St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin (Part 2)

Yesterday we did a St. Patrick's Day sensory bin using shaving cream. Unfortunately, it wasn't Monkey's favourite thing because his hands got all covered in shaving cream and he just kept wanting to clean them off all the time. So this morning I decided to try again, this time using water instead of shaving cream.

Supplies: food colouring, dish soap, water, kitchen utensils, St. Patrick's Day shamrock ice cubes and necklaces (cut into different lengths) 

Monkey helped me with the dish soap and the food colouring. 

Then I filled the bucket with water and set it out for Monkey and Peanut to play. 

I put down a plastic table cloth first, with a large towel on top. This usually does the trick for containing the mess when Monkey plays, but Peanut is a little more splashy! I had to stay close by with another towel to clean up the water he splashed onto the floor. 

Both boys loved this. It was definitely a better choice to go with water instead of shaving cream, mostly because it meant Peanut could play, too. 

By the time they were done, Peanut was almost completely soaked, by his own splashing! He actually played much longer than Monkey did. Next time I'll just have to take his clothes off first ;)

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