This Rainbow Cereal Color Sorting Sensory Bin is a simple and affordable activity to help your young kids learn their colors. This low prep activity will not only provide hours of fun, but also works on so many skills like colors, sorting, and fine motor skills.
If I’m being honest, this activity does work on a lot of skills, but it originated from the need to keep my kids busy when the weather didn’t allow them to be in their sandbox.
My kids love the sandbox. They love to flood it with water, drag every toy they own out there, and dig holes and tunnels. They have a good time with it when the weather permits. I like to have some sandbox alternatives for them, especially when the weather is too cold to play outside or we need a sand free day.
Rainbow Cereal Color Sorting Sensory Bin
For color sorting, you need rainbow cereal, a large container, and small cups or bowls. We also like to add tweezers.
Extend the play and add other fun items from around the house. We just pull items from the kids toys or kitchen items. You can find some other fun items linked below.
Supplies
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- Large Clear Box Under Bed Storage Container
- Rainbow Cereal
- Easy-Grip Safety Tweezers
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Easy Grip Tweezers
- Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set
- Sorting Bowls
- Shovels
- Handy Scoopers
- Farm Animal Toys
- Little Toy Tractors
- Dump Truck
Setting Up the Rainbow Cereal Sensory Bin
I recently picked up a huge bag of cereal at Walmart for just under $5, dumped it in one of our under the bed storage containers and let them loose. I grabbed a couple of shovels and a small truck from my secret stash (yes I have a secret stash, so they don’t end up in the sandbox) and put them in the cereal.
While the boys were at school, I set up a color sorting activity with my preschooler. It was super easy to set up. I lined up six cups, one for each color of the rainbow. I gave her an Easy-Grip Safety Tweezer and instructed her to sort the cereal into the cups by color. You could definitely do this without the tweezers and just let your child use their fingers to sort.
The color sorting part of this activity was a really easy activity for my four year old preschooler. Whether it’s color sorting or something else, my kids have played with this every day since I set it up. I just put the lid back on it for storage at night. I did notice our cereal level decreasing. I think there has been so snacking going on while they play.
You also might like:
- This Tissue Paper Sensory Bin is another great non seasonal sensory bins that also offers opportunities for working on sorting and fine motor skills.
- Enjoy a mess free painting activity with our Shapes Dot Painting Printable Packet and Do a Dot Markers.
- This Fall Harvest Corn Sensory Bin is a fun fun year round.
