Whip up some foam using just dish soap and your food processor! Let your kids explore the foam! Its a wonderful sensory activity for kids of all ages.
I knew when I saw this snow sensory activity from dish soap, from You 
Sensory Activity for Kids: Dish Soap Foam!
February 12, 2012 by 28 Comments
Slimy Spaghetti Sensory Activity for Toddlers
October 25, 2011 by 29 Comments
We turned The Imagination Tree’s bug slime spaghetti [eww!] into a sensory activity especially for Halloween!
I simply cooked up a package of spaghetti noodles, drained them and rinsed it with cold water to cool it down quickly.
Divide the spaghetti and add
Toddler Sensory Activity: Slimy Eyes
October 17, 2011 by 20 Comments
A perfect sensory activity for Halloween.
As well as perfect for all ages, including babies and toddlers!I saw these Halloween and fall hair gel sensory suncatchers on It’s Playtime a couple weeks ago, from Happy Hooligans. They have lots of ideas that they added to
Sensory Activity: Hauling Corn
October 4, 2011 by 12 Comments
With harvest in full swing at Grandpa’s farm, Henry’s always begging to go along and ride in the combine. This weekend, the entire family got out there and rode along!
I decided to bring home some corn straight from the field for a
Toddler Activity : Tissue Paper Bag
September 23, 2011 by 18 Comments
I let George loose with a paper bag full of tissue paper left over from our DIY Wrapping Paper that Henry and I made.
George explored the tissue paper for probably a good half hour.
It kept him fully entertained.
What came to
Art : Tape Resist Letters with Homemade Edible Finger Paint Recipe
August 24, 2011 by 41 Comments
As George is getting older, it’s getting more interesting to keep him entertained during activities with Henry. Especially art activities.
To solve this, I included George in the activity this time. I made my own Edible Finger Paint [recipe found At the
Frozen Painting Summer Art Project For Kids
July 27, 2011 by 31 Comments
Even though it was miserably hot, we’ve used lots of ice to keep us cool.
So far, George has played with ice cubes [a simple sensory activity for babies] and Henry discovered a healthy snack of fruit in a frozen ice
Baby Play : Ice Sensory
July 25, 2011 by 11 Comments
I’m claiming this week as Beat The Heat Week here on hands on : as we grow. This past week has been miserably hot and humid here, 100+ degrees and add on 95% humidity. Miserable. This
Baby Activity: Fabric Scraps
June 20, 2011 by 10 Comments
A new sensory item for George is a tub of fabric scraps!
I’ve had these in the cupboard for years, not being able to bring myself to throw them out, but not knowing what else to do with them either.
I brought them out
Sensory Play : Flour Piping Activity
May 10, 2011 by 18 Comments
After seeing the sand piping bags at Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning, I knew it was a sensory activity that Henry would love to get messy doing. Minus the sand, we made our own flour piping bags.
After our Free Play : Stirring
Exploring Baby Food
April 27, 2011 by 9 Comments
Last week on It’s Playtime! I featured some baby things to do.
The pudding fingerpaint [from Girl in Air] stuck in my mind.
A friend of mine commented on Facebook about using baby food, too!
That’s just what I did.
George was fussy one
