What child doesn’t enjoy ripping up toilet paper? You can imagine the fun my two had doing just that to create our Clean Mud Sensory Play activity. Continuing our A-Z Sensory Play series we have reached the letter M. We wanted a way of playing with mud without having to leave the house so we…
Autumn Chestnut Hunt and Sensory Play
Every autumn season, we take almost daily walks in our local park and always bring home little treasures. Today girls insisted on picking up chestnuts so we ended with a chestnut sensory play – Chestnut hunt and soup! Outdoor Chestnut Hunt in the Park Our park is filled with chestnut trees and, since chestnuts are…
Winter Sensory Bins for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Explore winter indoors! Put together a winter sensory bin for your toddlers and preschoolers and let them enjoy playing in a warmth of your home. We have winter sensory bins with real snow, different bases for fake snow, sensory bins to explore Arctic and Antarctic, and Frozen inspired sensory bins for Olaf, Elsa and Anna…
Homemade Orange and Cinnamon Scented Playdough
When you think about winter, which scents come to your mind? For me, scents associated with winter are orange and cinnamon! So, today we made orange and cinnamon scented homemade playdough for pretend play in kid’s kitchen! Both of my kids enjoyed playing with orange and cinammon scented playdough – they kept sniffing the dough and their…
Sparkly Red Slime for Valentine’s Day
With upcoming Valentine’s day next month, we decided to make a sparkly red slime for today’s sensory play. Slime is very popular with kids and it provides wonderful sensory experience. Hope your kids will also enjoy playing with sparkly red Valentine’s Day slime! Girls really enjoyed playing with the slime and had no trouble touching…
Kids’ Sensory Activities: Nature Exploration
It’s summer-time and the great outdoors offers plenty of opportunities for kids’ sensory activities. But, wait. It’s unbearably hot, raining or just not a nice day to go outside. What now? Bring the outdoors in. Summer Plant Sensory Bin We’ve all been there. You’ve meticulously planned the best day ever. It includes a parkside picnic,…
Summer Sensory Play with Mud
What better materials to use in your spring or summer sensory play activities than dirt? Seriously. It’s everywhere. Oh, and it’s free. You can’t beat that, right? Here is a quick setup for sensory play with mud you can do in your own backyard! Mud Play Activity One summer our garden was in a…well, let’s…
Summer Sensory Bag Play
Summer sensory activities are the perfect way to channel your little explorer’s curious nature. The weather’s warm. Okay it’s more like, the weather’s super-hot. And you need an activity that will keep your tot from whaling, “Mommy, I’m bored.” Sensory Beach Bag Your kiddo is bonkers over the beach. She remembers last year’s trip and…
No-Mess Glitter Sensory Play Bag
Shaving cream paint is always tons of sensory play fun. But, the ooey gooey stuff can get kind of messy. Actually, more than kind of messy. Add in glitter and you’ve got a recipe for a sparkly disaster. Or, not. Clean Messy Fun You’re all about messy fun. Most of the time. Exploring with sensory…
No-Sew Kid-Created Purse Craft
Gift mom with this no-sew kid-created purse this Mother’s Day! Not only can your toddler or preschooler craft her way to the perfect present, but this art activity can help her to build developmental skills that she’ll use right now and in the years to come. No-Sew Kids’ Craft Your little artist can design and create…