Day 16 of our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge is light play. Unfortunately we had a play fail. Our original plan was to have a glow stick sensory bath. I ran the bath, snapped two packets of glow sticks, placed them in the bath with Adam and turned off the light. Nothing happened. Not one single glow stick out of 40 worked. We have used these glow sticks before and never had any issues. The only thing I can put the fail down to is that I have stored the glow sticks in our garden room which is incredibly cold at the moment.
Luckily I had another light play activity in mind – neon bowling. After Adam’s delight of his neon rice sensory bin and neon bath painting I knew neon bowling would be a hit. It was simple to set up as I managed to do it whilst Adam was drying off from his disappointing glow stick bath.
I grabbed 6 recycled 330ml plastic bottles and filled them up with the neon rice that we had made for the neon rice sensory bin. The process was made easier by using a funnel. If I’d had time I would have added super glue to the lid to ensure that the bottles could not be opened – just like I did several months ago with our discovery bottles.
The neon bowling skittles looked great with the light on but they transformed once the light was turned off. The Handheld UV Blacklight
Adam didn’t bat an eye lid with the fact we were bowling in the dark! Unfortunately our balls weren’t heavy enough to knock the skittles down easily but Adam and Dad-Dad had great fun throwing the balls extra hard.
Equipment:
* Neon rice – click here to see how we created ours. We used neon paint rom Rainbow Creations
* Handheld UV Blacklight
* Six 330ml plastic bottles
* Funnel
* Heavy ball for bowling
31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop:
Today The Pleasantest Thing is joining us for our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop. Take a look at their glowing sensory bag.
Other sensory activities for light play:
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- DIY Light Box
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- DIY Colour Blocks for the Light Box
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- Glow Stick Play
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- Glowing Sensory Bag from The Pleasantest Thing
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- Neon Tuff Spot
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- Day 2 – Christmas Lights Car Track
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- Day 6 – Decorate a Christmas Tree Light Box
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- Light Up Snowmen
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- Light Up Christmas Tree Canvas
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- Light Reflections Sensory Play
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- Giraffes Can’t Dance Disco
To find out more about our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2015 click here.
Day 17 of our Sensory Play Challenge is sensory play using recycled materials. Take a look at our Pom Pom Play with Recyclables.
Ingenious idea! Thank you for sharing the possibilities of use for our neon paint – it’s amazing what you can do and how one idea leads on to another. Very creative! So glad you have had so much fun with your little one. We are so proud to be part of this.