Day 24 of our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge gives us the opportunity to create sensory bags. Over the past 15 months we have created several sensory bags. From fish tanks to snow men, non messy paint mixing to pea finger football we certainly love our Ziploc bags
After playing with farm yard animal sounds during our sound matching game I wanted to make a farmyard sensory bag. As always I used our favourite Ziploc bags
I placed several additional farmyard animals to the bag but this time I didn’t peel away their backing. I poured about 100ml of baby oil into the bag and closed the bag securely.
To ensure the zip-loc bag did not break I added an extra strip of Rainbow Duck Tape
Adam got excited as soon as he saw the farmyard sensory bag. He soon realised that most of the animals could move around the bag and it didn’t take him long to manipulate them into their fenced areas. This is a great activity for developing fine motor skills.
Equipment:
* Ziploc Heavy Duty Freezer Bags
* A4 Foam Sheets
* Scissors
* Farm animal foam stickers
* Baby oil
* Rainbow Duck Tape
31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop:
Today Learning and Exploring Through Play are joining us for our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop. They have a brilliant guide to creating fun sensory bags with lots of ideas.
Other sensory activities using sensory bags:
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- Fish Tank Sensory Bag
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- Sensory Bags
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- Pea Finger Football
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- Snow Man Zip-Loc Sensory Bag
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- Non Messy Paint Mixing
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- Glowing Sensory Bag from The Pleasantest Thing
To find out more about our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2015 click here.
Day 25 of our Sensory Play Challenge is water beads. We have plenty of ways to play with water beads here.
I have tried to use aloe Vera gel today, as I really worry of the leakage or if the bag breaks. But seems my object inside the sensory bag is not moving as freely as I expect, is it because of the aloe Vera gel or u think it’s because I should have put in more gel? I used around 200ml gel for a big size zip loc bag. Thanks
Thanks for getting in touch. I have never used Aloe Vera gel with any of our activities so unfortunately cannot comment. If you secure all the edges with Duck Tape and ensure that there is nothing sharp inside the bag (ie no sequins) then the bag should leak. The baby oil felt watery so this may have made it easier to move the objects around the bag. In the past I have used 300ml of hair gel (see our Fish Tank Sensory Bag mentioned above). Hope that helps.
Ic thanks. let me try, just that buying 300ml aloe is much cheaper then buying 300ml baby oil in Hong Kong ?