Fall Sensory Items

Sensory play is big around here. We host a sensory play party every couple of weeks with friends from classes and kids we've met near where we live. I put together a theme and let the kids cut loose. We have a big playroom in the house we have right now, so there's lots of room to play.

Here are some of our Fall Sensory things!

                             Fall squishy bags... I used clear hair gel from the dollar store and food coloring. Then I put in small objects I also found from the dollar store. These were a big hit, but don't use items that are 3 dimensional  I put some jewels in one bag, and they poked through after Baby J decided to try to get them out. 

Fall Sensory Tub. I found this sandbox and lid free on Craigslist. It always amazes me what people will give away. Its lightweight plastic, easy to move around. It was super dirty but it cleaned up VERY nicely.  (We also found a turtle sandbox with a lid, which is just waiting to be cleaned up and used as something else) This one is now our seasonal sensory tub, a permanent fixture in our basement playroom.  I have been making sensory tub bags (full of items to put in sensory tubs) but I don't have room to store the plastic tubs yet. So, I've been keeping everything in reusuable shopping bags, hung on the wall. I can take the items out and put them in the seasonal tub. It works really well. Its big enough for the kiddos to get in and climb around, and shallow enough so they can reach items from the outside.