Easy Fall Soup Sensory Activity Toddlers Will Love!
Your kids will have a BLAST playing with this fall soup sensory activity like mine did! It is so easy to make, you have everything you’ll need right at your home.
As the leaves change and temperatures drop, it’s time to bring cozy fall themes into your child’s playtime.
A DIY Fall Soup Sensory Bin is an interactive and creative way for toddlers and preschoolers to explore textures, practice motor skills, and engage in pretend play.
This is probably one of the easiest fall sensory bin ideas I’ve ever created. It takes less than five minutes to set up and my kids played for HOURS at a time!
Here is how to set up this fall soup sensory activity for your toddlers to enjoy during this autumn season.

Why Make a Fall Soup Sensory Bin?
Sensory bins are perfect for early learning because they:
- Encourage sensory exploration with touch, sight, and even smell.
- Develop fine motor skills through scooping, pouring, and stirring.
- Foster imaginative play as kids pretend to make and serve soup.
- Introduce seasonal themes that spark conversations about fall, food, and warmth.
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Materials You’ll Need
All supplies can be gathered from nature, so supplies can be modified to whatever is available, but can include:
- Pine cones
- Fall leaves
- Acorns
- Water
- Scoops
- Spoons
- Whisk

How to Set Up This Fall Soup Sensory Activity
Fill a sensory bin with water. Then have the rest of the fall items around the table.
Let your child create their own soup and put in anything they want from the nature items!

Tips and Play Suggestions
Here are a few ways to get more out of this fall sensory activity:
- Kids can explore the sense of touch by feeling each item and describing how it feels. How are the rough pine cones different from the smooth leaves, etc.?
- Help kids follow directions by giving them a soup recipe. (For example: two scoops of water, four leaves, one pinecone, etc.)
- Have the children sort each of the materials into piles.
- Kids can explore their sense of sight by discussing the differences in color among the various materials.
- Take a nature walk to gather all the materials for this activity. That way, you include more mindfulness activities for your toddler!
- Add some cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, and other fall smelling items to help them play with their sense of smell too!

Benefits of the Fall Soup Sensory Bin
This activity offers numerous developmental benefits:
- Fine motor development through stirring, scooping, and pouring.
- Cognitive growth as kids engage in imaginative storytelling and role-playing.
- Language enrichment by learning and using new vocabulary related to cooking and food.
- Sensory processing through the textures, sights, and scents incorporated in the play.
If you love making sensory bins and bottles for your toddlers, you will love all these sensory play ideas!
Final Thoughts
This fall soup sensory activity for toddlers is so easy to set up and provides tons of educational and developmental benefits for your little ones!
Set it up, watch their creativity unfold, and enjoy the delightful sights and smells of fall right at home.
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