Fun Cat In The Hat Sensory Box
Kids and adults alike love The Cat in the Hat. This Cat In The Hat Sensory Box is a great way for little ones to build comprehension skills after reading them the book. Using the sensory bin, children can:
- Use their senses and props to understand the story
- Sort by colors, objects, and shapes
- Use the legos to work on math skills or build their own house
- Come up with their own Stories
- Create scenes from the book
- Express their creativity in different ways
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Contents
What is Needed For This Dr Seuss Activity
You will want a wide assortment of red and white items. You can find most of these items right on Amazon! Here is what we used:
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You can add other fun items to a large tray or a plastic storage bin. Whatever you think the child or children would enjoy.
How to Make a Cat In The Hat Sensory Box
Pour pluffle on to a tray or into a storage bin.
Make sure you take a moment to squeeze, form, and otherwise take in the pluffle; it is a great sensory play option and adults will enjoy the texture too.
Next, offer your child an assortment of red and white items. We used tiny clothespins, legos in red and white, feathers, cotton balls, and Christmas scatter that was glittery and red. Encourage your child to recreate the stripes of the Cat in the Hat’s hat.
This is a great opportunity to use fine motor skills with the spoons and tongs. Encourage your child to try placing the items with those tools as well as their fingers.
When play time is over, you can snap a lid on the bin, or put it all back in the pluffle container for future play sessions. Pluffle never dries out!
Fun Cat In The Hat Sensory Box
This is a tutorial on how to make a fun cat in the hat sensory box.
Materials
- Cotton balls
- Legos
- Mini clothespins
- Glittery Christmas scatter
- Measuring spoons
- Tongs
- Pluffle
- Feathers
Instructions
Pour pluffle on to a tray or into a storage bin.
Make sure you take a moment to squeeze, form, and otherwise take in the pluffle; it is a great sensory play option and adults will enjoy the texture too.
Next, offer your child an assortment of red and white items. We used tiny clothespins, legos in red and white, feathers, cotton balls, and Christmas scatter that was glittery and red. Encourage your child to recreate the stripes of the Cat in the Hat’s hat.
This is a great opportunity to use fine motor skills with the spoons and tongs. Encourage your child to try placing the items with those tools as well as their fingers.
When playtime is over, you can snap a lid on the bin, or put it all back in the pluffle container for future play sessions. Pluffle never dries out!
I like to have a variety of sensory boxes or sensory bins that kids can choose from. These bins are a great way to build fine motor skills and offer kids the chance to learn through exploring their imaginations and play. Here are some other bins you could make:
Sensory Bins Inspired by Books
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