Need a fun Christmas Sensory Idea? Check out this Easy Gingerbread Sensory Bin for Christmas!
This easy sensory activity is perfect little learners during holiday season.
It encourages creativity, pretend play, and it’s a fun way to help young children develop fine motor skills.
My kids loved this Gingerbread sensory bin. They had so much fun creating their own gingerbread houses and of course enjoying plenty of imaginative play.
Some of you might be wondering….
What is a Sensory Bin?
A Sensory Bin is a plastic container, box, or sensory table that is filled items that stimulate the senses and encourage imaginative play.
Most sensory bins have a base filler to scoop, stir, or pour like dry corn, white rice, beans, kinetic sand, or water.
Many sensory bins have a theme like Farm, Christmas, or Winter.
Benefits of Sensory Play
According to Good Start Learning, some of the incredible benefits of sensory bins are:
- It helps with language skills and problem solving skills.
- Kids can work on fine motor skill development.
- Sensory play can also help build brain connections, destress and regulate.
There’s so many amazing reasons to do sensory activities. To me, as a mom of 4, the best reason of all is that sensory play is so much fun that it has provided hours upon hours of pretend play for my kids!
Supplies to make this Gingerbread Sensory Bin
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You will need the following items to make this cute Gingerbread Christmas sensory bin:
- Sensory bin or box – I like to use a large under the bed storage plastic container
- Green Split Peas (we used several small bags from a local store to fill our large container)
- Foam Gingerbread House Craft Kit
- Foam Christmas Candy Stickers
- Red Striped Chenille Pipe Cleaners
- Pom Poms
- Tongs – we love the tongs from this set
- Wooden Scoops
- Measuring cups
- Cinnamon Sticks
How to make an Easy Gingerbread Sensory Bin
Let’s get starting making our Christmas Gingerbread sensory bin!
First, fill your large sensory bin with green split peas. Next, add the Christmas Gingerbread House pieces and candy stickers.
You can either let the stickers dry out by removing the backing several days in advance, or you can stick them to paper and cut them out.
Then I added various Christmas colored pom poms. You might like to get sparkly ones or use different colors. I also included some candy cane striped chenille stems that I cut in half and twisted into a candy cane shape.
Last, I added some tongs and wooden scoops for scooping, pouring, and imaginative play.
My kids LOVED this Christmas sensory bin.
They loved playing with the gingerbread men and decorating the gingerbread houses. This is such a great way for kids to build their hand-eye coordination and be creative!
More Christmas Sensory Activities for Kids
Looking for more Christmas sensory bin activities? Here’s some fun holiday ideas for your sensory tables that will inspire creativity and imaginative play!
This Hot Chocolate Sensory Bin is so much fun. Kids will be so busy serving up cup after cup of hot cocoa!
Need a fun idea for winter? This Snowman Sensory Bin is the perfect addition to your winter theme.
There’s a fun Christmas Tree Sensory Bin here. It’s sure to spark creativity and provides the opportunity for plenty of open-ended play.
Plus, you can find all the sensory bins on my site here with this big list of Sensory Bin Ideas!
More Christmas Activities for Kids
Working on your Christmas lesson plans? Here’s some fun activities that are perfect for Christmas season!
If you want another idea for a gingerbread theme, be sure to check out this Disguise a Gingerbread man craft. Kids will love creating their own unique gingerbread people.
Also, you can find some cute Gingerbread Man theme Coloring Pages. These will be a big hit and go perfectly with your gingerbread activities.
There’s some free Santa Coloring Pages here. Perfect for your Christmas parties and holiday kids tables.
Find a fun Preschool Candy Cane Craft with a free printable candy cane template.
There’s a cute Cotton Ball Santa Craft here. Preschoolers will enjoy adding cotton balls to the Santa printable to make a fluffy beard.
Check out the sweet Reindeer Headband Craft here. It’s a great addition to your Christmas unit for preschool or kindergarten students.
Want to save this Gingerbread sensory table idea for later? Pin the image below to your Christmas Preschool Activities board on Pinterest.
