My youngest really likes all things Minions. He also really likes to play with soap foam. I mean I don't blame him for loving soap foam as it's ridiculously fun to play with!
So on a whim, I combined the two to make a simple Minion sensory bin with lemon scented soap foam.
The bin itself looks like one giant Minion. Plus, it smells SO good!
What You'll Need for this Minion Sensory Bin
To make the Minion soap foam sensory bin, I used:
- Soap foam - Made from mixing liquid soap with a splash of water and whipped until bubbly and foaming.
- Yellow liquid watercolor or food coloring - I prefer to use liquid watercolors because it's washable and doesn't stain.
- Lemon essential oil - A few drops is all you need.
- White craft foam - Cut it into two large circles. They'll be the minion's eyes.
- Permanent markers - To draw the minion's eyes on the craft foam.
To make the lemon soap foam, simply combine liquid hand soap (I use castile soap) with a splash of water and mix thoroughly using a hand mixer, electric mixer, or stand mixer. Whip until foamy and bubbly.
Then add a generous amount of yellow liquid watercolor and 4-5 drops of lemon essential oil. Then mix it up some more until it looks like a big bin of bright yellow bubbles.
Next, it's time to make the Minion's eyes. To do this, simply cut out two large circles of white craft foam. Then draw black pupils, as well as the black (or gray) rims of the goggles using permanent markers.
Then I added the eyes to the yellow soap foam to make the sensory bin look like one giant minion.
Minion Soap Foam Sensory Play in Action!
For some reason, three year old K's first instinct was to poke the Minion's eyeballs. And, naturally, he would time that instinct with the exact moment I snap a picture of the sensory bin...so here's how it looked before he really got playing with.
When the boys play with soap foam, I always set out a bucket of clean water and some towels alongside in case they want to rinse their hands off while playing. This is optional, but it's something my boys enjoy.
Instead of washing his hands, though, K washed the Minion's eyeballs many times in the bucket of water and then returned them to the lemony soap foam.
As a result, this play of washing the eyeballs meant that water was gradually being added to the soap foam mixture. So, as the boys continued to swirl the lemon soap foam around, the Minion slowly began to appear as if it were melting.
This minion sensory bin was certainly a lot of fun for both of my boys. It smelled delicious and the giant eyeballs were a big hit!
