Make your own Sensory Activity materials

Playdough

Small Batch Playdough

1 cup flour
1/3 cup salt
1/2 cup water
2 teaspoons canola oil

Mix the dry ingredients first, then slowly pour in the wet ingredients. Knead until smooth and store
in a covered container. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring to the wet ingredients before
adding to the dry.

Three Cs Playdough

1 cup flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Optional – 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice

Mix dry ingredients and then add wet ingredients. Knead until smooth. Keep in a covered container
in a cool area. Use a little bit water to revive when it is dry.
 Kinetic sand
Kinetic Sand Recipe
1. 1 cup of play sand.
2. 1/2 tbsp corn starch.
3. 1 tsp dish soap.
4. 1 cup of water (added as needed)

Method

 Begin by combining the play sand and corn starch in a large bin or container.
 Mix well.
 In a separate container combine 1 cup of water with 1 tsp of dish soap, and stir until the water is
bubbly.
 Then, slowly add the water-mixture to the sand/cornstarch and mix well.

Mix and mix, slowly adding more water & mixing as you go.

Tips & Storage:

 Store your homemade kinetic sand in an air-tight container between play times, and it can be
used again & again.
 If the sand dries out between play add a touch of soapy water & mix it into the sand. This will
restore it to the desired consistency.
Paint

Use flowers, natural foods such as beetroot, turmeric, henna, red cabbage, carrots, charcoal…

Finger paint:
Salt and Flour Paint

 1/2 cup flour

 1/2 cup salt
 1/2 cup water

Blend 1/2 cup of flour with 1/2 cup of salt. Add 1/2 cup of water…and mix until smooth.
Divide it up into three plastic bags or containers and add a few drops of liquid watercolor or
food coloring to each bag. Squish them up until the “paint” is well blended. Use Ziplock bags if
small children are helping with this step. Add more water if you’d like a thinner paint. Cut a
corner off the baggie and squeeze the paint mixture into your squeeze bottle.

Tempera paint for when you want a masterpiece for the wall

Ingredients

 Eggs
 Small bowls
 Paint Brushes
 Liquid Watercolors or Food Coloring

How to Make Tempera Paint

1. Step one: Separate the yolks from the whites, and drop one yolk into each of your bowls.
2. Step two: Mix food coloring or liquid watercolors into the egg
3. Step three: Mix well
4. Step four: Paint
 Paint brushes

Things to Use to Paint Instead of a Paint Brush

 a sponge.
 toothpicks.
 fork.
 q-tips.
 toothbrush.
 comb.
 hair brush.
 feather.
 Anything you can think of