Baby Bins: Winter

Happy New Year everyone! We enjoyed our little break for the holidays but are ready to get right back into our school routine. It has been ridiculously cold and we have been hunkering down over here and not leaving the house, so I am glad I had these fun winter themed baby bins all ready for Miss Aubrey to explore.

These winter themed sensory bins and activities are great for learning and play and are completely baby safe. Baby Bins are the perfect way to learn, build language, play and explore with little ones between 12-24 months old.

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Here is a look at what we have planned for our first 6 seasonal themed baby bins:

Here are the details for each of our Winter activities:

"Snowballs" is our favorite winter themed read aloud from my all time favorite children's author Lois Ehlert. These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Winter Read Aloud:

Lois Ehlert is one of my FAVORITE authors of all time (Fun fact: she’s actually from my hometown!) and Snowballs is one of her books that is a must in every child’s library. The collage style of her illustrations make the snowmen in this story so lovable and interesting to look at so the board book version made a great book for this week’s theme.

Snow Themed Sensory Bin:

In this bin: instant snow, clear snowman cups, scoops, snowman cookie cutters, cupcake liners, puzzle “SNOW” word

This ice paint and tape resist winter activity is great for fine motor practice and always turns out adorable. Baby Bins are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old

Ice Paint/Tape Resist Snowflakes:

For this art activity I dyed water with liquid watercolors and froze them into blue & purple ice cubes with popsicle sticks in them. Then I taped snowflakes on cardstock with washi tape. Aubrey used the colored ice to paint over the snowflake shapes. After a bit of painting, I helped to remove the tape and reveal . *Be careful not to let the paper get too soaked or the tape will be hard to pull off without ripping the paper.

Glowing Winter Water Beads:

Aubrey loved this glowing winter water bead sensory bin. Putting our sensory bin on top of our light pad added just enough magic to pique her curiosity.

In this bin: blue and clear water beads, foam snowflakes, scoops and cups

**Remember water beads are NOT taste safe, so if your littles are likely to take a bite, try using tapioca pearls instead.

This stained glass mitten activity is great for fine motor practice and always turns out adorable. Baby Bins are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Stained Glass Mittens:

I love a good stained glass craft so when I found this tutorial from Maria at Kinder Craze I knew it would be perfect for this week! Go grab the free templates and directions here.

Icy Sensory Bin:

In this bin: frozen water beads, cups, scoops, winter Little People

Want all of this week’s seasonal themed activities for baby bins? You can grab them here:
On my site : Baby Bins: Seasonal {Plans and Printables}
On TpT: Baby Bins: Seasonal {Plans and Printables}

Tons of seasonal themed activities and ideas. Weekly plans include a book and 5 activities to try out (a mixture of sensory bins, crafts, fine motor and gross motor activities)! These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Baby Bin Bundle On TpT here: Baby Bin Bundle

A full year of Baby Bin plans and printables, perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old. Weekly plans include a book and 5 activities to try out (a mixture of sensory bins, crafts, fine motor and gross motor activities)!

Then check out the rest of our 35+ themes on the Baby Bins Curriculum Main Page.