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Under the sea sensory bin
Here’s a water bases sensory bin: under the ocean soup What you need: A blue bath bomb (I’m a declared fan of Lush); Plastic aquarium plants; Fish/ocean figurines; Fishing net; Soak the jelly figurienes in water and let them about 2 days to expand. Mix the bath bomb in some warm water and add all…
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Sensory bin treasure hunt
Easy activity, but age sensitive because of choking hazard. I still got my baby involved by playing with the rice. Mix coloured rice (recipe here) with a bunch of penny coins. Add some spoons and a colander to separate the rice from the coins. This activity works with many ingredients. Other examples could be: plain…
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Pipes & rainbow rice play
Great play idea with coloured rice, some pipes and kitchen utensils. A colour explosion!!!
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Polka dot soup
Easy and colourfull activity. What you need: bingo chips; kitchen utensils; water, plastic box and towels. Do make note of choking hazard so please supervise if the child is not old enough.
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Ball pit ideea
I had this inflatable paddling pool as a ball pit and it was amazing! It was soft, gave support for my little one when she was still learning how to sit up and there were no hitting the head on the hard floor incidents. A must have from my point of view. I used it…
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Farm tuff spot (complex version)
This is one of of the most popular tuff spot ideas out there. I have a number of variations, but this is my best. What you need: Straw; Dyed chickpeas; Artificial grass patch; Pasta; Farm animals; Farm stables; Easter sheep (Poundland); Train tracks; Artificial flowers; Tractors and farmers; Weetabix biscuit; Stones and wooden chips; Loosefill…
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Coloured jelly play
Make some coloured jelly and use it for play along with trays, cupcake holders, spoons and lots of sprinkles. I made the mistake to freeze some of the jelly because it did not fit in my fridge and it was not as clear and wobbly as I wished so try not to make my mistake.…
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Tracing patterns
An easy time killer play with some sort of therapeutical effect for our little one. Tracing various patterns with small colourful toys, buttons, legos or other similar things you have in the house. We used snowflake building pieces.
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Pulled string painting
Get a piece of yarn, some colours and sheets of cardboard and try these flowers. I used water and liquid watercolours (yes, a big fan of them here) but you can use food colouring or normal pains (dissolved in some water). Soak the yarn/string in it, put it on a sheet of cardboard inside of…
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Dinosaurs tuff spot
Here is a messy, but great dinosaurs tuff spot. What you need: Plastic dinosaurs; Fish tank plastic plants; Rocks and pebbles; Water, flour and food colouring for the goo (or liquid watercolours); Pasta, lentils, semolina for different textures. To make the goo just mix water, flour and colours to get a pancake batter consistency.