Sensory Play Recipes

Making Sensory Play Recipes at home is a frugal and simple way to have hours of fun with your kids. Creating our own play materials is by far one of my families favorite ways to spend a day at home together. We could seriously create with play recipes daily!

Playing with your kids does not need to be messy, complicated, or expensive. Plus this play is a fantastic way to sneak in some sensory integration to your play!

How to Make Peanut Butter Playdough from Peanuts

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Kids will have a blast learning how to make peanut butter as they create this fantastic sensory recipe - Peanut Butter Playdough! I had no clue that you could make this from scratch so easily!

Have you ever wondered what goes into making peanut butter from scratch? It really isn’t as difficult as it seems! With March being National Peanut month and February being Black History Month, this was the perfect time for us to explore the life of George Washington Carver. What better way to honor George Washington Carver … Read more

How to Dye Rainbow Spaghetti for Sensory Play

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This is by far the best method I have found on How to Dye Rainbow Spaghetti for sensory play!

Using spaghetti for sensory play is a fun way to create a super easy sensory bins. Whenever we dye spaghetti and use it as a filler in our sensory bins the play is focused on the actual experience over the toys included. It is just that fun! While this method is messy and will stain your hands, it is the easiest way I have discovered on How to Dye Rainbow Spaghetti for Sensory Play.

This is by far the best method I have found on How to Dye Rainbow Spaghetti for sensory play!

While sensory spaghetti is easy and affordable it is also something that kids of all ages can enjoy together. There was a point during this activity that my 8-year-old, 3-year-old, and 9-month-old were all playing together and laughing. It was one of the most beautiful things to witness as a mom.

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Rainbow Clean Mud

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Ever had your child soak a roll of toilet paper? Instead of throwing it away turn it into this super fun Rainbow Clean Mud!

Have you ever had a child soak a roll of toilet paper in the sink? It happens in my home all the time. Last night I was actually pulling soaking wet toilet paper out of the bath tub. Who does that?! Obviously my kids… Instead of tossing the wet toilet paper into the garbage can I set it aside to make this super fun Rainbow Clean Mud.

Ever had your child soak a roll of toilet paper? Instead of throwing it away turn it into this super fun Rainbow Clean Mud!

For my baby shower with my oldest child members of my Mom’s church gave me a notebook filled with their favorite activities to do with their children. We originally discovered this toddler mud recipe in that book and it has been one of our favorite messy play bins for almost eight years now!

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