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Cornflour & water play
Great sensory play idea. Water and cornflour. It’s sticky and goes hard on the outside. Really interesting texture and safe to be tasted.
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Tarpaulin play
Super easy idea with a tarpaulin cover. I use it to protect the floor when doing messy play at big gatherings. You can use this as a big parachute, hiding place or just on the floor for some noisy fun play. Works with any age really. Add soft toys on top or just fluff it…
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Edible muddy puddles play
Easy messy play idea and totally edible. Muddy bin with cars, animals or Peppa figurines. What you need: yogurt and cacao for mud; construction cars (or chunky cars if the bin is for a toddler); farm animals or other plastic figurines. Mix some yogurt for with cacao to make the mud and add all the…
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Oats play – discovering textures
Baby safe and dead easy activity. A bowl of dry oats and one of mushy oats. You can add food colouring if you wish, for a more sensory experience. Give baby a few scoops and spoons and protect your floor. It gets messy!
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Sensory play – emergency heat blanket
All you need is a survival blanket. They are gigantic and super cheap. This is the first sensory material I have used with both of my girls and they loved it. You can use it for tummy time and or give it to them to play if they grasp and hold. Do not leave child…
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Real snow sensory bin
If you get some snow outside and done playing out in the fresh air, but the kids are still excited you can bring some in the house. Get a scoop or a dust pan and put some snow in a box. Add their favourite toys or some of the arctic plastic animals. Get them to…
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Salt play-dough
I made this batch at a party with the help of a few children and it proved to be good fun, but a bit too messy. What you need: 1 part salt; 2 parts flour; 1 part warm water; a few drops of liquid colours (link below) or food colouring. At least this is the…
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Sensory bottles
Mess free and safe activity for any age. Babies will love the noise and colours and older children will use them in pretend play. What you need: 500 ml plastic bottles; buttons; pasta; sugar puffs; feathers; water with glitter or paints; coloured sand; pom poms; anything else you find handy and makes noise or looks…
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Edible snow (snow version 1)
What you need: White flour; Warm water; Snow animals figurines (seals, penguins) Large plastic sheet or a tuff spot tray (cement mixing tray); Additional protection for the floor (tarpaulin sheet). Not much explaining needing for this activity, but plenty of cleaning after so do make sure you put loads of protection on your floor. I…
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Edible paints – colored yogurt
What you need: Yogurt; Food coloring; Silicone cups (or any other cups); Large plastic sheet or a tuff spot tray (cement mixing tray); A few sheets of cardboard . Mix yogurt with small quantities of food coloring and put them in the cups. Put on the floor a protective sheet or a tray and place…