It's is less messy than play sand, and you only need a few pantry items to color rice at home. Kids will play for hours! Today, we made a sensory rice perfect for the holidays, and it leaves the entire home smelling just like Christmas! Read on for the easy tutorial.
Put a spin on traditional play rice and make holiday scented rice. Rosie and Jewel found ALL sorts of ways to play, and there was minimal mess left behind. Read on to see how you can make your own Christmas rice for play.
How to Make Christmas Sensory Rice
Materials
- Rice
- Red & green food coloring
- Water
- Zip-seal bags
Optional Additions
- Holiday extract
- Glitter
- Christmas figurines
Method
- Begin by adding the desired amount of rice to a zip-seal bag. We used two bags so that we could make red and green rice. We used 2 cups of rice for each color we were making.
- Add several drops of food coloring to each bag.
- Add 3-5 drops of extract to the bags if desired, using one of your favorite holiday scents.
- Then, add a small amount of water. The water just helps to saturate the rice in the food coloring. You only need 1-2 tablespoons.
- Seal the bags tightly, and then hand them to the little ones to mix up.
- Once the rice is fully saturated in color open the bags and leave the rice to dry right inside of the bag. Just be sure to leave the bags open.
- After a few hours your rice will be dry and ready for play! Pour the rice into a play bin or container, and the fun can begin!
Playing with Christmas Scented Rice
This rice makes a fantastic base for a holiday sensory bin.
You can add whatever other festive bits you might have lying around. Here are some ideas:
- Red & green pom poms
- Christmas ornaments
- Holiday figurines
- Buckets & shovels
- Kitchen gadgets
- Christmas cookie cutters
- Tinsel
- Pine cones
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