Construction Build It Sensory Bin

$4.00

A construction dig-in pack for toddlers: five ways to play with trucks, buckets and tools in one bin.

What’s inside

  • 10 pages: a cover, a how-to page for grown-ups, 5 play boards and 3 pages of cut-out cards
  • Truck Find & Match: lay each truck card on its twin
  • Paint Bucket Color Sort: drop pom-poms into the matching bucket
  • Big & Small Trucks: sort the big truck cards from the little ones
  • Match the Shadow: set each truck on its black shadow
  • Trucks vs Tools: things with wheels or builder tools?
  • Cut-out cards: trucks, big and small trucks and builder tools

Skills it builds

  • Hand strength (digging, scooping, pinching)
  • Matching, color, size and shadow recognition
  • Sorting into groups
  • Early vocabulary (truck and tool names)

How to use

Print, laminate and cut out the cards. Fill a bin with dried beans, oats or shredded-paper “dirt” and bury the pieces for one activity at a time. Toddlers dig, scoop and pinch their way through the filler while they match and sort. Best for ages 2–4. With the youngest diggers, skip the filler at first and let them match the trucks on the open boards, then add “dirt” once the routine clicks. Prep time: 10 minutes once.

You’ll need

A shallow bin or tray, a filler (dried beans, rice, oats, corn or shredded paper), and tongs or a scoop. A laminator or sheet protectors keep the boards wipe-clean. Pom-poms in six colors for the color sort.

Save with a bundle

Get this pack in the Sensory Bin Mega Bundle and save compared with buying the packs one by one. Also in the Construction Fine Motor Bundle.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).

A construction dig-in pack for toddlers: five ways to play with trucks, buckets and tools in one bin.

What’s inside

  • 10 pages: a cover, a how-to page for grown-ups, 5 play boards and 3 pages of cut-out cards
  • Truck Find & Match: lay each truck card on its twin
  • Paint Bucket Color Sort: drop pom-poms into the matching bucket
  • Big & Small Trucks: sort the big truck cards from the little ones
  • Match the Shadow: set each truck on its black shadow
  • Trucks vs Tools: things with wheels or builder tools?
  • Cut-out cards: trucks, big and small trucks and builder tools

Skills it builds

  • Hand strength (digging, scooping, pinching)
  • Matching, color, size and shadow recognition
  • Sorting into groups
  • Early vocabulary (truck and tool names)

How to use

Print, laminate and cut out the cards. Fill a bin with dried beans, oats or shredded-paper “dirt” and bury the pieces for one activity at a time. Toddlers dig, scoop and pinch their way through the filler while they match and sort. Best for ages 2–4. With the youngest diggers, skip the filler at first and let them match the trucks on the open boards, then add “dirt” once the routine clicks. Prep time: 10 minutes once.

You’ll need

A shallow bin or tray, a filler (dried beans, rice, oats, corn or shredded paper), and tongs or a scoop. A laminator or sheet protectors keep the boards wipe-clean. Pom-poms in six colors for the color sort.

Save with a bundle

Get this pack in the Sensory Bin Mega Bundle and save compared with buying the packs one by one. Also in the Construction Fine Motor Bundle.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).