Flower Paints
Sensory Recipes with Buddy A soft watercolor paint made from real petals, one color per cup. This sensory experience helps children learn… First, next, lastPetals, then water, then stir, then paint. Cause and effectPressing the petals turns the water pink. Small hand musclesPressing with a spoon, stirring, and painting. Words for what they noticeSoft, wet, […]
Unpoppable Bubbles
Ingredients: 3 cups of water 1 cup dish soap ½ cup of corn syrup Bubble wands Microfiber gloves Directions: 1. Put water into a bowl 2. Add in dish soap 3. Add in corn syrup 4. Mix ingredients together well 5. Set out bubble wands and practice blowing bubbles 6. To experience holding bubbles, […]
Snow Dough
Ingredients: 1 cup baking soda ½ cup cornstarch 1 tablespoon vegetable oil ½ cup + 1 tablespoon water Directions: 1. Combine all ingredients into a bowl. *NOTE: It will seem like you do not have enough liquid in your mixture but keep stirring. You will eventually end up with a very soupy liquid. 2. […]
Quicksand Playdough
Ingredients: 1 cup of corn starch 1 cup play sand 1-2 tsp washable paint Play dough tools and manipulatives Bowls Measuring cups Measuring spoons Directions: 1. Mix equal parts of corn starch and play sand. 2. Slowly add in the washable paint. Add paint until you have reached the desired consistency. 3. Add in […]
Puffy Chalk Paint
Ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 cup water 1 tablespoon dish soap Various colors of sidewalk chalk Plastic squeeze bottles (recycled ketchup bottles work GREAT) Cheese grater Funnels Directions: 1. Mix 1 cup of flour with 1 cup of water. Mix until there are no lumps. 2. Add 1 tablespoon of dish soap. 3. Keep […]
Cold Dough
Ingredients: Baking soda Cold water Mixing bowl Directions: 1.) Pour 3-4 cups of baking soda into a bowl *Note: place baking soda box in the freezer 24 hours before to really make the dough cold 2.) Slowly mix in a small amount of cold water until the dough reaches a desired texture (to resemble […]
Magic Playdough
Ingredients: 2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of salt 1 cup of warm (not too hot) water (possibly a 1/2 cup more) 2 tablespoon of baby oil 3-4 drops of food coloring 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar 3-5 teaspoons of thermochromic pigment color Directions: 1. Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and thermochromic […]
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 […]