I had a friend whose mother said "Sometimes you have to make sunshine inside!" If you can't go to the beach, or some place warm, bring the beach to your home!
There is nothing more fun than playing in sand. These are fantastic sensory activities that will keep kids busy for hours.
There is nothing more fun than playing in sand. These are fantastic sensory activities that will keep kids busy for hours.
Make Colored Sand!
You'll need white rice, food coloring, hand sanitizer, a plastic ziplock bag and a flat pan lined with parchment paper. Put 5-6 squirts of hand sanitizer in the plastic ziplock bag. Add a few drops of food coloring. Add rice. Zip bag and shake until mixed. Lay rice out on a parchment lined jelly roll pan to dry completely. Once dry, pour into a "sand" box and pull out your favorite pails and shovels for digging!
*NOTE: This is not edible.
Create the Ocean!
Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the water in the bath tub and you are instantly transformed to the ocean. Your kids will never want to get out.
*NOTE: Using food coloring in the bath will NOT stain your kids. They will still come out clean!
Make Bath Sand!
You'll need shaving cream, food coloring and bath crystals. This activity also uses plastic beach toys or any flat container. While your kids are in the tub, fill the container with shaving cream. Then add the bath crystals. Now they can squeeze and shape their "sand."
Let the kids alternate between the "beach" and the "ocean". Add some sea shells and beach toys and they'll feel like they've been on vacation!
Let the kids alternate between the "beach" and the "ocean". Add some sea shells and beach toys and they'll feel like they've been on vacation!
