12 Valentine’s Day Sensory Activities for Toddlers
Check out these awesome Valentine’s Day sensory activities for toddlers! Each is unique and easy to create to help your child enjoy this holiday to the fullest.
Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity to engage children in fun, themed sensory activities that stimulate their senses while fostering creativity and love.
These Valentine’s Day sensory activities help kids explore textures and colors associated with the holiday.
Because my daughter loves Valentine’s Day, I tried to find all of the different sensory play ideas I could find related to this holiday to help her enjoy it to the fullest.
Here are some of the best Valentine’s Day sensory activities suitable for toddlers:
Rose Petal Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin

If you are looking for an easy set up sensory bin, you can’t go wrong with this rose petal one. It doesn’t require any food and you can even use real rose petals if you have them!
3 Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottles

If your toddler loves calm down bottles, make 3 different Valentine-themed sensory bottles! Each is super easy and only require 3 ingredients inside.
Valentine’s Day Red Rice Sensory Bin

This Valentine’s Day sensory bin is accented with pretty red scoops and cookie cutters. But the real star is the red sensory rice. See the post for tips on making it.
Valentines Yarn Sensory Bin

One of the great things about sensory bins is that they don’t have to be complicated. Grab some pink yarn, small fake flowers, and heart picks for a great Valentine’s Day sensory experience.
Candy Hearts Oobleck Recipe

Oobleck is known as a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it doesn’t act like fluids are generally expected to. But littles don’t need to know all that; they will just love playing with the pretty pink stuff accented with candy hearts.
Heart + Glitter Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottle

Sensory bottles, or calm-down bottles, are great for toddlers who are still learning how to control their emotions. This swirly spectacle will captivate your toddler’s attention as it settles.
Confetti Valentine Slime

Slime is a great (supervised) sensory play option for a toddler. This fun, sparkly slime only requires three ingredients and a little time to prepare.
Mix ‘n Squish Hearts

Squish painting is another excellent option for toddler play. Make these Valentine’s mix n’ squish hearts so that little ones can play with paint but without all the mess. If desired, you can even sneak a little lesson about color mixing in.
Fancy Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin

Here is another sensory bin option with a much fancier aesthetic. That’s the great thing about sensory bins: they can be matched to all sorts of fun looks.
Love Themed Sensory Bin

Another great thing about them is their adaptability. For example, this one eschews sensory rice for popcorn kernels. It evokes the corn box found in many a pumpkin patch but is centered around Valentine’s Day instead.
Valentines Sensory Bin

Here is another great filler for this bin that will give toddlers a new sensory experience. Decorative shreds, aka crinkle paper, are bouncy and fun and come in many different colors.
Marbled Valentine’s Day Playdough
This list of Valentine’s sensory activities wouldn’t be complete without the granddaddy of sensory play: play dough. This marbled Valentine’s play dough does mix colors and will not be separable afterward, it’s true. But since it’s homemade, it’s just fine to mix all you (or your toddler) want.
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Final Thoughts
Hopefully your kids enjoy these fun Valentine’s day sensory play ideas like mine did!
If you love making sensory bins and bottles for your toddlers, you will love all these sensory play ideas!
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