Jelly Play

*Caution*

This post contains scenes of an extreme messy nature!!

As the Zebra has eaten jelly on a few occasions now, I wasn't sure if she would explore this activity, or just munch the bowl!

To try and add something extra to the bowl, I layered two flavours of jelly, setting in some animals in each one. 

I set the bowl and some toys up on the table and told the Zebra there were animals hiding in the kitchen she needed to find...

She was quite exited at the sight!

But the first thing she did was eat the jelly...

It wasn't long until she was trying to set all the animals free - and giving them a good clean!

As with everything sensory, it was only a matter of time before her feet got involved. She just loves different textures on her toes, much more than her hands.

There was lots of digging and scooping and covering, all helping with fine motor skills, and she was soon having so much fun she forgot to eat it...

For a few minutes anyway! 

Rainbow spaghetti

I've seen about a million cute pictures of babies playing with rainbow spaghetti so I thought it best to give it a go before the Zebra gets too old.

It's really easy to make!

*Boil a big pan of spaghetti until cooked.

*Rinse under cold water and pop into a big plastic bowl.

*Mix together 4 tablespoons of hot water with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and half a table spoon of Wilton food gel. 

*Pour the colour over the pasta and mix up really well.

*Stick it all in a Ziplock bag

 

Obviously, this needs to be repeated for each colour you want! Leave the bags overnight to let the colour really soak in.

Give each colour pasta a quick rinse in cold water before playing with, it makes it more playable! 

It's a weird texture and takes a bit of getting used too! 

But it does feel really good on feet!

And it's totally edible too :)

It takes quite a while to prep - I feel the Zebra is too old now to fully enjoy the sensory experience so it's not one we will do again. But it's a good one to remember in case our herd ever grows!