At first I simply had the box of rice on a tray, but this didn't really contain the rice fallout. So I dug a large plastic storage box out of the cupboard and sat Rosalie and the box of rice inside that. This did the trick!
Along with the coloured rice, in the box I included a small scoop, a baby fork and a little pot, so that she could scoop and pour. She mostly enjoyed feeling the rice run through her fingers and the sound of the grains against the plastic. We also talked about the different colours, which she was probably too small to understand or appreciate!
You can read my how-to on dying rice here - it's really simple! Give it a go!
I love how simple this is :) and how you contain the mess!
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Thanks, simple things are so often the best aren't they? x
DeleteLOL I love that you put R in the tub with the rice! I would totally have done the same as I can't bear the thought of having to pick hundreds of rice grains off the floor.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I know, the dustpan got a good workout after the tray failed to work!
DeleteI giggled about your daughter in the tub too! I love rice for texture play so easy to clear up with the hoover! (Love her name by the way x) #letkidsbekids (Sarah H from loving lifewithlittleones)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah :) Funnily enough she didn't seem to mind being put in a plastic box! x
DeleteWe used to love making rainbow rice, such a fun sensory material - and yep, my kids were always in the tub too usually an underbed storage box lol
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, glad it's not just me! Thanks for stopping by Charlotte x
DeleteWe love coloured rice. I am quite partial to playing with it myself #leykidsbekids
ReplyDeleteI know! It is quite calming running yours fingers through it and you become mesmerised by the colours!
DeleteLovely idea for some sensory fun and learning and what a great idea to sit her in a box to contain the mess!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking #LetKidsbeKids
Thanks Karen, and for hosting :)
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