My First Sensory Tubs!

Over the past week and a half I made my first sensory tubs!  They were fun to make, and the children have been enjoying them.  The first one was just a mish mash of items I had around the house, and the last two I made were a little more thought out.  Here is K playing with the first one.  I didn't take a picture of it by itself, but nonetheless, here it is.  It consists of dry macaroni noodles, some water bottle tops, a couple small bowls, a couple of measuring cups/spoons, some foam hearts, and some plastic teething toys.

K had a great time scooping the macaroni noodles into the bottle tops and counting them in English and Spanish

The second tub is a construction themed tub.  I got this idea from Pink and Green Mama via Our World Wide Classrooom.

K and G playing with the construction tub.  K enjoyed sorting the rocks by size (big and small) and just crashing the trucks into the rocks =)

M even enjoyed the rocks (with very close supervision)

The items in the tub are as follows:
2 bags of rocks (from the Dollar Tree)
a variety of small construction vehicles (K got these for Christmas)
1 measuring cup
1 measuring spoon
Mr. Potato Head hard hat
small bowl

The kids also have access to other measuring cups/spoons/bowls in the learning area.

The third tub is a pink and blue tub, which I made mostly for G.

G playing with pink and blue tub.  She really enjoys sorting the items and putting them into different containers

This tub consists of the following:

water bottle caps

pink bows (from a random craft kit)

pink and blue foam hearts (picked up on clearance after Valentine's day)

pink craft sticks (from aforementioned craft kit)

pink fridge magnet #5

blue plastic decorating beads (from the Dollar Tree)

white and pink poms

spoon

small bowl

pink heart measuring spoon

Note: I would like to add some cotton balls to this tub to provide more of a base.

Fun, fun, fun!