Easy Fall Sensory Bin With Dyed Rice

The fall fun has begun, and that means we’re doing ALL of the fall activities at our house. When Peyton created his Layers of the Earth 3D Project, I was inspired to dye rice in all fall-inspired colors and create an easy fall sensory bin.

How to Make an Easy Fall Sensory Bin by Dying Rice

What you need:

• 4 cups of white rice
• 4 teaspoons of white vinegar
• Food coloring (I used orange, yellow, brown, and red)
• 4 Ziploc bags (any size) – one bag per color
• Paper towel

Directions:

1. Put 1 cup of rice in each Ziploc bag.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar into each bag of rice.
3. Add a differet color of food coloring to each bag.
4. Zip the bag and mix the rice with the food coloring.
5. Once the rice is completely coated and dyed to the color you want, dump it onto dry papertowel and let it dry for about 1 hour
6. Once all of the dyed rice is dry, mix the 4 colors together in a bowl or sensory table.
7. Add small Halloween toys or fall colored leaves for more fun.

Halloween Dyed Rice Sensory Bin

Using the same ingredients and similar steps, you can make an easy hallowed sensory bin for your kiddos, too! Instead of separating the rice in 1 cup increments into 4 separate bags, you will put two cups of rice into two separate bags (4 cups of rice total, still).

Once the rice is distributed, you will put 2 teaspoons of vinegar into each of the 2 bags, and then put orange food coloring into one bag and black food coloring into the other bag.

Follow the remaining steps, waiting for the dyed rice to dry before mixing colors together.

Another Easy Halloween Sensory Idea

Instead of doing orange and black for the Halloween sensory bin, you could dye all of the rice purple and add fun things like googly eyes or witches cauldrons in the sensory bin.

You could really do this however you want. Just follow the steps and change up the colors as needed.

And if your kids are like my kids they will do this:

I’m not sure if I should blame Liam or Josie for mixing the fall sensory bin with the Halloween sensory bin, and then they added purple and pink rice, too.. they both blamed one another. Still fun, though!

For more Halloween fun checkout these posts:

• Simple Fall Handprint Crafts For Kids
• Fall Bucket List with Free Printable

Final Thoughts On Easy Fall Sensory Bin With Dyed Rice

I love fun and easy activities, so this easy fall sensory bin with dyed rice was perfect for us. It was incredibly easy to make, pretty inexpensive, and the food coloring goes a LONG way so we were able to make a ton of dyed rice in all different colors.

My kids loved this… my 11-year-old loved it just as much as my 2-year-old, so it’s definitely a hit with everyone. My favorite part is that it is easy to clean up. You can simply sweep it up and throw it away, with no sticking or staining.

What is your favorite easy sensory activity to do with your kids? Have you tried dyed rice before? Leave me a comment and tell me about it!