Sensory activities

Make a simple DIY sensory board using old lids from baby wipes and a few craft supplies. You baby or toddler is sure to enjoy exploring all the different textures of it.

Exploring light with this treasure basket is a great way to help children develop the scientific curiosity and discover how light works.

Making up a kinetic sand sensory tray is pretty simple to do. It’s fun to play with and because you use kinetic sand it‘s easy to clean up if it gets spilt.

Water beads are really fun to play with,but shouldn't be used with under 3s. A water bead sensory bottle is a great way for the under 3s to enjoy them.

Rainbow stacking stones are great to use as an activity to help calm down children and to use as building pieces in imaginative play.

These Inside Out Stress Balls are great helping at relieving stress and anger. But they can also help develop hand muscles for use in fine motor skills.

Shaving foam and mirror sensory activity for toddlers. A fun and messy sensory play that is perfect just before bath time!

This hidden letter sensory tray is great activity to start introduction toddlers and preschoolers to the alphabet and their sounds.

Who doesn’t like bubbles? I think they bring out the child in everyone. These bubble snakes are sure to have everyone joining in.

Celebrate Mickey Mouse's 90th Birthday with this Mickey Mouse Sensory Tray filled with dyed dried beans.

This salt structure sensory tray is one that any toddler will love getting their hands in to destroy. It has been such a big hit with my 18 month old charge.

Young children and babies need lots of sensory activities to learn. What better activity for this than jelly sensory play! It's certainly sticky and messy, but your little ones will love exploring the different colours and textures.

Use any left over hearts that you have from Valentine's Day to make a heart sensory bottle for babies and toddlers. They are a great way to distract them and keep them still while changing their nappies.

Have a go making glass pebble mandalas in this light box activity. It is both a relaxing and enjoyable activity for children. Great for doing quite time.

Hama beads maybe unsafe for babies and toddlers to play with but they can enjoy them in this slow moving Hama Bead Sensory Bottle.

This time of year is the perfect time to create an Autumn scene sensory tray. There are so many wonderful things for children to explore.