This Ice Age Bin is PERFECT for hot days (it’s still super hot where we are!). Kid’s find ice so fascinating and adding safari animals to the bin is a super fun idea! My kids had such a great time feeling the slippery, cold ice and playing with their safari animals trying to place them on each ice cube.
I love how easy it is to set up this Ice Age bin. In fact, this is why I do bins quite often, they take no effort for the parents!
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Materials:
-Ice
Instructions:
Dump the ice into your flat bin, add the safari animals and that’s it!
What is my child learning?
-Small/fine motor skills (touching the ice cubes, playing with the animals)
Hand-eye coordination / balancing (placing and balancing the animals onto the ice cubes)
-Sensory play (kids are touching the ice cubes, feeling the cold, playing with animals)
-Focus
-Independent play (this is an awesome activity to give kids to stay busy with)
Have fun with this Ice Age bin and if you try it let me know in the comments if your kids loved it!
Fun! Now that my children are a little older (ages 6 and 9), I do something similar to this but with a twist. I freeze small toys into bins of water overnight, and then, I let them chip the ice away with a hammer the next day. They think this is great fun! It’s a great way to encourage outdoor play on a hot summer day.
Oh that sounds like a lot of fun! I have to try that next time:)