Here are 75 Tuff Spot play ideas to get your creative juices flowing for the Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge. The activities are either taken from our Adventures of Adam blog or provided by our blogging friends.
Click on each picture to find out more information about each individual Tuff Spot activity. These ideas are given as a guide. You can follow these ideas exactly, adapt them in some way or think of your own – it is completely up to you. Some activities can be used for several different letters and some letters are obviously easier than others.
A handy shopping list for the Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge can be found here.
You can find more sensory play inspiration in our Tuff Spot A-Z Blog Hop and Pinterest Board.
Monday 9th March – A is for:
Art, Alphabet, Arctic, Apples, Aliens, Autumn, Animals, Astronaut
- Autumn Sensory Play from Ghostwritermummy
- Alien Slime Painting from Ghostwritermummy
- Alien (Edible) Slime from Ghostwritermummy
Tuesday 10th March – B is for:
Bubbles, Bird Seed, Buttons, Beads, Beach, Balls, Bubble Wrap, Baked Beans, Bricks, Building Site, Balloons, Book Themed Play, Bottles, Build A House, Bark, Bricks
- Bubble Blowing from What Katy Said
- Bubble Fun from Mum Turned Mom
- Messy Beach Play from Ghostwritermummy
Wednesday 11th March – C is for:
Cloud Dough, Cereal, Clothespins, Car Track, Cotton Wool, Clay, Colours, Colour Mixing, Contact Paper, City Landscape, Countryside Landscape, Chalk, Cement (sand and water), Cornflour, Compost, Castles, Coffee
- Cornflake Tuff Spot
- Car Ramp Painting
- Car Tracks in Shaving Foam
- Colour Teaching from Ghostwritermummy
- Cloud Dough Tuff Spot
- Cotton Wool (Baked) Ball Smash
Thursday 12th March – D is for:
Dinosaurs, Dice, Dragons, Diggers
- Dinosaur World from Ghostwritermummy
- Doughnut Factory from Ghostwritermummy
Friday 13th March – E is for:
Elmer the Elephant, Eye droppers, Edible Play, Easter Eggs, Experiments, Egg Cartons, Earth
- Emergency Services Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Easter Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Egg Guttering Fun
- Easter Splat Art Painting Tuff Spot from Crafty Kids At Home
Monday 16th March – F is for:
Feathers, Flowers, Foil, Fabric Scraps, Farm, Fine Motor Skills, Finger Paint, Foam, Fort Building, Fairy Garden, Frozen, Frogs
- Firework Loose Parts Tuff Spot from Clares Little Tots
- Frog Pond Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Farm World with Chocolate Scented Soil from Ghostwritermummy
- Flour Play Tuff Spot from The Natural Momma In Me
- Fluffy Play Dough from Ghostwritermummy
- Fluffy Painting from Ghostwritermummy
Tuesday 17th March – G is for:
Glow in the Dark, Gravel, Grass, Garden, Growing, Gross Motor Skills, Golf Tees, Gloop, Glow Sticks, Grains, Guttering, Glitter
- Glow in the Dark Spaghetti Tuff Spot
- Garden (Edible) Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Gardening in the Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Glitter Mud from The Natural Momma In Me
- Gloop from Mum Turned Mom
- Gloop from Ghostwritermummy
Wednesday 18th March – H is for:
Hearts, Hammers, Hot and Cold, Habitats
- Hot Wheels Tuff Spot
Thursday 19th March – I is for:
Ice, Insects, Ice Cream, Ice Cube Trays, Igloo
- Ice Ice Baby from We’re Going On An Adventure
- Ice Play from What Katy Said
- Ice – Frozen Sensory Play from Treading On Lego
- Ice – Frozen Sensory Play from Ghostwritermummy
- Ice Fish from Ghostwritermummy
Friday 20th March – J is for:
Jelly, Jigsaw Pieces, Junk Mail, Jelly, Juicing Station
- Jelly Digging
- Halloween Jelly Tuff Spot
Monday 23rd March – K is for:
Kitchen cupboard items, Keys, Kites
- Coming Soon!
Tuesday 24th March – L is for:
Leaves, Letters, Lids, Lentils, Lavender, Light and Dark
- Water Beads Light Box Tuff Spot from The Natural Momma In Me
Wednesday 25th March – M is for:
Messy, Magnets, Masking Tape, Music, Mirror, Mark Making, Minature World, Marble Painting, Monsters, Maps, Money, Mud
- Clean Mud
- Moon Cloud from What Katy Said
- Moon Sand from Mum Turned Mom
- Magic Potions from Ghostwritermummy
Thursday 26th March – N is for:
Nails, Nuts and Bolts, Noodles, Numbers, Neon, Nature, Nursery Rhyme, Nocturnal Animals, Natural Materials
- Nature Painting from Ghostwritermummy
- Neon Rice Tuff Spot
- Nature Tuff Spot
Friday 27th March – O is for:
Ocean, Oranges and Lemons Nursery Rhyme
- Oranges and Lemons Guest post from The Natural Momma In Me
- Oats and Chick Pea Building Site
- Olbas Scented Moon Sand Guest Post from The Natural Momma In Me
Monday 30th March – P is for:
Play Dough, Paper, Popcorn kernels, Pom poms, Puzzle Pieces, Paper clips, Pasta, Pipe Cleaners, Painting, Pumpkin, Pirates, Polar Regions, Potion Making
- Paint Pops from Ghostwritermummy
- Paint-Balling from Ghostwritermummy
- Painting in the Tuff Spot from Mum Turned Mom
- Pink and Purple Tuff Spot from Mum Turned Mom
- Pirates from Ghostwritermummy
Tuesday 31st March – Q is for:
Quiet, Q-Tips, Quills, Quick Set Up
- Quick Set Up Tuff Spot
Wednesday 1st April – R is for:
Rainbow, Ribbons, Reptiles, Rubber Bands, Room on a Broom, Rice, Ramps, Recyclables, Reflections. Rock Pool
- Rice and Chickpea Mix from The Natural Momma In Me
- Rainbow (Edible) Tuff Spot
- Noisy Rice Krispies
Thursday 2nd April – S is for:
Shaving Foam, Shredded Paper, Slime, Straws, Snow, Smash, Spring Time, Spaghetti, Spiders, Sea Creatures, Scented Play Dough, Super Heroes, Sticky Paper, Seasons, Small World, Sponges, Sugar Cubes, Space, Spray paints
- Shaving Foam and Sand Tuff Spot
- Smash (Instant Potato) Tuff Spot
- Shaving Foam from We’re Going On An Adventure
- Shredded Paper from The Natural Momma In Me
- Snow Play from Ghostwritermummy
- Space Theme Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Spaghetti Play from Mum Turned Mom
Friday 3rd April – T is for:
Trucks, Tongs, Tin Foil, Tinsel, Transport, Textures, Trains
- Tree Messy Play from Crafty Kids At Home
- Tin Foil and Shaving Foam Painting from The Natural Momma In Me
- Tuff Spot Treasure Trays For Babies from Ghostwritermummy
- Tunnel Tuff Spot
- Tea Party from Ghostwritermummy
- Trifle Smash from Ghostwritermummy
Monday 6th April – U is for:
Underground, Umbrellas, Ultra Violet, Underpants (Aliens Love…)
- Coming Soon!
Tuesday 7th April – V is for:
Vehicles, Volcanoes, Valentine
- Volcano Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
Wednesday 8th April – W is for:
Wheels, Waterbeads, Water, Worms, Winter, Whales, World
- Wheat Flakes Tuff Spot
- Water Beads and Shaving Foam from The Natural Momma In Me
- Web – Giant Spiders Web from Clares Little Tots
- Wigwam Tuff Spot from Ghostwritermummy
- Worms (Edible) from Ghostwritermummy
Thursday 9th April – X is for:
Xylophones, X-ray, Webs
- Coming Soon!
Friday 10th April – Y is for:
Yarn, Yo-Yos, Yoghurt
- Coming Soon!
Saturday 11th April – Z is for:
Zoo, Zips
- Coming Soon!
What a great ideas! I just started to learn the letters of the alphabet and it will give me more ideas how to use Tuff Spot table. Thanks for putting everything together