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Sunflower Sensory Soup

September 26, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 3 Comments

Sometimes unplanned activities work out the best. As I was paying for petrol I noticed that a bunch of sunflowers were reduced to £1. Adam has never explored flowers within his sensory play so I set up a quick activity for him.

Adventures of Adam Sunflower Sensory Soup(This post contains affiliate links)

I put five sunflowers into our 33 Litre Really Useful Box which was placed on top of our blue Tuff Spot. I let Adam take the lead with his play and he created Sunflower Sensory Soup!

Adventures of Adam Sunflower Tuff Spot

First Adam explored the smell and the texture of the sunflowers. He discovered he could pull the petals off individually. This lead to a great fine motor skill activity as well as counting over 100 petals!

Adventures of Adam Exploring sunflowers

Once he had taken the petals off of two sunflowers, Adam disappeared into the bathroom and returned with a container of water. He poured the water into the box and asked for more water. I asked if he would like coloured water and he chose yellow. I added yellow Wilton food colouring to a bucket of water and poured it into the storage box. Unfortunately the blue Tuff Spot underneath made the water look more green than yellow!

Adventures of Adam Sunflower sensory play

I gave Adam a variety of kitchen utensils and he used them to stir the sunflower petals around the sensory bin. He discovered the metal spoon could be used to scoop out the sunflower petals and attempted to pick them out individually.

Adventures of Adam Flower Water Play

Adam used the whisk to try and make bubbles in the yellow water. He even attempted to get the sunflower heads to sink by spooning water on top of them.

Adventures of Adam Nature water play

I had forgotten how much fun it was to watch Adam completely direct the play activity. It was also the first time Adam has played with sensory soup. He enjoyed it immensely so I can see more sensory soup activities coming soon.

Equipment:

* 33 Litre Really Useful Box

* Blue Tuff Spot (optional)

* Yellow Wilton food colouring

* Kitchen utensils

 

LarabeeUK

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  1. Mummy's Blog says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    This is a great idea, we’ve never tried a sensory soup before, this sounds nice and do-able!
    #toddlerapprovedtuesday

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  2. Whatmyfridgesays says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    Ohh I love a bit of sensory soup, a lovely idea and you are brave to share your flowers 😉

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  3. Lukeosaurus And Me says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    It’s so lovely to watch your child free play. I’m always amazed by their imaginations and what they get up to. It was great you found sunflowers for £1! Bargain sensory play; lovely idea! Ray xx #toddlerapprovedtuesday

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