Make Puzzles New Again: Simple Sensory Bin for Kids

Give new life to your child's puzzles by adding the pieces to a simple bean-filled sensory bin!  My kids love puzzles and will ususally do the same one over and over again, but adding a simple twist brings a newness to them.  This Simple Puzzle Sensory Bin Activity is wonderful because it is adaptable to a variety of puzzles and sensory bin fillers.

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Here is a simple way to learn with puzzles!

What you need:

• Puzzle {featured is our Melissa and Doug Alphabet Puzzle}
• Large Bin
• Dried Beans

To make our Melissa and Doug Alphabet puzzle "new again," I presented the pieces to the puzzle in a large bin of dried beans.  Truly, it doesn't get much simpler that that!

Simple Sensory Bin Activity

My 3 and 5 year old loved digging through the dried beans to grab a puzzle piece.

Grab a puzzle piece and complete the puzzle as usual!

Simple Sensory Bin using a Puzzle

More fun way to learn with puzzles!

• Shape Matching Puzzle Cards from Life Over C's
• Stamping Shapes in Kinetic Sand from Still Playing School
• Rainbow My Name Puzzles from Powerful Mothering
• Brain Games for Kids: The 'Puzzle' puzzle from Edventures with Kids
• Hillarious Number Line Game (using foam number puzzles) from Teach Me Mommy
• Missing Number Puzzle from Adventures of Adam
• Letter Recognition Sensory Bin from This Outnumbered Mama
• In-Hand Manipulation Letter Puzzle Activity from Sugar Aunts

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