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April 29, 2015

Sensory Play: Taste Safe Mud Recipe

With only 2 ingredients that come from the kitchen, this sensory play recipe is super easy to put together, great for toddlers and kids of all ages, and goes with tons of themes. We added dinosaurs to our mud play and plan on doing it again with bugs and flowers.

Sensory Play: Taste Safe Mud Recipe

We love taste safe sensory play because I can don’t have to dig out slobbery things from my kiddos little mouths, choking hazards decrease (although it always best to keep a watchful eye), and I don’t have to worry about small amounts of our activity ending up in their mouths.

Dinosaur Themed Sensory Play

Sensory Play: Taste Safe Mud Recipe
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Check out our D is for Dinosaur Activities or our list of Dinosaur Crafts & Activities that has tons of great ideas that would go perfect with this Dinosaur Themed Sensory Play.
Supplies:
Taste Safe Mud (Recipe provided below)
Toy dinosaurs
Activity tray
Directions:
Set the dinosaurs and a pile of sensory mud on the activity trays and let kids play, create, and imagine.
The squishy mud was perfect for making dinosaur tracts in and Little Tiger (preschooler, age 4) loved building houses and walls with so the dinosaurs were safe and could lay eggs. Little Dragon (toddler, age 2) fed the dinosaurs our sensory mud (since it is taste-safe I didn’t stop him, he even tried some for himself :). For more fun add some some celery or broccoli for trees and mushrooms for rocks.

Sensory Play Mud Recipe

Sensory Play: Taste Safe Mud Recipe
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Ingredients:
One can of chocolate frosting
Approximately 1 1/4 C. flour

Directions:



1.  Stir frosting and add flour a little at a time. Knead until it forms a dough. If it is sticky add a little flour until it no longer sticks to your hand. If it is stiff, add a couple drops of water until it reaches the right consistency.

To keep the mud soft wrap it in plastic wrap and store it in an air tight container in the fridge or leave it out to dry (it will become crumbly) and store it in a container. Either way, the mud is fun to play with.

Sensory Play: Taste Safe Mud Recipe
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More Taste Safe Play Ideas
How to Make the Best Homemade Play Dough
Taste Safe Kinetic Sand
Play Dough Ice Cream Recipe
2 Ingredient Edible Paint
Edible Water Beads
Thanks for playing with us today. If you enjoyed this activity please pin & share it with others! Love, Katie & the Kiddos

Filed Under: Dinosaurs, Play, Sensory Play, Sensory Recipes, Spring, Taste Safe

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Dawn says

    May 18, 2017 at 8:38 am

    This looks like so much fun! What a great sensory activity! I’m featuring this and two of your other posts at this week’s link party. http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2017/05/super-fun-activities-to-keep-kids-busy.html

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  1. Ideas for Playing in the Mud: Springtime Fun for Preschoolers says:
    April 9, 2018 at 5:04 am

    […] Taste safe mud encourages kids to play, create, and imagine to their hearts’ content. And, you won’t have to worry about little ones who might still put their hands in their mouth. […]

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