Baby Art and Sensory Time at the Library

I have been doing Baby Art and Sensory Time, as part of Baby Storytime, each week since August 2017.  Starting with Spring 2019, this record will show the ongoing schedule for Baby Art and Sensory Time.

If you decide to try one of these sensory times, please comment and let me know about it.

To reduce the spread of COVID-19, sensory time at the library will not be happening in the foreseeable future. I won't be posting additional sensory ideas here, but I am posting additional sensory ideas on my Facebook page. Check back there regularly for more ideas.

Sensory Ideas that were planned for Spring 2020:

Cancelled but you can try these ideas at home:

Edible Flour Paints or Edible Flour Paints
Hot Chocolate Powder Play
Grape Jelly Slime
Easter Egg Water Sensory Play
Yogurt Spice Play
Chia Seed Slime
Rainbow Cooked Rice (Using food coloring, water, and my rice cooker)

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Past Sensory Times:

(All photos are with parental permission.)

Winter 2019-2020:

March 9: Ice Cream Playdough or Ice Cream Playdough

                                                         

                                                  

                                                      

March 2: Chocolate Oobleck

February 24: Jello Pudding Paints

February 17: Closed

February 10: Valentine's Day Slime 

 


February 3: Crumbly Coconut Dough

January 27: Jello Pudding Slime

January 20: CLOSED

January 13: Edible Play Sand

January 6: Cereal Play with Mallets and Funnels

December 30: Water play in bins with sand toys, funnels, and squeeze bottles

Fall 2019:

September 23: Hot Chocolate Powder Play and Cornmeal play with sand toys
September 30: Out of town (no substitute available)
October 7: Chia Seed Play
October 14: Pudding Painting and Play
October 21: Icy Monster Eyes
Extra one for Autumn Festival: Witch's Brew

October 28: Spaghetti Slime

November 4: Fizzy Dough
November 11: Chocolate Slime
November 18: Sweetened Condensed Milk Paint

               

November 25: Pumpkin Playdough

December 2: Peppermint scented red and green colored oatmeal and Rainbow Oats

December 9: Christmas Peppermint Oobleck and Christmas Candy Science   

                       


Extra one for Winter Party: Peppermint Christmas Playdough

                        
                                      You can see that even the big kids enjoyed this station.

December 16: Christmas Colored Potato Flakes Dough

        I slightly modified this recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose  by using much less water and adding food coloring to make red and green dough.

December 23: DIY Tugging Boxes

      

      

Summer 2019:

June 3: Ice Painting

June 10: Cornstarch play

June 17: Water play in dish bins with sand toys

June 24: Cornmeal play

July 1: Cereal play with shovels and cups

July 8: Yogurt Silly Putty

July 15: Marshmallow and water sensory time

July 22: DIY Tugging Boxes

July 29: Homemade Edible Watercolor Paints

August 5: Yogurt Spice Play

August 12: Basil Seed Slime 

August 19: Cranberry Slime

August 26: Apple Paints
September 2: Potato Flakes Sensory Time
September 9: Sidewalk Chalk Paint
September 16: Jello excavation using dinosaurs

Spring 2019:

March 4: Marshmallow Playdough
March 18: Hot Chocolate Powder Play
April 1: Spaghetti Slime
April 8: Water play in dish bins with sand toys
April 15: Cereal play with shovels and cups
April 22: Cloud Dough
April 29: Weaving with mesh tubing
May 6: DIY Tugging Boxes
May 13: Contact paper on wall with felt shapes
May 20: Play Sand