I've been waiting to introduce a sensory bin to W until he was older because most of the blog posts I have seen, are for older kids. But why wait? I decided to make something simple and keep a close eye on him while he explored. Super colorful rice sounded like a perfect idea for his first sensory bin.
What You Will Need:
- Rice
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Food Coloring
- Mason Jar or Baggie
- Foil
- Cookie Sheets
Put 1 cup of rice, 2 tbsp of rubbing alcohol and a few drops of food coloring in a baggie. Then mix it up. Line your cookie sheets with foil and dump the rice out onto the foil to dry. Easy peasy lemon squeezey! After the rice had dried, I dumped it into a container forming a rainbow. It was beautiful!
I set up the rainbow rice sensory bin on the floor with measuring cups, then I bought in W. He stared at the rice for a few minutes, we talked about the different colors and how it looked like a rainbow. Then, in went his hands...it all happened so fast. Before I knew it, there was rice EVERYWHERE! He was so excited, he was throwing handfuls of rice on the floor then crawling through it. I talked to him about how the rice felt and how it sounded as it fell onto the floor. We put rice into the measuring cup and then dumped it out. This entertained him for about a half an hour, which is a long time (he didn't even try to put any in his mouth!). I'm sorry that I don't have any pictures to share but this kid moves fast!
All in all, the sensory bin worked out great. I'm so excited to make another. Maybe colored noodles?
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