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May 15, 2018 By The Art Kit 5 Comments

Water Beads: Outer Space Sensory Bin Scavenger Hunt {With FREE Printable}

Filed Under: Activities for Kids, Free Printables, Printables Tagged With: activities for kids, free printable, printable, scavenger hunt, sensory, water beads

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Water Beads: Outer Space Sensory Bin Scavenger Hunt {With FREE Printable}

Looking for something fun that will entertain the children for hours on end? We’ve discovered the secret – water bead sensory bins! We’ve been having all sorts of fun with water beads lately and are excited to share our latest theme – outer space sensory bin! We even incorporated another fun element and made it into a scavenger hunt. To see all the fun, please continue reading below.

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What You’ll Need

  • Water beads
  • Toobs
  • Bin
  • Scoopers
  • Planets + sun printable 

One-stop shop for all the supplies here.

Related: DIY Space Galaxy Playdough

What to Do

Begin by hydrating your water beads (read the instructions on the packaging). We placed a couple pinches of each color into a large container of water and allowed them to hydrate overnight. By the next morning, the water beads were ready for play! After dumping out most of the excess water, we poured the water beads into one of our IKEA bins. It worked perfectly to contain the beads but wasn’t too deep that it was difficult to play.

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Next, place your figurines into the container and allow your child’s imagination to run wild! We love setting out these sensory bins because they are a blast for the kids and take very little prep work.

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outer space scavenger hunt with water beads and toobs sensory play with water beads facebook

Doesn’t this look neat? Makes you want to just dive in, doesn’t it?

SEE ALSO:  Free Printable - April 2018 Calendar - Great for Kids Too

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We also created a fun printable that includes the sun and planets.

Print and laminate it and invite your child to search for the sun and planets from their sensory bin and place them on the coordinating image on the sheet.

Get your free planet printable here.

Related: Tangerine Infused Water Beads

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Does this outer space sensory bin scavenger hunt with water beads sound like something you’d like to try? If so, please share this on social media. Or, pin it to save for later.

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Comments

  1. Karla Cook says

    July 22, 2019 at 10:19 am

    I like the idea of incorporating a “scavenger hunt” with the sensory bin!

    Reply
    • The Art Kit says

      July 23, 2019 at 10:05 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Tracey Bean says

    July 23, 2019 at 1:48 pm

    This looks like so much fun! My boys would be all over this!

    Reply
  3. Kristen says

    July 25, 2019 at 10:44 am

    This is such a cute set of little figures! And I really need to get some water beads for the kids to play with – they always look like so much fun.

    Reply
    • The Art Kit says

      July 25, 2019 at 11:55 am

      I love these figures so much! They’re great in playdough too!

      Reply

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