22 Fun Christmas Sensory Play Activities

Inside: 22 fun Christmas sensory play activities that toddlers and preschoolers will love!

I just love this time of year. I always have! There is such a wide variety of Christmas sensory play activities for toddlers and preschoolers!

While my co-teacher and I were planning our December curriculum, I was thinking about how we could add some sensory in more areas than just the sensory bin. You caught a glimpse of this when I shared my collection of 5 senses activities.

So, I went to my Pinterest page. (Yeah, I’m just a little bit addicted. Okay, a lot.) I thought I would share with you some fun ideas that I think all preschoolers would love this month!

22 Fun Christmas Sensory Play Activities

• Use your sense of hearing while making fun jingle bell instruments.
• Add silver and gold watercolors instead of food coloring to make festive silver and gold play dough. (Craftulate)
• Involve your sense of touch and hearing by painting with jingle bells.
• Experience different textures while creating paper mache Christmas ornaments for the tree. (Buggy and Buddy)
• Use painters tape to make a sticky sensory tree. (How Wee Learn)
• Dye rice red and green and add some peppermint extract to make a fun Christmas sensory bin. (Stir the Wonder)

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• The hands will love the feeling of  Santa slime! (Growing a Jeweled Rose)
• The room will smell so yummy when you make a batch of gingerbread play dough.
• Strengthen fine motor skills with this peppermint writing activity. (Fun Littles)
• The room will sound like Christmas after making jingle bell noise makers. (Meri Cherry)
• Involve the nose by making Christmas sensory cards. (A Little Learning for Two)

• If you have bubble wrap available, make some sensory trees. (The Empowered Educator)
• Gold food coloring and glitter make a sensory delight for the hands and eyes. (The Imagination Tree)
• Learn with Play at Home has a shivery snow sensory bin that truly is cold!
• Read the book “The Sweet Snow of Christmas” and fill a tray of items that smell like Christmas. (Teach Preschool)
• Delight your sense of touch by making a foam geoboard tree. (Fun-a-Day)

• Create a Christmas sensory book for younger children. (Life Over C’s)
• Add some science to your sensory play with a melting Christmas tree baking soda activity. (Little Bins for Little Hands)
• Make some Santa binoculars so you can enjoy the sights of Christmas! (Meri Cherry)
• Put together jingle boxes for some fun Christmas listening games. (Nurturestore)
• Explore peppermint scented paint with your fingers. (Growing Hands-On Kids)

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