Every child I know loves to play with cars, trucks, and other vehicles! No wonder we decided to put together a collection with vehicles sensory play ideas!
Activities on this page are perfect to add to transportation, vehicles or community workers unit, in preschool, tot-school or kindergarten!
Mixed Vehicles Sensory Play Activities
Mix the types of vehicles to create following sensory play activities:
Transport Sensory Bottle
Use our transport calm down sensory bottle as a time out timer, an activity timer or a calm down tool. Pretty quick to make and can easily be stored for future use! Details here: Best Toys 4 Toddlers
Mess- Free Car Painting Activity
Sit back and let the remote controls do the hard work in this fun Mess-Free Car Painting activity. Prepare a ziploc bag filled with paint and secure it on surface (either table or floor). Use toy car or truck to move over the bag and mix colors to create an abstract painting.
Stuck in the Mud with Playdough
Kids will love getting their cars stuck in this Muddy Play Dough. You will need some brown playdough or you can make your own chocolate scented playdough! See details: The Chaos and the Clutter
Upcycled DIY Car Dashboard
Take a bunch of the stuff from broken-down cars and recycle center to make an amazing car sensory board for your toddler! Where will they drive to on this Upcycled DIY Car Dashboard? See how to make: And Next Comes L
Fizzy Foaming Car Wash
Add some Fizzy Foam to a Car Wash! Lovely mix of sensory play, scientific exploration and pretend play all in one entertaining activity. Got to try! Details here: Fun at Home with Kids
Sky and Water Sensory Bin
Blue Sensory Salt is perfect for up in the air or down in the water sensory play. Create a small world in a sensory tray or bin for little ones to explore. How to set up: Munchkin and Bean
Clean Mud Car Track
Have you tried making a clean mud before? If you have, you know it’s amazingly fun! If not, give it a try. Kids will surely have fun racing their cars around this Clean Mud Track. Find details here: Stir the Wonder
Turn a Pumpkin into a Car Tunnel
Never thought of that? Well, it’s a different kind of setup for sure! Cut through the pumpkin, take out the seeds and place tracks through to turn a plain old pumpkin into an amazing car tunnel!
Bus Sensory Play Ideas
All about bus! Perfect activities for back to school season!
The Wheels on the Bus bubblewrap craft
Bubble wrap is kind of irresistible for kids! A bit of paint and paper are needed to make this neat craft. Get popping and make this Bubble Wrap Wheels on the Bus. See instructions here: Crafty Kids at Home
Painting with Bus Tracks
To add a process art into mix, grab a toy bus, some paint and paper and you are all ready to enjoy process painting with bus tracks. See how here: Still Playing School
Back to School Sensory Bin
Set up back to school sensory bin for your kids using colored dry pasta, miniature people toys and wooden bus! All ready to head for school! More on setup here: Views from a Step Tool
School Bus Sensory Bag
Prepare a squishy school bus sensory bag for your toddler to work on their fine motor skills. The goal is to place the wheels (buttons) on their designated place! Tricky but fun! See details here: Toddler in Action
Toy Cars Sensory Play Ideas
Next section of transport activities is all about cars and how to play with your toy cars in new and exciting ways!
Car Track Busy Bag
Make car tracks from used popsicle sticks. Add few traffic signs and some of the favorite toy cars. Place everything into a plastic bag and bring a Car Track Busy Bag along with you on your next trip to the beach.
Rocky Road Small World
Collect some pebbles and turn them into a Rocky Road Small World. Include kids in all stages, from finding and washing the pebbles to turning them into a rocky road. See how it is done here: Learning and Exploring through Play
Shaving Cream Car Wash
Shaving cream works great to soap down cars in a Pretend Car Wash. Amazing sensory experience kids simply adore and it holds their interest for quite some time. See how to set up here: Stir the Wonder
Alphabet Car Wash Sensory Bin
Work through the letters of the alphabet as you wash cars in this pretend car wash. Combine learning and sensory exploration in a fun hands-on activity. Who said learning ABCs is boring? Details here: Parenting Chaos
Build-A-Road Playdough Play
Set up a play dough invitation to build a road. We love invitations to play – you place everything in one place and kids pick and choose how to use those parts to play. See details here: Kitchen Floor Crafts
Disney Pixar Cars Sensory Bin
Grab a sensory bin, a set of Disney Pixar Cars and few premade car tracks from cardboard for a toddler crazy about this animated movie! They will love it!
Car Painting Activity
Enjoy a classic car painting activity with large sheet of paper to leave tracks, paper plates to hold different colors of tempera paint and selection of chosen toy cars. Details for activity at: Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds
Water Wash Toy Cars
Invite kids to wash their toy cars! Activity does not have to be complicated and hard to prepare to be fun for kids – just place water in a sensory tub and invite kids to grab their toy cars for a good wash!
Sensory Play with Farm Vehicles
Around the farm with tractors and all the other fun vehicles! Here is how to play!
Fresh Grass Sensory Bin
Get down on the farm and push tractors around a fresh grass sensory bin. This is one of the simplest sensory bins here – simply get outside, pick some grass and place it inside a sensory bin. Add a toy tractor and you are ready to go!
Farm with Grain Silo
Go down to the farm and fill up your trailer with corn using a premade grain silo crafted from recycled materials. Loving this farm play setup! Here is how to make: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Farm small world on the mirror
Set up a farm small world on the mirror to experience a different kind of sensory play. Mirror will add depth and make playing with farm vehicles even more fun! Details here: Stay at Home Educator.
Tractor Sensory Bin
Get ready to harvest corn with your tractor! With sensory bin filled with corn and other bits and pieces, it will be fun to pretend play to be a farmer. See details here: Kitchen Floor Crafts
Sensory Play with Construction Vehicles
For kids fascinated with building and construction, we collected few fun ideas with construction vehicles!
Take your diggers for a spin around in super slippy Foam Dough.
Old Jenga pieces make great road signs in this Construction Zone Play.
Adding Cinnamon to Soap Foam not only smells good, but looks great on a Pretend Construction Site.
Have fun with The Little Blue Truck in Sand Foam.
Throw dried tea leaves into a sensory bin along with your Construction vehicles.
Fill a Dump Truck with Alphabet Rocks.
Calm down with a Cars Inspired Sensory Jar.
Put some diggers in the mud and play!
Sensory Play with Trains
Choo Choo! Train fans will love this Sensory Pretend Snow Play.
Build a Steam Engine in this Coal and Water Sensory Bin.
Snowy train to go with The Polar Express.
Transport train can carry ice blocks too!
Looking for more fun things to do with your kids? We want to recommend you our book – Learn with Play (150+ Activities for Year-Round Fun and Learning)! You will find inside easy to prepare activities for everyday fun as well for all seasons and holidays! Here is a preview for you:
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