Walking Water
Ingredients: Small plastic cups or glasses Paper towels Food coloring (Primary colors) Water Directions: 1. Place 7 cups in a row and pour water into cups #1, 3, 5, and 7. Cups should be about ¾ of the way full. 2. Add drops of red food coloring to the 1st and 7th cup. 3. […]
Mud Paint
Ingredients: Mud Powdered tempura paint (or liquid watercolors/food coloring) Dish soap Water Directions: 1. Set out various containers – each will house a different colored mud paint. 2. Add a large scoop of mud to each container. 3. Sprinkle powdered tempura paint (or liquid watercolors) over the scoop of mud. 4. Add a small […]
Taste Safe Paint
Sensory Recipes with Buddy A stir and squish paint children mix themselves, one color per bowl. This sensory experience helps children learn… Following steps in orderMeasure, mix, color, then whip it smooth. Small hand musclesScooping, pouring, and stirring out the clumps. Words for what they noticeGritty, thick, smooth, lumpy, runny. Cause and effectDrops of color […]
Dish Soap Silly Putty
Ingredients: ½ cup dish soap 2/3 cup corn starch (can be a heaping amount, not perfectly leveled) Directions: 1. Place the corn starch in a small bowl 2. Slowly add the dish soap to the corn starch 3. Mix together using a spoon 4. If it is too wet, add more corn starch. If […]
Bubble Foam
Ingredients: ¼ cup body wash ½ cup water Food coloring Directions: 1. Add ¼ cup of body wash, ½ cup of water and a few drops of food coloring to a bowl. 2. TEACHER USE ONLY: Using a hand mixer away from children, mix everything together on high speed until stiff peaks form (like […]
Puffy Paint
Ingredients: 1 tbsp self-rising flour (MUST be self-rising) Food coloring of your choice 1 tbsp salt Water (start with ¼ tsp per color used) Directions: 1. Combine your flour and salt in a bowl 2. Add a little bit of water and stir until you get a smooth, thin paste. 3. Add in food […]
Bubbling Eruption
Ingredients: ½ cup dish soap 1 cup of water ¾ cup vinegar Liquid watercolor (or food coloring) Directions: 1. In a pitcher combine your dish soap, water, vinegar, and coloring. 2. Add baking soda to a separate bottle (plastic cups, test tubes, etc. all work well too). 3. Make as many containers of baking […]
Clean Mud
Ingredients: 3 bars Ivory Soap Water 1 roll toilet paper Cheese Grater Directions: 1. Grate all three bars of ivory soap into sensory tub. You can add more if wanting to fill the tub more. 2. Pull apart and add in one full roll of toilet paper 3. Add in warm water. Add a […]
Oobleck
Ingredients: 1 cup of Corn Starch Food Coloring (if preferred) 1 cup of water Directions: 1. Add cornstarch and water to a mixing bowl. 2. Drop in food coloring of your choice. 3. Mix with your hands and explore! 4. If your Oobleck is too watery, add more corn starch. If too thick, add […]
Cloud Dough
Ingredients: 4 cups of flour ½ cup of oil Directions: 1. Scoop and pour flour into a bowl or a tub. 2. Create a crater in the center of the flour. 3. Pour the oil into the center of the crater. 4. Gently mix it all together. 5. Add in different spoons and cups […]