Under the sea sensory play

I made up an Under The Sea themed sensory box this evening, for the little crumpet to explore tomorrow.

I coloured some rice blue, using gel food colouring, added blue and white pom poms, and some blue, green and silver sequins. I found some blue netting left over from a tutu I made, so I cut that up into thin slivers and added it into the tub too (although when I showed Crumpet earlier, she immediately took it out the tub and threw it on the floor, proclaiming "Not like!". I lined the tub with some blue tissue paper for a crinkly sensory touch.

I added some yellow, green and blue Duplo bricks and some wooden blocks for rocks.

We bought a tub of sea animals when we had our family day to the aquarium in January, so these have taken pride of place!

I've looked out some of her books which are sea linked, so I've put these on her play table too. I hope she enjoys playing with it!

Crumpet spotted the tub laid out on her play table, in the playroom, after her breakfast. She stood at the door, hopping excitedly from foot to foot, calling "Want it! Open door!"

The first thing she did was remove the netting from the tub; "Not like it" She then proceeded to "ooh", "aah" and "wow!" as she discovered all the creatures. She toddled through to the lounge to show her Daddy the creatures she found and then took him one of the books to read.