How to Make a Dinosaur Sensory Bin on a Budget
Dollar Tree Dinosaur Sensory Bin
On my mission to make as many sensory bins using dollar store items, we made a dino sensory bin! It turned out so cool and my son was so excited to dig in!
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I thought it’d be clever to make the noodles the dinosaur “bones” that he would have to dig up and find. Then I walked through the makeup aisle of Dollar Tree and thought the big makeup brush would be the perfect tool to “dust” off the rice.
I think next time I would add 2 or 3 bags of rice because the noodles didn’t get buried very well. This cost $11 to make. This is the perfect DIY sensory bin for toddlers, just make sure there’s adult supervision at all times as they might stick something in their mouths. Make sure to check out all our Dollar Tree sensory bin ideas.
Dinosaur Sensory Bin
Materials
- Rice
- 1 pack Dinosaur figurines
- Plastic dessert cups
- 2 large Dinosaur toys
- 1 box Penne/Rotini Pasta
- Plastic scoops
- Makeup brush
- Essentials White Plastic dish pan 8qt
- 1 pack Beads
Instructions
- First dump some pasta and beads on the bottom of the dish pan.
- Cover with the rice then add the dinosaurs, cups, scoops, and brush for the kids to uncover all the "bones."
