15 Messy Edible Sensory Play Ideas for Baby & Toddlers
Sensory stimulation is of course great for babies and toddlers. Sensory play with bins filled with different messy and edible touch mediums are a great way to have fun and promote exploration. It also promotes touch processing & modulation (reactivity to touch), visual processing & modulation, somatosensory processing (perceive and discriminate where the touch is on different body parts), desensitise, sustained attention skills, learn about different shapes, textures (soft / rough).
Sensory Bin Ideas:
- Apple sauce
- Jell-o
- Cake mix
- Whipped cream
- Pasta
- Cooked Spaghetti
- Oatmeal
- Rice
- Beans
- Water
- Pumpkin seeds
- Cornstarch + water
- Flour
- Coconut oil
- Ice
Sensory Bin Activities:
- Hide objects like dinosaurs, puzzles pieces
- Cars and trucks
- Cups/ scoops/ funnels
- Get the whole body involved - hands, feet, arms, legs
- Tongs
- Ladle
- Buckets
- Paint brushes
- Letters and numbers
- Farm animals