Activity Ideas

Make your own quality Sensory Boards

Some Things to Consider:

Safety: Ideally your baby will play with these items independently, so make sure they won’t get

hurt doing so. If you include something that your child may pull on, like a handle or wheel, screw

it to the board or wall.

Versatility: I like to use industrial strength Velcro to attach as many things as possible so that I

can change them when my babies get board or if it doesn’t seem to be working well. I tend to

change up some of the items, like textiles, sensory bags, and colors, every 1.5 to 2 weeks.

Individualize: Your sensory board should be individualized based on what interests your little

one. Include their name, favorite colors, and things they like to play with around the house.

What You Need:

A board to mount items on (MDF Board, Dry Erase Board, Peg Board)

A way to adhere the items (screws, industrial strength Velcro, strong glue, handles to hang

things from-like a drawer pull)

Different items that engage one or more senses

Ideas for Items on Sensory Board:

Sight

Lights (battery operated push lights work great)

Mirror

Child’s name

Different colors

Different patterns

Letters

Numbers

Sight words

Touch

Different textiles and fabrics (ex. sequined fabric, felt, silk, wool)

Chains

Foam or wood letters or numbers

Sand paper (you can have one piece or a variety of different types of sand paper)

Puffy paint

Feathers

Ribbon

Pipe cleaners

Rope

Wheels

Hear

Bells

Chains to dangle and bang against board

Horns

Door stop (the kind that makes noise when you pull or push it)

Smell

Essential oils on cotton or cheese cloth

Cinnamon sticks

Other Ideas:

More Sensory Ideas

Smelling Memory Game

For this use 2 different coloured jars or similar one white bottle and one black bottle and fill them

with the following six scents:

cinnamon

tea tree oil

peppermint oil

lemon

vanilla extract

cumin

As you fill each pair of bottles, place matching colored stickers on the bottom to provide a way for your

children to check if they had matched the bottles correctly.

Place all of the bottles in a basket and invite your children to play. (Children who suffer from allergies

may have an impaired sense of smell at certain times of the year or at times of outbreaks of their

allergies)

The children can separate the white and black bottles, putting both into lines.

A child can select one black bottle to begin. Give it a good sniff!

When the child finds two bottles that he/she believes is a match, look at the bottom to check if the

stickers match…..

Yay a match!!!

Credits: All photos and activity ideas can found on Pinterest