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Farmyard Sensory Bag

January 24, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 3 Comments

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 – they are so strong they are perfect for sensory bags. I created a backdrop using green and blue foam sheets. I used foam sheets rather than paper or card because I wanted to add baby oil to the bag. I stuck down some fencing and farmyard animal stickers onto the foam sheets.

Adventures of Adam Making a farm sensory bag

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.

Adventures of Adam Baby oil in a sensory bag

To ensure the zip-loc bag did not break I added an extra strip of Rainbow Duck Tape (affiliate link) along the four edges. This gives the bag a colourful border but is not essential.

Adventures of Adam Farmyard sensory bag

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.

Adventures of Adam Toddler Farm Sensory Bag

Adventures of Adam DIY Farmyard sensory bag

Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Play Challenges, Some time required Tagged With: 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge, Animal themed play, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, Duck Tape, Fine Motor Activities, Foam sheets, Independent Play Activities, Sensory Play Activities, Toddler play, Zip-loc plastic bag

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  1. Ada says

    September 2, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    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

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    • Emma Edwards says

      September 2, 2015 at 7:39 pm

      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.

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  2. Ada says

    September 3, 2015 at 3:16 am

    Ic thanks. let me try, just that buying 300ml aloe is much cheaper then buying 300ml baby oil in Hong Kong ?

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