My son loves to drive his miniature construction vehicles through dry rice. It’s a nice alternative when playing in the sandbox isn’t possible.
With Memorial Day coming up this weekend, I thought I’d try making patriotic rainbow rice. (I’ve seen several “recipes” for colored rice out there. I did something very similar to the one found at Blog Me Mom. The only difference is that I stirred the food coloring into the rice instead of shaking it. Next time, I’m letting the kids shake it up before I pop it in the microwave for those 10 seconds!)
Once I had the rice colored, I set out the invitation to play…
I pulled out the outdoor play kitchen stuff from when we do mud pies, and they started spooning rice into various containers.
At first they tried keeping all the colors separated. But eventually it was a spoonful of red, followed by a spoonful of blue…
And, of course, after a while, the construction vehicles made an appearance!
I have to say, just by adding color to the rice, it became a whole new level of excitement for both of my preschoolers! Rainbow rice sensory play is something we will definitely be doing again!
Cathy says
I would love for you to share and link up at my TGIF Link Party. The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday’s at midnight.
Have a wonderful week!
Hugs, Cathy
OneMommy says
Thanks so much! I will definitely come check it out this week! 🙂
Ramblings of a not so average military wife and mom says
Found you on Saturday show and tell, Great Idea, we love sensory over here as well, if you get a minute please check out my page, and if you like it follow, I am following you as well Thanks
OneMommy says
Thanks so much for stopping by!
I am off to check out your page! 🙂
Kim@Co-Pilot Mom says
That is awesome! Looks like so much fun!
misssrobin says
Super fun idea. I’ll bet they had a great time. And I’ll bet they came back a whole lot cleaner than when they play outside in the sand or dirt.
Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
OneMommy says
LOL — yes, they definitely were a lot cleaner than if they had played in the wet sand… And clean up was super easy, too!
Sugar Aunts says
Construction vehicles always seem to find their way into our sensory play too 🙂 Thanks for joining us at Share It Saturday!
Colleen at Sugar Aunts
OneMommy says
You can never go wrong with construction vehicles — at least if you have a little boy around!
Angela says
That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing. My goal this summer is to do more arts and crafts type activities with my girls.
Coombemill says
amazing what a little colout does to add interest to play time. Popping ovewr from the Outdoor play party
Deb @ Living Montessori Now says
I love this … what fun! I pinned it to my Kids’ Patriotic Activities board.
OneMommy says
Thanks for pinning it! 🙂
Rach says
You come up with some of the cutest ideas!
Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says
great idea! I hope you come by and share this on our #kidsinthekitchen linky this week
OneMommy says
Thanks! And shared! 🙂
Sugar Aunts says
We are featuring your post tomorrow on Share It Saturday. Our features theme this week is Learning Through Play The MESSY Way. And your post definitely fits in 🙂 We LOVE your ideas! See you again on Share It Saturday!
OneMommy says
Thank you so much for choosing to feature it! 🙂
Mary Catherine says
What a delightful sensory bin to go along with a patriotic theme! I’m going to pin this idea. Thanks so much 🙂
OneMommy says
Thank you! Looking forward to doing lots more with rainbow rice! Thanks for pinning it!
Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says
thanks for stopping by #kidsinthekitchen