Need a few ideas for setting up winter sensory bins? Sensory bins are great learning tools for littles at home and in the classroom. They are fun, easy to set up and will keep your littles occupied and engaged. Here are 30 Winter Sensory Bin Ideas to use this season.

If you are just getting started with sensory bins? Be sure to check out this post to go over the basics. As always, you know your child best so please choose materials that are developmentally appropriate and safe. Children, especially babies, should always be supervised.

1. Snowballs: I have seen some in the Target Dollar Section too! EK loves these!
2. Silver pipe cleaners (some people call these chanille stems, which was news to me until recently)
3. Ping Pong Balls make great pretend snowballs! This is the best deal I have found! Split a bag with a friend of coworker!
4. White Paper Shreds
5. Wrapping Paper scraps
6. Gift bows
7. Winter clothing items
8. Water
9. Ribbon
10. Ice
11. Cotton Balls
12. Marshmallows
13. Jingle Bells
14. Cookie Cutters
15. Streamers
16. Ornaments
17. Felt Shapes: Dollar Stores usually have seasonal ones! Or you can always buy a banner like this and take the shapes off!
18. Peppermints or Candy Canes
19. Snowball Maker Tools: I honestly didn’t even know that this was a thing because #texas but these would be super fun for pretend snow, real snow or sand. Multipurpose for sure!
20. Christmas Lights
21. Pinecones
22. Garland
23. Packing Peanuts
24. Boxes or Cardboard from boxes
25. Cupcake Liners
26. Polar Animals: This is a fun set, but the animals are definitely on the smaller side and wouldn’t be appropriate for littles! I like using bath toys and just pulling out different animals for different bins!
27. New Year hats and blowers
28. Christmas Tree Branches: If you go to a tree farm, they will usually be happy to give you some of the loose branches or needle laying around!
29. Small Christmas Trees
30. Snowflakes