cMoe at Home

Although we adults often don't realize or think about it, even the youngest children are building future science skills when they explore with their senses. At cMoe we offer a monthly baby/toddler/preschooler program called "Show & Tell." This program encourages children to use their senses to make discoveries about science. 

This month's theme is "Sensory Snow," so of course we wanted to make a fun sensory bin/small world bin to match the snowy weather outside! If you want to check out the program, it happens at 10:30 on the last Thursday of the month at cMoe, and is free with regular admission. In the meantime, check out our Sensory Snow Bin and read below to recreate your own. 

Base/Lining
For the lining of the box, we used batting, although any type of soft, white cloth will work. I don't recommend fake fluffy snow as it's difficult to get the people and animals to stand up on it! 

Frozen Pond
The pond is just art beads hot glued to a piece of foam. They reflect in the sunlight and the smooth texture is a nice contrast to the fuzzy snow. 

Snowman
The snowman is created from three ping pong balls hot glued together. I made small holes with a pin and threaded through pipe cleaner for a "carrot" nose and for the arms. The snowman is pretty delicate, so I hot glued him to a base and then hot glued that to the batting so kids cannot pick him up. 

Wooden People
This is probably my favorite element. Recently someone donated these cute wooden beads painted with faces. I hot glued those to wooden spools, glued on some ribbon around the spool, and added yarn for a scarves. 

Animals
The animals are all from a Safari Limited "Toob" - Artic collection, obviously! It even came with an igloo! 

Other Elements
Other elements in the bin include Styrofoam balls, pom poms, glitter snow flakes, and snowflake sequins.