Over the next 2 months I am working hard to prep a bunch of kiddo activities to keep my toddlers busy while I am in my little newborn bubble. I am fully expecting 3 kids under the age of 3 to be absolute chaos so I am focusing on doing anything I can to make life a little bit easier while I’m in the trenches. This includes prepping several different sensory bins to cycle through to give the toddlers some novel experiences while I can hopefully just zone out on the couch and enjoy baby snuggles 👶🏻
My 2.5 year old has been very into making pretend dinners for us, so much so that she even sets the table, often using mini pie dishes she got from the baking cabinet as plates 😂 It is the cutest thing ever so I figured she would like a sensory bins based off of cooking/assembling meals.
I hope this goes without saying but ALWAYS watch your kids while they are playing with any of these sensory supplies. While I make careful choices about what to include in these to minimize chocking hazards or risk, children should always be observed to ensure safe playing.
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Supplies
I used yarn and pompom balls that I already had on hand so all I had to buy for this was the cooking tools. I was already going to get some kitchen toys for my kids eventually so it didn’t feel like much of an added expense to create this sensory bin. I love using existing toys when I make experiences like this for my kids and am excited for the kids to have the cooking tools to play with long after they move on from this sensory bin.
I hope your kiddos love this activity as much as I expect mine to! If you make this yourself or some variation on it let me know. You can also check out my IG reel sharing this sensory bin here.
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