Jelly!

Jelly is a really fun activity which is great for their development.

Jelly is really inexpensive but requires to be made up in advance, its quite easy to do and the instructions are usually on the back on the packet but if not, for the packets I used which were greggs- instructions are below

To make:

I put an open packet of jelly crystals in a bowl then added 500mls of boiling water and gave it a good stir, I left mine to cool a bit before refrigerating.

As you can see there are a lot of choices for colour and they always come out quite vibrant.

The next day, once the jelly was set, i flipped the jelly out onto a tray. Now heres where you can get creative; when you make up the jelly try some different shaped containers or even if you have any beach toys like a castle shaped bucket. 

I rolled up the boys sleeves and let them at it, they really enjoyed pushing their hands through the wibbly wobbly jelly and spent a decent amount of time playing. I hid some little cars in the jelly and they drove them around  occasionally taking int a mouthful of jelly.

This is another great sensory activity that can be done at home.

Post fun clean up message for you now from what i have learnt with this:

1. Do it on a hard floor or outside so the floor can be mopped or outside- hosed down, as i gave it them on the table above carpet. Jelly is not fun to get out of carpet!.

2. Its a messy activity so either have a wet soapy cloth they can wash their hands with after the have finished OR if they get a bit adventurous like mine and start to eat it and have lots of fun- they'll be covered in it so i put them in the shower, with the tray of jelly. They get clean and so does the tray! Voila!

3. Most jelly can be cleaned up with hot water and maybe a little soap.

But though its messy it is great fun so don't let the clean up prevent you from trying it!