These creations i made are so vibrant in colour but didn't last long as an activity i think perhaps because the boys were tired and another sensory activity was going to be too much.
My middle played with them for a while before retreating to the comfort of the couch.
There are 2 ways for doing this, creating these and its totally up to you how you pursue it.
They can be squishy fun or finger paints.
To make:
I used a couple of bags of instant mashed potato and split it into 6 small bowls.
I added water enough to mix it into a ball then added colouring and with my hand kneaded the colour in(once again gloves on!) and they turned out like this.
Its quite different to play dough completely different texture.
To make into finger paints just add more water so that its almost goopy and let them loose with some paper. This a totally baby safe play activity, if they eat it that's cool its just potato!
Not too time consuming to prepare (maybe 20 minutes), post preparation clean up took the same amount of time.
I did this activity inside and lesson learnt- should have done it outside or on the hard floor as a few bits got stepped in to the carpet and it wasn't the easiest to get out.
But do try it!
Was an interesting activity that i'll probably try again another time. If you do try- let me know how it goes for you!
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