Sensory Soap Bag

Hello! My lord are you surprised? I'm actually blogging- 3 times and 2 weeks that's a record.
As you may know I have an energetic little 1 year old at home who is hard to catch the focus and attention of.
I figured I'd make him something that he couldn't take his eyes off of.
I'd seen sensory bags before so I decided to make one--
So here are the steps and how it turned out, enjoy!-

First off this is the list of stuff we used, feel free to use whatever your heart desires.

*Ziplock Bag
*Paint
*Assorted Beads
*Glitter
*Gel Soap
*Pom Poms
*Foam Pieces
*Duct Tape

First, I gathered everything, Zavier (my son) played with every little thing I let him touch. I'm pretty sure shaking the bead jars was his favorite part.

After everything was gathered and shaking of fun noises had stop, I added a few droplets of paint in random areas of the Zip Lock bag.

(This was really tempting to squish around but I resisted and saved it for Zavier afterwards)

I then proceeded to let Zavier 'pick' out the bead and glitter he wanted to use, I added those, some foam pieces, some pom poms, and big beads

(He had finally noticed I was doing something interesting)

The next step was to add soap, I had some cheap Walmart brand soap I got when I was pregnant, that is too harsh on Zavier and I's skin, and my partner won't use it. It was kind of just sitting there and had a nice thick consistency so I used it. I poured about half the bottle into the bag and smooshed it around a bit so it covered the whole bag. LOOK AT THE BABY TOES.

I then made sure to rid of the air out of the bag and zip it tight. I covered all the angles in (owl because.) duct tape. The only part that is important is the part that covers the zip.

That's you finished product! Although I wasn't done yet. I let Zavier mix the colors together on the ground. I proceeded to tape the bag to a window so he could see through it.

(The duct tape leaves little residue on the windows and comes off easily with eucalyptus oil)

Zavier ended up really liking this, although he did get frustrated eventually when he couldn't take the pom pom out. It had his attention for a good bit of time and he keeps running back into his room and playing with it. I say it was successful.

Next time, I think I'll stick to bright colored paint, as it kind of turned purple brown, but that's not really an issue. If it stays on the window, most of it will sink to the bottom but then you can smoosh it back to the top.

He had fun moving the foam pieces and beads around, and I had fun playing with the soap gel with him

I recommend this for really any age!