You can use the blue and green button sensory bin for preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten.<\/p>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin.jpg\")
<\/div>\nThe Earth Day Button Sensory Bin is a great addition to the Earth Day activities<\/a> and sensory bins<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.<\/p>\n This is a simple blue and green sensory bin for Earth Day. You have blue buttons and green buttons in the sensory bin. we used rice as the filled for the sensory bin. We use a paper bin for the size of the sensory bin.<\/p>\n A great book to read is Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years<\/a>. It has lots of fun information about the Earth. It is also in a great planet series. Stephanie Manka Schuttler also have a second book called My First Book of Earth: All About Our Planet for Kids<\/a> that is also another great Earth Book. Both are great to read with kids and learn more fact and information about our planet.<\/p>\n We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n These are just ideas and remember that there is no one right way to use a sensory bin.<\/p>\n Sensory play is important for kids. You can let kids just play in sensory bin. They are not meant to perfect and kept looking nice. They are made to be mess and played in.<\/p>\n Let kids make a mess in the sensory bin. They will enjoy just playing.<\/p>\n A fun activity is scooping and pouring the buttons and rice in the bin. You can do this with your hands or with a cup or sensory scoops<\/a>. <\/p>\n It is fun to listen to the rice and buttons as they hit the bin again. And yes this cab make a mess. But that is okay. You should let them make a mess. If you are working put a sheet or town under the bin to make cleaning up the rice easier.<\/p>\n You can have kid sort that colors in the sensory bin. You can have them pick if they sort the buttons in the sensory bin or outside the sensory bin.<\/p>\n You can talk about the blue is the ocean and the green of the ground. A great fine motor skill for sorting and color recognition.<\/p>\n For older kids challenge them with letters, shapes, and numbers! You can tell them a letter and have them make it. You could do a letter from their number, a letter they are working, number of the day, circles for the shape of the Earth and more!<\/p>\n And if all you do is play in the sensory bin then have you done amazing! Kids love play and just letting them play is as important as other types learning.<\/p>\n And yes older kids can use sensory bins as well. Don’t limit sensory play to just kids in preschool and kindergarten.<\/p>\n Watercolor Process Art Green Tree Painting<\/a> are great for Earth Day and Arbor day. It is fun to watch the watercolor spread for this activity.<\/p>\n Blue And Green Sensory Bin<\/a> is a simple earth color sensory bin that kids can play in for Earth Day. And it is super easy to set up and use.<\/p>\n Tree & Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin<\/a> has a fun sand and tree bin you can use for Arbor Day or even Earth Day.<\/p>\n Paper Roll Stamped Earth<\/a> was a great project using paper rolls. Super fun and creative way to make an earth craft.<\/p>\n Tree & Rice Sensory Bin<\/a> is a simple sensory bin with trees and rice. It takes under 30 seconds to set up and works great for Arbor Day.<\/p>\n Check out all the fun Earth Day Activities & Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n Check out all the fun Sensory Bin Activities<\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Green and Blue Button Sensory Bin is a simple sensory bin for Earth Day or an Earth theme. You have rice with blue buttons and green buttons added for the sensory play. It takes less than a minute to set up this color sensory bin for Earth Day. 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is a sensory bin?<\/h2>\n
Earth Day Button Sensory Bin<\/h2>\n
Earth Books to Read with Blue and Green Button Sensory Bin<\/h2>\n
\n![\"Earth!](\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/earth-my-first-billion-years-book-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\nMy](\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/my-first-earth-book-300x300.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWhat we used to make the Earth Day Blue and Green Button Sensory Bin<\/h2>\n
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![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\nWays to Use the Earth Day Green and Blue Button Sensory Bin<\/h2>\n
Play in the Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin2.jpg\")
<\/div>\nScoop and Pour with Hands<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin3.jpg\")
<\/div>\nSorting the Green and Blue Colors<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin4.jpg\")
<\/div>\nMaking Letters, Numbers & Shapes With the Buttons<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin5.jpg\")
<\/div>\nAnd just play in the Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2026\/blue-green-button-sensory-bin6.jpg\")
<\/div>\nMore Earth Day Activities for Kids<\/h2>\n
![\"Earth](\"\/images\/blog\/4-2025\/earth-day-printables-activities-2025.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n![\"Sensory](\"\/images\/blog\/6-2025\/sensory-bin-activities-2025.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n