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Patriotic Sensory Play

May 23, 2013 by OneMommy

 

 

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…

Memorial Day sensory 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…

Memorial Day sensory play

 

And, of course, after a while, the construction vehicles made an appearance!

rainbow rice sensory play

 

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!

 

 

Filed Under: Sensory Play Tagged With: keeping kids busy, Memorial Day

Comments

  1. Cathy says

    May 25, 2013 at 2:03 am

    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

      May 27, 2013 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks so much! I will definitely come check it out this week! 🙂

  2. Ramblings of a not so average military wife and mom says

    May 25, 2013 at 2:43 am

    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

      May 25, 2013 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks so much for stopping by!
      I am off to check out your page! 🙂

  3. Kim@Co-Pilot Mom says

    May 25, 2013 at 11:17 am

    That is awesome! Looks like so much fun!

  4. misssrobin says

    May 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    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

      May 25, 2013 at 9:17 pm

      LOL — yes, they definitely were a lot cleaner than if they had played in the wet sand… And clean up was super easy, too!

  5. Sugar Aunts says

    May 25, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    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

      May 27, 2013 at 3:16 pm

      You can never go wrong with construction vehicles — at least if you have a little boy around!

  6. Angela says

    May 26, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing. My goal this summer is to do more arts and crafts type activities with my girls.

  7. Coombemill says

    May 27, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    amazing what a little colout does to add interest to play time. Popping ovewr from the Outdoor play party

  8. Deb @ Living Montessori Now says

    May 29, 2013 at 2:16 am

    I love this … what fun! I pinned it to my Kids’ Patriotic Activities board.

    • OneMommy says

      May 30, 2013 at 4:51 pm

      Thanks for pinning it! 🙂

  9. Rach says

    May 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    You come up with some of the cutest ideas!

  10. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    May 31, 2013 at 10:29 am

    great idea! I hope you come by and share this on our #kidsinthekitchen linky this week

    • OneMommy says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:41 pm

      Thanks! And shared! 🙂

  11. Sugar Aunts says

    May 31, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    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

      June 4, 2013 at 9:53 pm

      Thank you so much for choosing to feature it! 🙂

  12. Mary Catherine says

    May 31, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    What a delightful sensory bin to go along with a patriotic theme! I’m going to pin this idea. Thanks so much 🙂

    • OneMommy says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:41 pm

      Thank you! Looking forward to doing lots more with rainbow rice! Thanks for pinning it!

  13. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    May 31, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    thanks for stopping by #kidsinthekitchen

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