Shaving foam and food colouring messy play!
Shaving foam is a bit of a staple where messy play is concerned in our household. It’s cheap, easy to stick on the shopping list, and pretty easy to clean up without staining. This...
Category: Messy & Sensory Play
Sometimes boys just want to make a mess! And why not – we’ve found it easy enough to put a tray or plastic sheet in position to make cleaning up afterwards easy. Messy & sensory play is also great for development, teaching them about different textures and colours as well as building dexterity and confidence. We’ve found that some of these activities can keep our kids happily entertained for ages. They talk about them long afterwards, and greatly look forward to the next time the sheets come out!
Oobleck – fun with slime!
I’ve been wondering about trying oobleck with my preschooler for a while, but he’s not always receptive to new textures so I hadn’t yet taken the plunge. However with my toddler having a good...
Home-made chemistry set!
We made our very own chemistry set for experimenting, mixing and playing! I used some old squash bottles that I cut off at different heights and filled with water and food colouring, a little...
Bubble snakes!
My preschooler and I had so much fun making bubble snakes. We used an old squash bottle, a microfibre cloth, 2 rubber bands, a bowl and some washing up liquid. We cut off the...
Fun with blowing bubbles!
Sometimes the simplest of activities are the most successful! This was just a large box, some water, washing up liquid, some food colouring and two straws. You could easily do this without the food...
Digging for dinosaurs in the sand!
The boys both love digging around in sand, and they both love dinosaurs. So I thought I would stick some dinosaurs in a tub of sand and see what they made of it. They...
Pasta sensory tray!
I love it when a last minute idea ends up being a real hit with the boys. And this pasta sensory tray was one of those. We had some pasta that needed using up,...
Painting the shed!
I love this activity because the boys think they are being allowed to do something they wouldn’t normally be allowed to, and it creates no mess at all! Simply a pot of water and...
Welcome to the car wash!
We are really enjoying the sunny weather – the boys love to play outside! So I set up a simple car wash for them – a car ramp, some plastic cars, some bowls of...
Space-themed messy play!
I love to try and include a messy play activity in our themed weeks, as the boys just love it and it’s so good for them to get squishing, feeling, imagining and exploring. A...
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