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Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

December 20, 2019 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Add a star theme to your Christmas sensory play with this quick and easy idea! Toddlers and preschoolers will have fun with all the different textures while scooping, pouring, and sorting. A great way to work on those fine motor skills!

This Christmas sensory play activity has so much going on, and yet it’s really easy to assemble!

We use our favorite dyed rice recipe (I go into detail in my pom pom sensory play post), add different types of stars, and it’s ready to go!

The best part of this activity is all the different textures, sizes, and fine motor going on.

Toddlers and preschoolers love this hands-on idea!

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

Can I just say again how much I love paper mâché boxes?

Earlier this month we loved our gingerbread boxes, and in February we will once again play with our heart boxes.

Year after year our toddlers and preschoolers love anything with lids.

There’s something about filling a container and snapping on the lid.

Over and over again.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

This time around I wanted to include some size discrimination.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

I found wooden stars in different sizes that all fit into the paper mâché boxes.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

And then I added bug tongs and scoops to move everything around.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

This resulted in a hands-on activity that had multiple children enjoying at once!

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

Supplies Used with this Christmas Sensory Play Activity

Paper mâché star boxes

Wood stars in assorted sizes

Dyed rice (we also tossed in some macaroni as well for more texture)

Bug tongs

Scoops

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

Instructions

Pour dyed rice into a sensory bin (or some sort of container with edges).

Add the paper mâché boxes, stars, tongs and scoops.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

The Invitation

After singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star using our star sticks, we talked about the shape of the star.

As the children gathered around the Christmas sensory play table, I asked them to find the stars. Which ones were big? How about small?

Stars were scooped and moved into the boxes, along with the rice.

And, of course, they were dumped.

Because that is what this age group loves most.

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

We enjoyed this star sensory bin all week during our Christmas theme. But you know what? It would be a great addition to the space theme, too!

Christmas Sensory Play Activity with Stars

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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