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Gardening Sensory Bin

This gardening sensory bin is a great way for kids to discover and explore!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lava Soap. All opinions are my own. Please see my disclosure policy.My son has been showing interest in gardening recently. We’ve tried a few planting activities before like growing sunflowers or beans, but I thought I’d put this gardening sensory bin together for him to explore!I used his old water table as the container, which has actually had rocks and gravel in it for the last year! My husband emptied a bag of topsoil into the table then I added some various fake flowers and plants. I added a few small plant pots, and my son’s gardening tool set. It looked SO inviting!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

F really liked it and immediately started investigating all the items.

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

He asked for some seeds and I managed to find a few packets, so he dug holes and planted some seeds. Note: If you want some seed ideas, check out my post Fast Growing Seeds for Kids!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

Some of the fake flowers had to be removed to make way for the seeds!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

He did some raking, and watering!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

After all this gardening activity, F’s hands were pretty muddy, so Lava Soap to the rescue! We use it all the time to remove acrylic paint (remember our messy toothbrush splatter art activity?!?) but this soap is also perfect for cleaning up after gardening. It contains pumice (a by-product of volcanic activity, and gives the soap its name!), which is perfect for getting that ingrained soil out of dirty hands!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

Gardening Sensory Bin - a fun activity for kids to explore and discover!

I know that F will want to go back and check his seedlings, so we may well keep this as a permanent fixture!

LAVA Soap can be found at Ace, Walmart, Dollar General and Family Dollar! You can also follow Lava Soap on Facebook or YouTube. 

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