Sandpaper Tree

This craft is a very nice sensory craft and the finish product looks really good!

Age Group: 2 years (with help) to 8 years
Estimated Time: Under 30 minutes
Messiness: Low

Materials:

• White A4 cardboard paper
• Black sandpaper
• Wax crayons
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Different shaped leaves

Method:

1. Collect different shaped leaves and trace the outline onto sandpaper with a wax crayon.
2. Cut the leaves out and colour them in with different coloured crayons
3. Cut out a rectangle from the sandpaper for the tree trunk and colour it in with a brown crayon.
4. Paste them onto the white card with craft glue.

Sensory Rainbow

Below are two variants of a "sensory rainbow". The second one is made out of very different textured materials for each colour and the other is a little simpler.

Age Group: 2 years to 6 years
Estimated Time: Under 15 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Crayons in rainbow colours
• Pom-poms
• Felt
• Ribbon
• Buttons
• White card (A4)

Method:

1. Draw the rainbow in the correct colour order.
2. Let the child choose what material he/she would like to stick onto each colour.
3. Make sure that the object they choose is the same as the colour of that stripe in the rainbow!

Age Group: 4 years to 8 years
Estimated Time: Under 15 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Pink felt
• Purple pom-poms
• Blue pipe cleaner
• Green feathers
• Sandpaper coloured in yellow
• Orange tissue paper rolled into balls
• Red kokie

Method: 

1. Stick all the items in the correct colour order.
2. This is a brilliant activity for tactile stimulation!