Featuring our $5 Lemonade Stand Sensory Table Printable Kit
This week’s letter is light, lovely, and lemony! 🍋 “L is for Lemonade” brings sweet pretend play, sorting, pouring, and early math skills to your sensory table. With the Lemonade Stand Printable Kit, your little one can run their own stand, serve “customers,” and learn through joyful play.
🏷 What’s in the $5 Lemonade Stand Printable Kit
The Lemonade Stand Sensory Table Printable Kit includes:
Printable awning, stand banner, flag, and themed signs like “L is for Lemonade,” “25¢ a cup,” “Fresh Squeezed,” and “Open/Closed”
2–3 printable worksheets: letter L tracing, lemon counting sheet, and “Design Your Own Stand” coloring page
Bright yellows, soft greens, and sunny white accents for a classic lemonade stand feel
Designed for IKEA Flisat tables or any sensory bin space
🧰 Materials You’ll Need
IKEA Flisat table or large bin
Sensory base: yellow water beads, lemon-scented water, dyed rice, or kinetic sand
Small cups, pitchers, scoops, bowls, funnels
Plastic lemons, felt lemon slices, yellow pom poms
Toy cash register, play money, price tags
Printable letter L worksheet and counting cards
Optional: straws, lemon-themed playdough, real lemon halves for scent
🍹 How to Set Up Your Lemonade Sensory Bin
Decorate your table with the lemonade awning, “L is for Lemonade” sign, and menu-style flags.
Use yellow sensory fillers like lemon-scented water or pom poms.
Add cups, spoons, and pitchers for dramatic pour-and-serve play.
Include play money and set prices for cups of lemonade.
Use the worksheets to support letter recognition, tracing, and counting lemons.
Invite your child to run the stand, serve family “customers,” and take orders!
🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group
6–12 mo: Tactile exploration with water, rice, or textured fruit
1–2 yrs: Grasping, pouring, transferring yellow items
2–3 yrs: Color sorting (yellow), pretend serving, language building
3–4 yrs: Letter L recognition, lemon counting, fine motor pouring
4–5 yrs: Dramatic play, early math with prices, writing practice with signs
💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide
Don’t forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You’ll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.
💡 Tips to Extend the Activity
Read The Lemonade War (for older preschoolers) or Maisy Makes Lemonade
Add scent play with lemon essential oils or real lemons
Create a “taste test” station with lemon vs lime playdough
Build real-world math by giving customers play coins and tracking “sales”
Have your child draw their own lemonade logo or sign
📚 Related Activities
DIY Felt Lemon Matching Game
Build-a-Stand Pretend Play Pack
🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for “Lemonade” Theme
lemonade, lemon, pitcher, squeeze, slice, fresh, cup, cold, stand, yellow, serve, stir, pour, customer, sweet, sour, cents, coin, ice, straw, letter L, pretend, sunny, drink, glass
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