Moon Sand
Ingredients: 6 cups white flour 1 cup baby oil Directions: 1. Combine all items into a sensory bin, or sensory tray. 2. Mix well with your hands. 3. Add in different items for play and exploration.
DIY Kinetic Sand
Ingredients: 1 cup of play sand or craft sand ½ cup of school glue 2 tsp of dish soap 1 tablespoons of cornstarch Directions: 1. Combine sand, dish soap, and cornstarch. Mix well. 2. Add the glue a little at a time. Stir in between. 3. Knead well with your hands to ensure ingredients […]
Natural Playdough
Ingredients: Food coloring 1 C Flour 1 C water 1-2 C Cornstarch 1 tbsp Cream of Tartar (optional, prevents molding) 2 tbsp Salt Directions: 1. Mix dry ingredients (flour, cream of tartar, and salt) together in bowl. Repeat this for every color of playdough you are making (separate bowl for each color). 2. Add […]
Powdered Sugar Playdough
Ingredients: 1 cup frosting (flavored will create a scent) 1 cup of powdered sugar (or cornstarch) Mixing bowl and spoon Food coloring (optional) Directions: 1. Add frosting to your mixing bowl. 2. Add in food coloring if desired and mix well. 3. Mix in the powered sugar (or cornstarch) to thicken your mixture and […]
Cornstarch Playdough
Ingredients: 1 cup of hair conditioner 2 cups of cornstarch Mixing bowl and spoon Food coloring (optional) Directions: 1. Add conditioner to a bowl. 2. If food coloring is desired, add it in now and mix well. 3. Add in cornstarch and mix well. 4. Once mixed well, knead playdough with your hands. *Note: […]
No Cook Playdough
Ingredients: 2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of salt 1 cup of warm water (not HOT) 2 tablespoon of cooking oil 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar food coloring Directions: 1. Combine all dryingredients in a bowl. Form a well in the center. 2. Add cooking oil andfood coloring to the dry ingredients. 3. […]
Kool-Aid Playdough
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup salt 2 Tablespoons cream of tartar 1 cup of water 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil Food coloring Kool-Aid packs (1 per batch) Directions: 1. Add flour, salt, and cream of tartar, and one Kool-Aid packet to a mixing bowl and set aside. 2. Combine water (warm, not hot) […]
Glitter Glue Slime
Ingredients: 1 bottle of Elmer’s Washable Glitter Glue (any color) 1/8 to ¼ cup liquid starch (Lin It or Sta Flo) Bowl Spoon Directions: 1. Start by adding your glitter glue to a bowl. 2. Add in up to 1/8 cup of liquid starch and stir well until slime consistency forms. Add starch in slowly […]
Saline Solution Slime
Ingredients: ½ cup clear or white school glue 1 tablespoon saline solution (must contain boric acid and sodium borate) ½ cup of water ¼ to ½ teaspoon baking soda Food coloring, liquid watercolor, glitter, confetti, foam beads (optional) Directions: 1. Mix together ½ cup water and ½ cup of glue. 2. Add in color, […]
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Fingerplays & Songs A head-to-toe body song that gets faster every round. This song helps children learn… Body part namesEight parts named and touched in order. Balance and bendingReaching all the way down and back up again. Fast and slowFeeling the tempo change round after round. Following a sequenceRemembering what comes next without a cue. […]