Activity ideas to try at home
'Little mess, big learning'
Sensory play doh
2 cups plain flour (all purpose)2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and coconut oil work too)1/2 cup salt2 tablespoons cream of tartar1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right)Food colouring E ssence (try, cinnamon, vanilla or orange)
1. Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl
2. Add your food colouring and essence if desired, to the boiling
3. water then into the dry ingredients
4. Stir continuously until it becomes a sticky, combined dough
5. Allow it to cool down then take it out of the bowl and knead it vigorously for a couple of minutes until all of the stickiness has gone.
* This is the most important part of the process, so keep at it until it’s the perfect consistency!*
If it remains a little sticky then add a touch more flour until just right
Enjoy endless fun with your little one!
Simple Slime
1. Squeeze the glue into a mixing bowl (look for a bottle in a 100ml size if possible so you won’t have to measure it out).
Add the bicarbonate of soda and mix well.
2. Add a drop or two of your chosen gel food colouring. Less
colouring gives a pastel colour; the more you add, the brighter
the colour. Mix until well incorporated.
3. Add the contact lens solution and mix. The slime will begin to
form, going stringy before coming away clean from the bowl into a ball.
4. Once it has formed, take it out and knead it with your hands. It
will be sticky at first but after about 30 seconds you’ll have a
smooth and pliable ball. Add glitter at this point, if desired, and work in with your hands. Store in a pot with a lid.
Baby Safe Sensory Spaghetti
1. Cook the pasta
2. While the pasta is cooking, fill several mixing bowls (one for
each colour) about 3/4 the way full with cold water.
3. Add several drops of food colouring to the water.
4. When the pasta has finished cooking, carefully strain and
immediately distribute the cooked spaghetti among the bowls
of coloured water you have prepared
5. Let the pasta sit for about 1 hour
6. Drain each colour individually and toss it with the tiniest bit of
oil to keep the strands from sticking together.
7. Add the pasta to your plastic bin and let the fun begin!
Natural Infusion Tea
1. Boil the kettle and allow the water to become just warm
before transferring to the kettle
2. Pour your water into the tea cup
3. Add the tea bag and allow to infuse
4. Enjoy!
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