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Toy construction trucks with fake taste safe mud and pebbles

Make your own fake mud with this taste safe mud recipe for sensory play. Perfect for mouthing toddlers and babies for your next messy play session! Play outside and rinse with your play area with the hose to clean up. Super simple to make, loads of learning and fun!

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Pin text reads, feed farm animals sensory bin feed farm animals free printable, image is of a sensory bin filled with cereal and 4 plastic bottles with animal faces stuck on and 3 spoons of different sizes to practice feeding animals.

This Farm sensory bin is one of our favorite sensory activities for messy play time. A fab play activity for farm preschool activities and to assist with the farm theme preschool lesson. This feed farm animals sensory bin is edible, making it a safe option for little learners. My feed farm animals activity helps develop fine motor skills in a fun way. Grab your feed farm animals printable as an easy pdf download : feed farm animals free printable, cut them out and stick onto your bottles.

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a young child is painting on the grass

Find out the importance of mark making in Early Years to support child development. See how children can learn through play!

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the process to make foam dough is shown

The best sensory toy around! You can easily make this foam dough at home for your kids. Or better yet, have your kids mix and create this dough! A light and fluffy foam dough is the perfect sensory toy for kids who are at home for distance learning and struggling with all of the changes happening during the stay at home orders. Your kids will love to play with this simple to make (only 2 ingredients!) foam dough! #SensoryTime #KidActivities

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this rainbow cake is so easy to make and it's perfect for any kid in the house

How to make 3-ingredient clean mud, a fun, squishy sensory play material that feels like real mud - without the mess! Kids hands actually end up cleaner after playing with clean mud than when they started.

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a child's hand is holding a spoon and fork in front of paint on a tray

Don't have the time or energy to set up a sensory bin or get involved in a complicated activity? Still want your little one to experience the hands-on FUN of just playing with something that FEELS really cool? Then check out our 10 really simple (easy to set up with few ingredients) and engaging sensory activities, all of which can be done in 15 minutes!

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someone is decorating a sheep cake with icing

Kuttypai’s Mama on Instagram: "This sheep shearing activity is a great sensory activity that works on fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. The shaving foam really helps keep the kids engaged for much longer because it’s messy and fun and smells nice too! I keep a tub of water close by so the ‘shears’ can be washed off and don’t forget to put your sheep print out in a plastic protective sheet so you can reuse it- believe me you will! #kuttypaiactivities #sheepshearing…

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the process for making foamy paint is shown in three different colors, including pink, green and blue

This Foam Sensory Paint aka. shaving cream puffy paint is a great idea for little artist who love messy play and using their hands to create. This DIY foam paint recipe is made to play outside or in the shower and it's easy to wash with water.

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