I have been preparing for this Solar System bin for awhile now, with the generous help of my mom, who sent us a surprise box in the mail filled with items for this bin!
This bin is really hard to photograph because of all of the black items! Here’s another view when a layer was peeled off after the kids had played a bit…
This bin has led to many hours of imaginative play with all 3 children, here are some shots from just the first day…
A bit of info on where I got some of the stuff:
- Astronaut Tube BIG HIT!
- Planets in a Tube
- Polished rocks { we got a neat bag from AC Moore for about $2} BIG HIT!
- mini star bucket {from $1 Target aisle}
- wooden stars, and moons
- star erasers and buttons
- Long furry pipe cleaners {I think from Michaels-my mom sent them}
- Large bouncy balls {to represent planets} Ladybug’s favorite item!
- Glow in the Dark-planets and stars {the flat kind made for walls}
- star/moon/sun shaped cookie cutters were from this set
- BLACK stuff: unifix cubes, pom poms, jewels, marbles, beads, color squares, bottle tops, straws, cups, buttons, spoons {yellow spoons too}
- Oriental Trading has tons of awesome sensory bin items, just search by theme! We got the mini star erasers from them for sure, and a few other things!
Looking for more inspiration? Here are some outer space bins I found while searching around online! {if I missed yours, please leave a link to it in a comment on this post}!
I will be sharing our bin in upcoming Tot School and Preschool posts as always, so you’ll be sure to see it in action more! We play with our bin almost every morning as a whole group.
See more Outer Space Learning Ideas on Totally Tots!!!
See more Solar System Learning Ideas here on 1+1+1=1!!
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