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March 14, 2016

Rainbow Rice Sensory Play Activity

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Sensory play is so much fun and a great hands on activity for the kids.  My kids love trying different sensory activities–especially rainbow rice sensory play.  I had some left over rainbow rice and white play dough I had made the kids that I had forgotten about them until I decided to clean out one of my craft/play supply closets.

Putting the two sensory materials together sounded like fun.  My kids love sensory rice and playdough so the two of them together could be double the fun.  Once they saw me getting out the supplies they could not wait to play.

Rainbow rice sensory play idea for kids--so much more fun than I would have guessed!

Rainbow Rice Sensory Play Activity

supplies for sensory play

Supplies:

  • Rainbow Rice (add liquid water color to uncooked white rice like in this rice bin)
  • White Playdough
  • Rainbow IKEA Cups
  • Rainbow IKEA Knives and Spoons
  • Plastic Tray from IKEA

rainbow sensory play activity idea

Sensory Play for Kids

The white playdough was leftover playdough from the Color Surprise Playdough I made the kids last year. I sat it on a tray for the kids.  Then I grabbed the rainbow cups, knives, and bowls and added them to the tray.  I filled each cup up with Rainbow Rice.  Now it was time to play.

sensory play for kids

This sensory rice activity was so simple and easy to set up.  I have found over the years that simple doesn’t mean boring when it comes to sensory play.  My kids often enjoy only having a few items for a play activity.  Sometimes they will even pick out their own items to add to play time.  It might be a truck or more play dishes.

rainbow rice playdough recipe

Once the kids started pouring out the rice on the play dough it soon made a fun textured play dough for them to play with.  This rainbow rice play dough was so bright and colorful.

rainbow rice sensory play

Preschool Learning

This rainbow rice sensory play idea was a great time to go over colors and textures.  It was also a good time to work on sharing for my kids too. They also had fun pretending to make milkshakes and pies with the rice and playdough.  The plastic knives were great for them to use to cut up the playdough.  A fun way to work on those tiny hand muscles and hand eye coordination.

So glad the kids had so much fun mixing these two sensory materials together. I can see us doing this again soon!

Rainbow Rice Playdough Sensory Activity for Kids

About Jaime

Hi! I am Jaime, mama to three high energy boys. With three boys, life never slows down, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We love creating, learning, and crafting together and we can turn anything into an adventure. I enjoy sharing our activities and crafts on my blog Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tail.

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Comments

  1. Jeanine says

    April 2, 2016 at 8:09 am

    Jaime this looks like so much fun!!! I think my 6 yr old might not enjoy the texture mixing but I would LOVE IT! Looks like playing with confetti and donuts! I am seriously considering making this activity regardless of her excitement and just leaving it out to be noticed Lol! Thanks I love this site and all moms who share here

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