

    August 31, 2012 at 5:01 am

    What a fun theme! That would be a fun thing to do since we will not be able to afford the kids having out of the home birthday parties again this year. You are such a fun mom!
    Blessings, Dawn

  2. JDaniel4's Mom says

    August 31, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I will need to remember to read my son birthday books on his birthday! What a wonderful unit. Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.

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