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Baked Cotton Wool Balls

January 1, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 1 Comment

We are kicking off our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge with an activity using cotton wool. We made baked cotton wool balls.

Setting up the sensory play was easy. In small containers I mixed equal measures of plain flour and water. I added a very small amount of Wilton Food Colouring (affiliate link) to create purple, red, blue and green dipping mixture.

Adventures of Adam How to make baked cotton wool

I covered a baking tray with tin foil and placed the four bowls on the table along with pile of cotton wool balls.

Adventures of Adam Setting up Baked Cotton Wool Balls

The idea was for Adam to dip the cotton wool balls into the coloured mixture and then place it onto the baking tray. Unfortunately the activity proved too messy for Adam. Despite him starting to like messy play the flour mixture was just too much. When dipping the cotton wall balls ensure they are completely covered by the mixture and have plenty of wipes to hand!

Adventures of Adam Coloured cotton wool balls

I placed the baking tray in the oven on a low heat for 45 minutes. We even attempted a cotton wool ball Christmas Tree!

Adventures of Adam Baked Cotton Wool Christmas Tree

Once the cotton wool balls had cooled I placed them on our Tuff Spot Tray (affiliate link) along with some utensils. Although the mallet looks lethal I can assure you it was very light weight.

Adventures of Adam Baked Cotton Wool Balls

You expect the  balls to still be soft and fluffy to touch but baking them in the oven gives the cotton wool balls a hard shell which is difficult to break. Adam had great fun attempting to smash the baked cotton wool balls with his mallet.

Adventures of Adam Baked Cotton Wool Ball Smash

He resorted to poking them with drum sticks and then pulling them apart. Inside the shell the cotton wool balls remain soft and fluffy. Adam certainly preferred smashing the baked cotton wool balls than coating them in the flour mixture.

Adventures of Adam Exploring baked cotton wool balls

Now this is where I have a confession to make and a warning for you. After baking our cotton wool balls for 45 minutes we went out for the day. When we got home I decided the balls could do with a little longer in the oven as they were still a little soft. I thought 10 minutes extra would do it. However, 1 hour and 45 minutes later I remembered I had left the cotton wool balls in the oven. We had burnt cotton wool balls on our hands. Lesson learnt – always set the oven timer!

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Today Sugar Spice and Glitter is joining us on our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop. Take a look at what sensory adventures they have been up to with cotton wool.

 

Equipment:

* Plain flour and water

* Small containers

* Wilton Food Colouring (affiliate link)

* Cotton wool balls

* Baking tray and tin foil

* Tuff Spot Tray (affiliate link)

* Utensils to smash the baked cotton wool balls ie childrens hammers, mallets, drum sticks etc.

Adventures of Adam Baked Cotton Wool 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge

Other sensory play activities using cotton wool:

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Cotton Wool Fun
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Sheep Shearing
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Penguin Sensory Bin

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5 Ways to play with cotton balls from Sugar Spice and Glitter

To find out more about our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge (2015) click here.

 

31 Day Sensory Play Challenge calendar download

Day 2 of our Sensory Play Challenge is rice. Click here to view our Neon Rice Sensory Bin.

Adventures of Adam 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2016

Filed Under: Play Activities, Play Challenges, Popular Posts, Some time required, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge, Colours, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, Fine Motor Activities, Food colouring, Messy activity, Sensory Play Activities, Tuff Spot/ Builders Tray

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  1. Mihaela says

    January 2, 2015 at 12:20 am

    How did you come up with an idea to bake it?!

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