Sensory food activities

About 46% of kids go through some form of picky eating during childhood. Pressuring them to eat is counterproductive, but food play activities can help!

Don't have the time or energy to set up a sensory bin or get involved in a complicated activity? Still want your little one to experience the hands-on FUN of just playing with something that FEELS really cool? Then check out our 10 really simple (easy to set up with few ingredients) and engaging sensory activities, all of which can be done in 15 minutes!

Try these amzing Exploring Grains Preschool Activities when introducing the food groups to young children. Fun hands on sensory play.

Whip up taste-safe sensory fun in minutes with our easy recipe for homemade play sand using Cheerios cereal!

Creating a spaghetti sensory bin not only promises a heap of fun but also serves as a wonderful educational tool.

Turn lunch into an adventure and teach your kids about the sense of taste! Explore different foods and identify sweet, salty, spicy and sour flavors. You can get really creative with the foods for a preschool taste test! A preschool taste test is a great activity for helping kids become more adventurous eaters. Encourage your kids to try something new and ask them what flavors they taste. Fun preschool educational activity!

Toy food can be used for so many different simple activities that are easy to put together. This list is great for toddlers and preschoolers and includes some sensory activities.

Playtime with your baby or toddler just got way more exciting, thanks to these cool activities that engage each of the five senses.

Sensory food play can help reduce food neophobia – basically the fear of new foods. Sensory play with food can be a fun and low-pressure way for kids to explore and learn about new foods. We’ll provide our expert tips on how to do sensory play with food, reasons why we love it, and 15 of our favorite sensory play ideas with food. For ages 6+ months and older. A must-try for picky eaters and may reduce picky eating down the road!

Do your kids love sensory play? Sensory fun with food offers an entirely new experience! Did you know that spaghetti is primarily flour, salt, and water? This is the same basic ingredients used in homemade play dough - only in the end, spaghetti goes through a mixing/kneading/cutting/drying process to look the way it does. Someday, I