Activities for Toddlers: Sensory Messy Play with Foil, Shaving Cream, and Food Coloring
Toddlers love sensory activities. The little explorers love the sensation of feeling a new substance. They learn hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and the ability to deal with being messy.
So, what senses are used?
Hearing ~ The aluminum foil is noisy. Cream makes a swoosh when it comes out of the can. Shake the sprinkles to the beat of your favorite song.
Sight ~ Add lots of colors for eye candy or combine different colors of food coloring, and watch as they change into a new color.
Taste ~ Use canned cream and sprinkles (see below).
Touch ~ Aluminum is smooth and crinkly. Shaving cream is cold and wet. Dots are difficult to pick up. Squish a little shaving cream on your fingers to make picking them up easier and more fun.
Smell ~ Shaving cream comes in lots of scents like spearmint, peppermint, or perfumes. Add scented oils or extract for more scentsations :)
One of my favorite things to use for sensory play is shaving cream. It comes in varying scents, it always feels cold, it is light, fluffy, and super fun! For our last messy play class, we gave each child a large piece of aluminum foil, wrote the first initial of their name, squirted a few drops of food coloring in a blob of cream, and recycled paper from hole punches.
Fun activity for toddler shaving cream on aluminum foil. Messy, sensory play is a great tool to use to aid in sensory processing disorders. Starting a sensory play regimen early gives children the best chance for improvement.
What do you think happened? It was quite surprising. No one messed up their letter. They played and mixed the blob with food coloring, they picked up the dots and moved them around, but not one preschooler smooshed their letter!
I demonstrated by decorating my letter with the pieces of paper and mixing in the colored shaving cream. After this, they were still reluctant to ruin their letters, but eventually one or two began to decorate their letters. Finally, everyone joined in making faces with the paper and swirling the cold cream around.
This is a great way to teach your toddler the alphabet. Gently, take their finger and trace the letters. Focus on a new letter each day. Add an alphabet coloring sheet.
Tip: For an EDIBLE option, use refrigerated, canned whip cream, food coloring, and candy sprinkles or colored sugar.
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So, what senses are used?
Hearing ~ The aluminum foil is noisy. Cream makes a swoosh when it comes out of the can. Shake the sprinkles to the beat of your favorite song.
Sight ~ Add lots of colors for eye candy or combine different colors of food coloring, and watch as they change into a new color.
Taste ~ Use canned cream and sprinkles (see below).
Touch ~ Aluminum is smooth and crinkly. Shaving cream is cold and wet. Dots are difficult to pick up. Squish a little shaving cream on your fingers to make picking them up easier and more fun.
Smell ~ Shaving cream comes in lots of scents like spearmint, peppermint, or perfumes. Add scented oils or extract for more scentsations :)
One of my favorite things to use for sensory play is shaving cream. It comes in varying scents, it always feels cold, it is light, fluffy, and super fun! For our last messy play class, we gave each child a large piece of aluminum foil, wrote the first initial of their name, squirted a few drops of food coloring in a blob of cream, and recycled paper from hole punches.
Fun activity for toddler shaving cream on aluminum foil. Messy, sensory play is a great tool to use to aid in sensory processing disorders. Starting a sensory play regimen early gives children the best chance for improvement.
What do you think happened? It was quite surprising. No one messed up their letter. They played and mixed the blob with food coloring, they picked up the dots and moved them around, but not one preschooler smooshed their letter!
I demonstrated by decorating my letter with the pieces of paper and mixing in the colored shaving cream. After this, they were still reluctant to ruin their letters, but eventually one or two began to decorate their letters. Finally, everyone joined in making faces with the paper and swirling the cold cream around.
This is a great way to teach your toddler the alphabet. Gently, take their finger and trace the letters. Focus on a new letter each day. Add an alphabet coloring sheet.
Tip: For an EDIBLE option, use refrigerated, canned whip cream, food coloring, and candy sprinkles or colored sugar.
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