Scooping, smelling, squishing, squelching, shaking – this fun and festive list of Christmas sensory bins includes ideas to stimulate each of the five senses through the sounds, sights, smells and textures of the holidays! RELATED: Find more inspiration for sensory bins in our great big list – 55+ Super Sensory Bins for Kids. 21 Festive […]
Fun, Frosty Snow Slime Recipe
This frosty snow slime recipe ticks all the boxes for a fun Christmas themed sensory play activity. It smells magnificent! It looks slimy and sticky, but it is not at all – in fact, it feels rubbery and soft. You can even make it icy cold. And it feels wet, even though it is dry. […]
Christmas Sensory Play: Don’t Ring the Bells Obstacle Course
I cannot tell you how much my girls have LOVED this simple obstacle course. The objective is to traverse the course without ringing the bells attached to each of the obstacles so not only are we exercising our ears and sense of sound but also our bodies! We set up our course outside but as […]
Sensory Play with Gingerbread Scented Rice
With the scent of the holidays, this gingerbread rice is fabulous for Christmas sensory play when used simply for filling and pouring in a plastic tub or as ‘snow’ in a fabulous holiday themed small world. How to Make Gingerbread Rice for Sensory Play To make the gingerbread rice I combined regular, uncooked rice with gingerbread […]
Stained Glass Christmas Cookies & Milk
My kids love cooking and this stained glass Christmas cookie recipe is just perfect for getting the kids involved…in the baking and the eating! Stained Glass Christmas Cookies Recipe for Cooking with Kids You will need: Single coloured boiled lollies The ingredients to make these Simple Sweet Biscuits at Kidgredients. Please note, the recipe uses […]
Balloon Printed Wrapping Paper With a Sensory Twist
Making Christmas wrapping paper with kids is a great way to spend some time in the lead up to the big day and today’s wrapping paper making activity (try saying that three times fast!) includes more than one fun sensory twist! Balloon printing is deliciously tactile! Children love to feel and squeeze the balloon between […]
Christmas Charades Cards Printable
Looking for a fun game for your family to play together over the holidays? Have you tried playing Charades? My husband talks so fondly about playing Charades with his extended family at Christmas time as a child. It’s a tradition he has so looked forward to sharing with our girls that I decided to create […]