Sensory Activities for Kids

Scroll down to find our latest sensory activities for young kids that love to explore with their sense of touch, taste, sound, sight and smell!

Exploring their senses is what young kids do, it's especially great for babies and toddlers!

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Lots of Sensory Play:

3 Simple Cookie Cutters Activities for Fine Motor Fun

Simple Sugar Cube Activity Fun for Kids of All Ages

Experience Nature with A Simple Outdoor Sensory Walk

Easy Rainbow Ice Cube Sensory Play for Toddlers

Colorful Play Dough Activity for Fine Motor Skills

Sand Sensory Play and Make Exciting 100 Number Art

Easy Toddler Connect the Dots Shaving Cream Activity Fun

Musical Activity: Rhythm Play Adventure for Preschoolers

Cotton Ball Snowman Activity Excellent for Kids

Play Dough Turkey Color Match Quick and Easy Activity for Kids

Apple Week: A Back-to-School Family Tradition

Scented Ice Sensory Play: An Easy Activity for Kids

Sticky Flower Color Matching Activity for Toddlers

Shaving Cream Sensory Snowman for Kids to Squish

Cute Wintery Snowman Sensory Bin for Toddlers

Cool Off with a Baby-Friendly Ice Sensory Activity

Yummy Edible Frozen Excavation Sensory Play for Kids

Super Simple Seek and Find Shapes Water Activity for Toddlers

Easy DIY Touch and Feel Shapes Board for Toddlers

Simple Finger Painting for Toddlers with Edible Finger Paint You’ll Love

Make a DIY Pumpkin Scented Rice Bin for Simple Fall Play

Super Simple Sensory Play Dough Art Activity for All Ages

Super Simple Soapy Sensory Foam Activity for Kids

Super Easy Crumpled Paper Fall Tree Art With Spices

Bake Yummy Crispy Eggplant Chips with Your Kids

Super Simple Cloud Dough Reading Activity for Preschoolers

Paint with Frozen Paint Cubes on a Hot Day

Easy DIY Rainbow Salt Sensory Play for Preschoolers

Baby Safe Edible Finger Paint Activity on Foil

Making Bubbles & Playing with Bubbles

Making Muddy Prints with Your Toddler

How to Make the Easiest DIY Light Table + Activities!

Easy Baby Gross Motor Play with a Colorful Scarf Circle

Sensory Tub With A Twist: DIY Matching Game

Shaving Cream Sensory Art Activity

Learn Letters with DIY Sensory Bins

Baby Sensory Play Sound Activity

Truck Tracks Transfer: Process Art for Toddlers

Nature Soup Sensory Activity

Count The Treasure, Matey! Sensory Activity for Preschoolers

Simple Sensory Walking Path for Feeling with Your Feet

Jello Sensory Activity Perfectly Simple for Babies

Hands On Books: For Every Age and Stage

Hanging Instruments to Crash, Rattle & Bang!

Salt Color Soak Sensory Activity for Hurt Little Fingers

Classic Beating on Pots & Pans

Cereal Sensory Bin for Toddlers

“I Spy My Name” Rice Sensory Bin

7 Ways Kids Can Help in the Kitchen

Pop! Learning with Bubble Wrap

How to Host a Sensory Play Date

Easy Sound Sensory Jars to Make & Play

I Spy the Math Problems Sensory Bag

A Taste Test for Kids: See It, Smell It, Taste It!

A Fun Shaving Cream Activity for Hands on Learning

Edible Indoor Sandbox That’s Simple & Fast to Make!

Simple Edible Sensory Play with Frozen Veggies

Quick Make & Play Edible Sensory Bottle

Finger Painting with Baby Food While Creating Memories

Textured Sensory Wall for Toddlers & Babies on the Move

Explore Textures on an Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

Blowing Bubbles Water Activity

15 Quick Sensory Activities from Hands on Moms

Mixing Colors on the Window

Reuse Lotion for a Smelling Sensory Activity

Water Activity with Newspaper

Sponge Art Painting for Valentine’s Day

Sensory Activity with Corn Meal to Explore

Best Toddler Activities from 2012

Happy Birthday Sensory Bin

6 Sensory Activities for Toddlers to Explore with All 5 Senses

Toddler Sensory Activity: Treasure Box

Play Dough with Tees, Straws & Pipe Cleaners

Busy Play: Play Dough Construction Site

Sensory Activity: Hauling Corn

Toddler Activity : Tissue Paper Bag

Fabric + Wipes Container = Hours of Fun for Babies & Toddlers

It’s Playtime! : Sensory Activities

Flour Piping Sensory Activity for Kids

Exploring Baby Food

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Hands On As We Grow Newsletter

"It is hard to think of things to keep the 3 year old entertained and engaged while taking care of the baby. Everything we have tried so far from your website, the three year old has loved. Your ideas are so simple and he can do them for hours. HEAVEN!" - Karen I.
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"You have changed how I spend time with my kid in so many positive ways! I am now one happy dad that no longer wonders what I am going to do with this little guy for the next 12 hours :P Your site was this first time dad life saver!" - Jack C.
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"I feel like a new mama having so many fun ideas. I used to dread the afternoon, after naps, as it was so boring doing the same thing day after day but now I look forward to our "play" time!" - Haley S.
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"Thank you so much for these activities. They have proven to me that I CAN be that mom that does cool and creative things with her kids! And those cool and creative things can actually be quite simple! What a revelation. Thank you!!" - Katie M.
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"This takes down the need to scour the internet for ideas. It's like looking for a recipe on the internet, so many options that often times it is less overwhelming to look in a book on the shelf than stress about too many options." Robyn G
So organized and easy to use.

I have found it impossible to Google ideas from a million different sites, get organized, shop for supplies, etc. This is exactly what I have been searching for! Thanks for making something so organized and easy to use. - Early Years Activity Plans User, Melissa C.
The Activity Room Member

"I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the calendar, and glance at it for inspiration when we are in a funk." - Rachel
Grateful to have activities handed to us...

"There's always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us... Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment's notice! You're awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!!" - Melissa C.