Check out this simple Earth sensory bin that is perfect for Earth Day!
I prepared this super easy sensory bin for my boys in celebration of Earth Day this coming April 22. I used our home-made colored rice as fillers and added a bit of cardboard animals.
I added our book, De gele ballon, and talk about the different scenes found all around the world.

Let’s create an Earth sensory bin:
Materials needed:
- Round wooden tray
- Cardboard animals
- Wooden spoon
- Wooden bowl
For the colored rice:
- Food coloring; blue and green
- 1 cup of rice
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- Container with lid or ziplock bag
- Paper towel
Instructions:
For the colored rice:
- Fill the ziplock with a cup of rice.
- Pour the vinegar.
- Pour a few drops of the blue food coloring.
- Close the ziplock.
- Mix and spread the food coloring with the rice.
- Add more drops until you reach your desired hue.
- Pour the colored rice evenly on the paper towel and let dry.
- Do the same to the green rice.
How to set up:
- Arrange the blue and green rice into the tray to create the Earth.
- Arrange the animals on top.
- Prepare spoons and bowls on the side.
- Invite kids to play.






Hope you like this Earth Day activity!
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