Sensory Bag

I've seen a lot of things on Pinterest about sensory play for kids. One thing I saw on several sites was a sensory bag kids can play with. I thought making one would be good for Madison because she needs to work on touching different kinds of textures. She doesn't like some slimy, bumpy, and rough textures (like some slimy food, toys with raised bumps on them, and grass).

Here is the bag I made...

I took a freezer Ziploc bag & added a mixture of hair gel and water to it. Then I added some things that I found at the dollar store:  "googly" eyes, beads, erasers, squishy balls, dinosaurs. Then I used duct tape to seal a couple of the edges to help prevent any leaking.

Madison didn't play with it a whole lot this morning, but maybe she'll at least pick it up some to see what it feels like.

 I also picked her up a couple of toys that are a little slimy & have a bumpy texture to them as well. She wouldn't touch them at all this morning, but hopefully we can work on that too. She's getting better with slimy foods - last night she played in some spaghetti & actually picked it up and put it in her mouth.

I'll take the baby steps :)