INSIDE: Fill the Heart Sensory Bag for Toddlers & Preschoolers is a fun and easy fine motor activity for Valentine’s Day. Fill the heart using buttons in this easy to create sensory bag. Its a fun and cute activity that will keep your toddler or preschooler busy and help to strengthen their fine motor skills!
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Fill the Heart Sensory Bag for Toddlers & Preschoolers
Grab a sheet of white paper and draw alerce heart using a red marker. Take your red, pink and purple coloured buttons of various sizes and cover the entire heart with it. Take the paper with the heart on a table, floor or the lid of a sensory bin.
Grab a gallon sized ziplock bag and add the buttons into the bag. Add some baby oil or hair gel. Baby oil makes it is slightly easier to move the buttons in the bag while the hair gel is slightly harder. Both feel great and make a great sensory experience.
Tape the sensory bag over the top of the piece of paper with the heart.
Invite your little one to use their fingers to move all the buttons into the heart to fill it completely.
This is a great fine motor activity for preschoolers and toddlers and a fun idea for Valentine’s Day!
Age Suitability for Fill the Heart Sensory Bag
This activity is great for kids 2 years and up. My kids are 3.5, 3.5, and 7.5 year old.
Supplies for Fill the Heart Sensory Bag
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- White paper
- Gallon sized ziplock bag
- Red, pink and purple buttons
- Baby oil or hair gel
- Packing tape
- Painter’s tape
- Red marker
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