I have started doing sensory activites with my son, who is now 1 year old. This one was hugely sucessful! He LOVED it! We played for over an hour and he was really into it.
For this, all I did was cook 3 pounds of spaghetti (3 boxes)... let it cool, and then divide it into ziplock bags. Once I had the pasta in the bags I added a few drops of food coloring to each bag. I shook the bags until the color was mixed in well.
After they were mixed, I placed them on cookie sheets and let them sit for about 30 mins,to let the dye dry and absorb into the pasta. This way it doesn't stain baby's hands!
Then I put the spaghetti back in the bags and into the fridge. We were playing outside and I wanted the spaghetti to be nice and cold for him to play with.
Once the spaghetti was cold, I put it in a shallow plastic drawer/container. I wanted him to be able to sit and play.
I hid a few of his favorite small toys in the spaghetti and gave him differnt spoons and kitchens tools to play and dig in the spaghetti.
When he was done playing, I bagged the spaghetti and put it the fridge. We will get at least one more playtime with it!
This was such a wonderful activity for him, I am so glad I did it!
xo Lizzie
