Nativity Sensory Bag

I have to admit that I *may* have gone a bit overboard this year when it comes to creating nativity sensory activities after discovering the most adorable little buttons. And that is how the idea for this Nativity Sensory Bag came about.

I first used the buttons in our Nativity Sensory Bottle and then in our Nativity Slime (which turned out even better than I had imagined) before they were used to create this simple sensory bag.

Nativity Sensory Bag:

Supplies needed:

medium sized resealable plastic bag
liquid hand soap
unicorn glitter
mini nativity figure buttons
mini Good Shepherd figure buttons
optional: duct tape

Nativity buttons The Good Shepherd buttons Unicorn Chunky Glitter PLAYMOBIL Nativity Christmas in the Manger book

Directions:

Squeeze hand soap into the resealable plastic bag to a little over half full.
Add the glitter. We used two colours.
Set the small nativity figure buttons on top.
Seal the bag shut and squish to mix everything together.
If you will be using this with younger children, you may want to fold duct tape over all sides of the bag to ensure that it can’t be opened. You can use holiday duct tape to make it look more appealing.

Remember that as with all sensory activities, adult supervision and common sense should be used.

Sensory and Learning Opportunities:

This activity engages the visual, tactile, and proprioceptive sensory systems. If your child is old enough to help with creating the sensory bag, squeezing the liquid soap into the bag provides additional proprioceptive feedback.

Your child can play with their Nativity Sensory Bag while listening to the Christmas story. This will improve their focus and retention. They can also additionally engage with the story by finding the people in the bag as they have come into the narration.