Sunday, March 4, 2012

March Sensory Tub I - Bees

This is the first of two sensory tubs I made for James to use over the next couple of months (I'll share the other one later this month). As always, I had fun making them, but this was especially enjoyable because it's been over 6 months since I last made one! "Designing" and putting together these tubs is such a creative thrill for me - I know that sounds dorky, but it's true!

Anyway, what with spring just around the corner, I thought it befitting to make a tub about bees. :) I adore bees (from a slight distance, of course)!

Here's what's inside:
:: Black beans
:: Yellow porcupine balls
:: Jumbo sorting beads
:: Little bees - these are SO cute and have a nice, supple feel to them. Btw, if you check out the link, please note that I did NOT spend $64 on a ton of these - they were sold separately for 25 cents here at our local toy store.
:: Wind up bee
:: Burt's Bees lip balm - LOVE this stuff and I often find my balm in James' room (sneaky bugger!). Now he can have his own!
:: Fake sunflowers
:: Little porcelain honey pot with honey stick - perfect for scooping and collecting, this thing is so cute and was a surprise find at our local chef shop. It was cheap to begin with, but cost me nothing thanks to a gift certificate I had! Score!
:: Chunk of real beeswax - leftover from our adventure in wax molds.
:: Alphabet beads

I also made him a set of antennae to wear (two black pipe cleaners wrapped around my black headband). :)

I searched the web and came across some bee facts and parts of a bee and added them to the tub. Not so sensory, I know, but since we're not really doing full on themes anymore, I figured I'd toss them in. :) We'll also have a look through these two websites (here and here) to learn more about bees.

And, as an unplanned, but timely tie-in to this tub, we'll soon be visiting our friend's homestead where they keep bees and make their own honey!

Click the button below to see a full list of my sensory tubs or click here to view my slideshow on the Counting Coconuts Facebook page.

~Thank you for your comments!~

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great job! You always give me a lot of inspiration :-)

Eryn said...

This is so cute! I love it!

Unknown said...

I love sensory tubs too! I just started making them in Jan for my classroom and get so excited each month about finding new things to put in it!! This one looks awesome!
Amy
The Resource(ful) Room
(I'm having a big giveaway right now you should come by and enter if you get the chance!)

Pip said...

oh lovely! The black and yellow works really well. I too have 2 sensory tubs on the go. a Spring one and a st Patrick's day one in the making. They are so much fun to create, i get rather carried away and can end up spending more than i should lol x

Rebecca said...

How creative!!

Anonymous said...

fantastic and really a amazing post i love it a lot

Slastena said...

Hi, love your ideas. At what age would you introduce a tub like that? I am eager to try, but not sure my 2.2 yo toddler will use it appropriately.

Christy Maurer said...

I love this! I am trying to brainstorm ideas for a sensory bin to go along with Lunch by Denise Fleming. In it a mouse eats a rainbow of colors. Do you have some ideas of things to put in my bin? Thanks :)

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