Happy Sensory Play Alongside Lego Bricks
December 18, 2018
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This calendar week nosotros are playing amongst LEGO bricks all calendar week long for LEGO WEEK!
Since my kids dearest sensory activities nosotros decided to campaign 1 out using our LEGO bricks. We did a uncomplicated colored shaving cream sensory tub amongst a trivial LEGO twist.
Materials Needed: shaving cream, nutrient coloring ( a few drops or liquid watercolor), ii large tubs, water, LEGO DUPLO or regular LEGO, dish scrubber or sponge, as well as plastic gloves (optional)
You tin post away truly accommodate this action silent you'd like, but nosotros decided to practise a to a greater extent than traditional colored shaving cream sensory experience... WITH LEGO!
We started off yesteryear squeezing tons of shaving cream into a giant tub! Then nosotros added inwards our favorite LEGO DUPLO bricks as well as characters.
Next nosotros squirted to a greater extent than or less nutrient coloring into the tub as well as nosotros grabbed our gloves thus that hands didn't acquire likewise colorful! You could also operate arts and crafts sticks or to a greater extent than or less other tool to mix the colors if y'all don't desire to operate gloves (and y'all attention almost keeping the nutrient coloring off your kids).
Once the colors were mixed, my kids (ages half-dozen as well as 3) but had fun exploring the shaving cream, burying the LEGO bricks as well as figures, as well as but touching as well as squishing everything. My missy is really into sensory activities thus this was similar her dream come upward true... my son, non thus much... but he silent had fun.
After a trivial spell all of the LEGO bricks were hidden inwards the shaving cream thus the kids started playing a GUESSING GAME!
They'd hunt for a LEGO slice as well as thus campaign as well as gauge what it was (based on what they'd seat inwards there). After they guessed, they'd operate a scrubber brush as well as bucket of H2O to build clean the slice as well as meet what it actually was. We also used trivial medicine droppers to spray H2O at the LEGO bricks to build clean them too.
It was thus adorable to spotter my kids excitedly reveal that they were right!! Often they could gauge based on the sort as well as texture, but sometimes objects were covered amongst thus much shaving cream that it was difficult to tell!
Halfway through this action every bit it got messier as well as messier nosotros moved it from our kitchen tabular array to the backyard... that means nosotros could rapidly operate a hose to fill upward up buckets instead of carrying them to sinks.
As y'all tin post away likely tell, this was non a build clean activity.
This action is ONLY for kids that won't seat shaving cream inwards their oral cavity or eyes... or campaign as well as gulp the murky water.
My xx calendar month sometime was bummed that he couldn't practise this sensory action amongst us since he likes to swallow everything, thus I filled him upward a bucket of bubbles amongst to a greater extent than or less LEGO bricks as well as wire whisks as well as he was totally happy but splashing away. In fact, afterward a trivial chip my 3-year-old missy got jealous as well as wanted to become practise what the infant was doing.
Please excuse the infant but beingness inwards a diaper! He got himself soaked!! Btw, if your infant is going to campaign as well as swallow bubbles, but operate patently H2O instead.
After all our fun sensory play our action but turned into a giant H2O party!! We cleaned out the large tub of shaving cream 1 time all the LEGO bricks were industrial plant life as well as filled it upward amongst H2O as well as the kids splashed as well as got themselves sparkling clean.
What a fun activity!
If your kids similar sensory activities (and LEGO) they may desire to campaign 1 of these other cool sensory activities using LEGO bricks...
LEGO Calm Down Jar via Lemon Lime Adventures
LEGO sensory bin via Little Bins for Little Hands