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Feed the Ducks Sensory Bin for Toddlers & Preschoolers

June 23, 2019

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Create a fun duck pond sensory bin for your toddler or preschooler! Add spoons and pretend food to turn it into an enticing fine motor pretend play activity.

Feed the Ducks Sensory Bin Idea for Toddlers and Preschoolers

{ Guest Post by Mandisa at Happy Toddler Playtime }

Looking for more fun and easy sensory bin ideas? Check out this amazing roundup for toddlers and preschoolers or this fun washing dishes sensory bin!

Feed the ducks sensory bin for toddlers and preschoolers

How to Make the Feed the Ducks Sensory Bin

Grab your green foam sheets and scissors and cut out 5 to 6 lily pads.

Foam sheets are a great option for creating detail in water sensory bins. You can cut them like paper but they are water resistant and will float.

Water sensory bin for toddlers and preschoolers

Next, grab your large sensory bin or two smaller ones. Add water and as many rubber ducks as you have.

My 15 month old twins are both obsessed with ducks so I added quite a few.

We regularly head down to our local waterfront to feed the ducks, so when they first showed an interest I bought then a bunch of rubber ducks that squeak when squeezed for the bath. They absolutely adore them so I knew this sensory bin would be a hit.

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toddlers playing with a sensory bin

When I take my twins to feed the ducks, I do the feeding and while they do the giggling and squealing. So they were extra excited for this sensory bin because I told them that they could feed the ducks.

I add some wine corks as pretend food and a few slotted spoons and mini strainers for them to use to scoop them up and pretend to feed the ducks.

Rubber duck sensory bin

Fine Motor Fun

This was a great fine motor pretend play activity for my toddlers. They absolutely adored scooping up the wine corks and pretending to feed them to the ducks.

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Also try: Create with Crayons Sensory Bin Idea

Rubber ducky sensory bin for toddlers and preschoolers

Pretend Play for Toddlers

Simple pretend play activities for toddlers are a great way to help your little one make sense of their world.

Easy sensory bin for toddlers

They are also a wonderful way to support language development. Even though my twins only have less than 20 words, they were babbling away during this activity and I, of course, narrated everything we did!

Feeding ducks sensory bin idea

Supplies

  • Rubber Ducks
  • Wine Corks
  • Green Foam Sheet
  • Scissors
  • Slotted Spoons
  • Mini Strainers
15+ Sensory Bin Ideas for Toddlers & Preschoolers

About the Guest Author

Mandisa Watts is the creator and owner of Happy Toddler Playtime, a kids’ activities blog for ages 0-6. She is the mom to three, ages 4 and 14 month old twins.

Check out all the fun ways she keeps her kids busy on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook!

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  1. Sophia Rao says

    May 17, 2023 at 1:34 am

    Wonderful idea. Simple yet so effective

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