Polar Sensory Bin

Ooooooh YES, it’s messy!

(but so much fun, Mom!)

We couldn’t possibly do a polar unit study without a polar sensory bin, could we?

Above is a picture of the one I put together for my crew. I used Insta-Snow as the base material, and added metal and plastic spoons, colored flat marbles, a couple of animals from our Ocean TOOB , the globe from the top of the Toob packaging, some test tubes & mini petri dishes that we'd used before, and some small winter themed tubs.

So that was toobs, tubes, & tubs. Got it? ;)

The Insta-Snow is a bit messy, but with that comes some unique possibilities.
These southern boys got to make snowballs!

And scoop, and pour

And mold, and dig, & bury their fingers

and generally make….

  

a mess themselves smile!
Which makes this mama smile.

(The Insta-Snow actually does vacuum up really easily.)


Do you enjoy sensory bins in your home?
If so, what have been some of your favorites?

Planning on sharing this post at one or more of the following places:

Tot School @ 1+1+1=1, Tree Valley Academy

Hearts for Home Blog Hop, Learn & Play LinkUp, Littles Learning LinkUp
& Everything Early Childhood