Fun Child Sensory Basket

Planning a sensory basket full of inexpensive items found in your own home. Children are often more excited about the wrapping paper or box of a gift than the gift itself. Children may have a large selection of toys, but rather than playing with the truck or doll may prefer to pull out the Tupperware with measuring cups. These activities are sensory and allow children to explore different textures.

This basket is made of items that may be easily found in the everyday home or closet and are able to be joined with other household materials to magnify the sensory experience. Here are a few ideas for a sensory basket that children really enjoy. This basket is made up of items one might not think of first when putting together a sensory container and are easy to store and pull out at a moment’s notice.

Materials enough for two baskets. 

First basket:

• Several nylon scarves ($3.00)
• basket (.50)

Second basket:

• A hand made crocheted square (free)
• self-hold curlers (1.00)
• a dog grooming mitten ($1.00)
• dish scrubbing pads ($1.00) 
• shower gloves (free)
• cotton gloves usually used to wear at night to soften hands (free)
• basket (.50)

Dollar stores also have inexpensive items that may be found to use as sensory stimulation for toddlers and infants.