Ocean Button Sensory Bin

A simple ocean button sensory bin for kids. We love the ocean theme during the summer. It is always fun. And this simple ocean sensory bin is fun for kids.

We used a mix of ocean animals and buttons. The ocean sensory bin is easy to setup and loads of fun for kids to play in.

The ocean button sensory bin is great for kids in prek and kindergarten.

Ocean Button Sensory Bin - a simple and fun sensory bin with buttons for the filler and ocean animals, A great summer sensory bin that is easy to set up. - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Ocean Button Sensory Bin is a great addition to the ocean activities and sensory bins on the site.

What is a sensory bin?

A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.

Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.

Ocean Button Sensory Bin

The ocean button sensory bin is a simple to set up sensory bin. it has a button filler and different types of ocean animals. We used two sets of Ocean Toobs to make this sensory bin.

The buttons are a no food filler and can be different sizes to make sure the size of buttons are okay for kids. We use the sensory bin for kids in prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6). But remember only kids might like the sensory bin as well.

Ocean Book to Read with the Ocean Button Sensory Bin

Commotion in the Ocean is a favorite book for us. We love reading the book. The poems are fun and there are so many great ocean animals in the book.

What we used to make the Ocean Button Sensory Bin

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blue button mix
ocean toob – mix of ocean animals
coral reef toob – another mix of ocean animals
paper bin with lid

Ocean Button Sensory Bin - a simple and fun sensory bin with button for the filler and ocean animals, A great summer sensory bin that is easy to set up. - 3Dinosaurs.com

Be sure that the kids are old enough not to put the buttons in their mouth.

Ways to Use the Ocean Button Sensory Bin

you will see a few ways to use the ocean button sensory bin. And remember these are just ideas. And you can do something different and that is okay!

Play in the Ocean Button Sensory Bin

Sensory bins are for sensory play and adding different items to the same theme can be fun. You can play in the ocean animals with the buttons. The buttons change up the sensory bin from an ocean rice sensory bin.

And if all you do is play in the sensory bin then that is okay!

Matching the Same Ocean Animals

You can have a little fun with looking and exploring the different ocean animals. If you need to know names they are on the back of each ocean animal.

You can have fun by having them match similar ocean animals. So that sharks are all together in one area. You can also talk about ocean animals that might no have a match in the sets.

You could also change it up and ask for different ocean animals in the sensory bin. You can say does the sensory bin have octopus? And then they find the octopi’s in the sensory bin.

Finding Buttons That Are The Same

You can also change it up and challenge them to dig through he sensory bin and find buttons that are the same shape and same color. With the big mix of buttons you might five several of each button.

You can see four buttons that we found that were the same.

Making Letters Or Shapes

A fun idea we do every now and then is challenge kids to make letters or numbers out of the items in the sensory bin. You can see we made the letter A with a few different letters. This is a fun way to add a little learning and challenge kids to make letters, numbers or shapes with items in the sensory bin.

Always Remember to Play in Sensory Bins

In the end just play in the sensory bin is okay. There are so many fun way to play and explore this fun button and ocean animal sensory bin.

And remember that only kids might like the sensory bin as well!

More Ocean Activities for Kids

Ocean No-Prep Weekly Packs has 6 grade level weekly packs. They have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day. They are made to just print and use. They have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.

Looking for a fun sensory bin? Check out this Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin. We have a blast with this one and have done it many times.

The Ocean Pack and have over 60 pages of activities for an ocean theme. You can see lots of fun printables to do. This is great for ages 2 to 8.

Learn some shapes with the Hands-On Shape Sorting with Ocean Fish. You have four shape sorting mats and four shapes for sorting: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle. This is a great preschool ocean printable. And a good review of shapes for kindergarten.

Ocean Rice And Rock Sensory Bin is a fun sensory bin with a rice filler. You have ocean animals with blue acrylic rocks. A simple sensory bin for any ocean theme.

Fish Fine Motor Mats has three different types of fish for kids to dot, trace and color. A great fine motor ocean printable you can do during the summer.

Ocean Sensory Bin is a fun hands-on sensory learning. This is a fun way to learn about the fish and have sensory at the same time. This is a fun sensory bin with beans that you can use with kids.

Check out all the fun Ocean & Beach Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.