Ooey Gooey Room

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Purpose:

There was a Halloween party at placement and I had the opportunity of running the sensory room, otherwise known as the “Ooey Gooey” room. The purpose of this room was to offer the children and the other people at the party a room where they would be able to stimulate their senses. Due to the fact that it was Halloween, the sensory items were a little bit different than they would usually be.

Activity:

The different sensory items in the room were:

• Pumpkin Spice Play Dough,

• Booger-y Slime,

• Eye Ball Water Beads,

• Spider-y Goop, and

• Pumpkin Guts

Below you can find recipes and links of how to make and where to buy these products!

Pumpkin Spice Play Dough

Retrieved from http://realmomma.com/homemade-pumpkin-spice-playdough/

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (I used McCormick brand)

• Orange soft gel food coloring paste (you can also use food coloring)

• 1 cup water

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• ¼ cup salt

• 2 tablespoons cream of tartar (this helps keep your play-doh from going rancid)

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil (I used vegetable oil)

Instructions

1. Add flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, salt, cram of tartar, and oil into a medium saucepan. In a bowl add the water and orange soft gel food coloring (or regular food coloring) and mix well.

2. In a small bowl (I used my large measuring cup) mix water with food coloring paste (or regular food coloring if that is what you are using).

3. Slowly add colored water into the saucepan with the other ingredients and mix well. Cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes. It will begin to pull away from the sides of the pan and form a ball in the center of your pan. Remove from pot and cool. Once your dough is cool knead it all up and smell!!! The aroma is wonderful... if you want the smell stronger just add more pumpkin spice or cinnamon and knead it again.

4. Grab your rolling pin, cookie cutters, pie pan or anything else you can think of and sit down with your kids and have a great time playing with your own Edible pumpkin Spice Play-dough and don't forget to sniff!!

Booger-y Slime

Ingredients

• Elmers Liquid Glue

• Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent

• Baking Soda

• Water

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine the liquid glue and the laundry detergent (it will feel sticky! That's okay!)

2. In another bowl, mix ½ tablespoon of baking soda with a little bit of water

3. Combine the two bowls together (the stickiness should go away!)

Spider-y Goop

Ingredients

• Cornstarch

• Water

• Plastic Spider

Instructions

1. Combine the water and cornstarch

• Amount depends on how you like the texture of the goop to be

• If you like it thicker, use more cornstarch than water

1. Add the plastic spiders and play!

Eye Ball Water Beads – can be found at Walmart in the Arts and Crafts section!

Evaluation:

I feel that the “Ooey Gooey” room went really well! Almost all of the children participated in the room and had a chance to play with the different sensory items. Some of the parents approached me with questions regarding the recipes of these things, which showed me that they really enjoyed them and wanted to make them at home too! Something that I really appreciate about most of the sensory creations is the fact that they are non-toxic (other than the water beads which I am not sure about). In this specific setting, the children use their mouths for sensory stimulation. Ensuring that the products are not going to be harmful for these children is important and took away a lot of the worry that could have come from this event.

#Sensory #Craft #Therapeutic #Motor