How to Make Rainbow Rice for Sensory Play
Making Rainbows strive to provide a wide variety of sensory experiences in our classes. One of our popular activities is rainbow or coloured rice. The wonderful thing is it’s super easy to make at home too!
What you need
- Uncooked rice
- Food colouring
- Ziplock bags
- Tray with foil
Instructions
1. Place a handful of rice in a ziplock bag.
2. Seal the bag and rub the outside to coat the rice evenly with the colouring. Add more colouring and repeat the process until you have the desired colour saturation.
3. Repeat this process with different colours. Use a separate ziplock bag for each colour.
4. Line a baking tray with foil, and spread out your coloured rice to dry. This takes a few hours.
5. Once dry, mix the rice together. Pretty!
Variations
Colour green rice and hide bugs or other animals
Fun Ideas
- Hide small toys or numbers. Talk about the colours or objects as you find them.
- Make a theme! Think yellow rice for sand, green for grass, blue for water.
- Birthday Parties
- Make a shaker (just put your coloured rice into an empty bottle).
See it in action!
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