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Coloured Scented Spaghetti in Mirrored tins

Cooked Spaghetti is a great play resource for all ages and abilities. So to add a different sensory element to it I added some essences to it to give it some wonderful scents and aromas.

To create the coloured scented spaghetti I filled 4 tubs with water, food colouring and a few drops of different essences e.g peppermint, strawberry, lemon, vanilla.

I then placed a handful of dry spaghetti into each individual pot and left to absorb the water for a few hours (I organised this after breakfast so we could play and explore in the afternoon after nap time)

Once ready to use I transferred the spaghetti onto a piece of baking paper to absorb any extra water.

Then presented it in Mirrored tins to allow for a smooth surface as well as adding another visual sensory element with the reflective tins.

The children (aged 2 years) loved just running the spaghetti through their hands and using fine motor skills to pick up and slide around individual strands of spaghetti.

Mash Potato Dough

We used -

* 1 bag of Instant Mash Potato Flakes

* approximately 1/2cup of cold water

* few drops of Pink Liquid Food colouring

Pour the Potato flakes into a bowl and slowly add the water a few spoons at a time. Use your hand to slowly mix them together, gradually adding more water and as much food colouring as you require until a dough has formed. Once a dough has formed turn out onto a work surface/table and knead together.

The dough will be sticky but formed enough to work with and create shapes with cutters.

Mess free mark making

A great way of mark making without the mess of paint or for those
children who don't like getting messy.

You will need;
Zip lock bags
cello-tape
food colouring
hair gel

1. Place 2-3 tablespoons of hair gel into the zip lock bags,
2. Add a few drops of food colouring
3. Seal the bags and cello tape then seal to ensure they can not be opened.

Spaghetti worms

We spent the morning at the "New forest museum", There was a interactive tree with flaps to open and see who lives inside. This then inspired me to have some messy fun with bugs and "worms".
So I cooked up some spaghetti added some black food colouring and some other toy bugs.
The children were not too keen to touch the "worms" after seeing how black my fingers went from touching it so I gave them a set of tongs and a spaghetti spoon, they then worked together to pick up and hunt for bugs using the tools.
Eventually they were using their hands to get a real free and sensory experience as well as sticking the spaghetti to different body parts.
Overall great fun!