This simple Christmas sensory bag was literally made with items from my craft bin. My daughter wanted a holiday themed sensory bag to include in her Christmas Calm Down Kit. I grabbed a medium sized resealable bag, threw in some things from the craft box, sealed it, and gave it to my daughter. It was so easy to make.
What I like about this particular sensory bag is that it makes a scrunchy sound when you squish it. It also has a few different textures in the bag so it offers tactile, visual and auditory sensory experiences.
Simple Christmas Sensory Bag:
Materials needed:
- medium sized resealable bag
- Christmas coloured crinkly paper shreds
- green sparkly pompoms
- felt snowflakes
To assemble this Christmas sensory bag, open the resealable bag, fill it half to three quarters full with the coloured paper shreds and then add the other items. Remove the excess air from the bag and seal.
You could also add jingle bells, Christmas foam shapes, dry rice, red and green beads, pieces of holiday coloured pipe cleaner, scraps of tissue paper, or holiday confetti shapes. This is one of those projects where you can just rummage through your craft supplies and add anything.
Depending on the age and ability of the child who is using this, you may want to use duct tape to firm up the seal so that they can’t open it and pull out the contents which could be choking hazards for younger kids. You can finds all kinds of Christmasy duct tape to make it look more festive. Of course, as with all sensory activities, adult supervision should be used.
Get 175 sensory activity ideas in convenient printable lists which are ideal for using in the home, classroom or in a therapeutic setting.
I’m really happy with how this turned out. I used dry black beans as the base to represent the darkness of the night when Jesus was born. I wanted to use a round container this time to make the sensory bin just as a change from the rectangular ones that I usually use.
This O Holy Night Nativity Sensory Bin is an effective way to reinforce the Christmas story with your kids. It pairs well with many children’s books that tell of Jesus’ birth.
A few years ago, when I put together our 
Christmas Gifts Sensory Bin:
It was amusing for me when the Trolls fad came around again now that I’m raising my own kids. When they made the Trolls movie, it brought back memories of my troll doll collection. I wish I had held onto some of those dolls for my kids. Though I may not still have my troll dolls to pass down to my daughters, I was able to make them this simple Trolls Sensory Bag for them to play with.
As with all sensory play activities, adult supervision is required. When you are finished with this sensory bag, the erasers can simply be washed off and used as erasers.
Money Sensory Bag
You can also seal the bag fully by using duct tape such as this 
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Going outside in the winter isn’t my favourite thing. Some of my kids completely love the winter. For one of them, the colder, the better. For the ones that feel the way I do about the cold though, I have to be creative in coming up with enticing ideas to get them to stay active in the winter. Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean that their need for sensory input goes away so it’s important to find ways to create winter sensory activities.
