Ocean Sensory Play

Ocean sensory play

I have been unsuccessful at making homemade slime for my daughter and then I decided that the texture of jelly could pass off as slime somewhat. Be prepared for real mess. So pick a place where you can clean up easily. We did our ocean sensory play at our backyard.

I tried out 2 versions of jelly. One using gelatin powder and another using koniyaku jelly powder. The former gives a softer texture and the latter a very firm texture.

Then I tinted the jelly with blue food coloring to mimic the sea and threw in some toob ocean toys, some pebbles and sea shells. Sophie had an enjoyable afternoon cutting, squeezing and throwing the jelly around. She also decided to add water into the tray and it made it look even better! We also included some rice to mimic sand.

We had so much fun that we did a second batch for the following day for a playdate activity. The kids enjoyed it thoroughly.

Some fun tips:

 

1.   In the jelly tray, put in some toys, pebbles and shells so that the kids and dig them up.

2.   Give them some water and this really makes the play super fun

3.   You do have to prepare the jelly in advance so that it is sufficiently firm

4.   Perhaps throw in some artificial flavors to create a nice smell

5.   Make it educational and talk about the ocean animals, fish, corals, how shells are formed, etc.

If you have more ideas for this sensory play project, please feel free to comment.