Sensory bags are so easy to make and you can put whatever you want in them. It was a Sunday when I made mine, (all shops are shut in Germany on Sundays so I had to raid the cupboards.) Basically you need a ziplock bag, you can get these at supermarkets in the food bag section. then fill your bag with a few of babies toys, or things they wouldn’t normally be able to play with. I put beads and buttons in mine and put hair gel in the bag to make it squidgy. We have also tried this with shaving foam, water and food dye. When she’s older I will make educational ones with letters and numbers and ask her questions ie. “can you find the letter A”.
obviously don’t go and leave baby or toddler alone to play with these, mine have never leaked or been ripped into and Safia was pulling and tugging at the bag. You could also use duct tape on the edge for extra protection, I didn’t have any so I nabbed a bit of hubby’s sniper tape, see there are some pro’s to army life 🙂
We also did a bit of painting using her feet.
Hopefully I will get chance to nip to the Naafi or one of the German Supermarkets, Kaufland or Edeka Centre if so tomorrow we will make goop 🙂
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