+ 3 easy sensory play ideas!

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Sensory Play Shopping List

SUPERMARKET

• Flour• Cornflour• Long grain rice• Couscous• Tapioca Pearls• Cocoa powder• Spaghetti• Baby rice cereal• Jelly packets• Food colouring• Cream of tartar• Zip lock bags• Shaving cream• VOSS water bottles

DOLLAR STORES

• Water beads• Glow sticks• Large, clear tubs• Plastic containers• Painting trays• Serving platters• Various ice cube trays• Various cups + spoons OTHER ESSENTIALS

• White bed sheets• Plastic drop sheets• Textured fabrics• Animal figures• Artificial aquarium plants• Mirrors• Sand and garden soil

CRAFT STORES

• Glitter glue• Hot glue gun• Art canvas• Pipe cleaners• Pom poms• Buttons• Beads• Chalk• Clear contact• Non-toxic acrylic paint• Paint brushes and rollers

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Nature Sensory Bottles

Materials:

How to Make:

• Plastic water bottles (mine are Voss bottles)• Natural loose parts (sticks, pebbles, gumnuts,

feathers, leaves, flowers, coral, shells, driftwood etc

First you will need to go on a nature walk with your LittleLearners. You might like to go for a walk in yourbackyard, local park or even the beach or creek. Take abasket and collect some natural loose parts straight fromnature. You can then sort them into different sensorybottles ready for your Little Learners to explore!

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Lavender Sensory Rice

Materials:

How to Make:

• Bag of rice• Purple food dye• Lavender essential oil

First you will need to make your lavender rice. Simplyplace your rice in a tub with a splash of food dye and youressential oil. Shake it around until the colour is distributedevenly. You can add more dye to make the colour brighter.Set it out on some baking paper in the sun to dry. You canthen add it to a shallow tub with some fresh lavenderflowers and other purple loose parts. I love to add spoonsand containers for scooping and pouring!

• Purple loose parts• Shallow tub for play

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Jelly Sensory Tub

Materials:

How to Make:

• Packet of jelly• Shallow tub for play

To make the jelly, simply follow the instructions on theback of the packet and allow to set for approximately 4hours. You can then slice the jelly up roughly and place itinto a shallow tray for exploring.

For older children, you might like to add some differentcreatures for imaginative play. For example, some frogswould looove some slimey green jelly and ocean creaturesor rubber ducks would be great in blue jelly!