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Apple Cinnamon Scented Sensory Rice

September 22, 2014 by Anna Ranson

How to make easy apple cinnamon scented sensory rice for Autumn play with preschoolers! A feast for the senses, this can be made and stored for over a year and provides lots of opportunities for open-ended play.Apple cinnamon scented sensory rice tub for Autumn play

We added another scented rice recipe to our sensory play collection this Autumn by trying out some naturally scented apple and cinnamon flavours! This rice smells lovely but isn’t over-powering or artificially strong, just lovely for the senses as they play and tip and pour to their heart’s content.Apple cinnamon scented sensory rice play for an autumn sensory tub

To make this rice you will need one bag of economy rice (I find mine for around 50p in Sainsburys Economy range), some green food colouring (optional), 2 apple tea bags and some powdered cinnamon.

Tip the rice out onto a large baking tray or shallow dish and stir through a teaspoon of green food colouring. You may wish to wear rubber gloves or put your hands inside a sandwich bag, as you then mix the colour thoroughly into the rice using your fingertips.

Then tip in the contents of two apple tea bags and mix through, finishing with a sprinkling of cinnamon when it is all dry.

It should take only half an hour to an hour to dry and be ready to play with!Apple cinnamon sensory rice recipe for sensory play

I added ours to the round gardening tin that we used for the Carrot Sight Word dig game, along with some of the little potting containers from our Bean Matching game, a wooden apple, sound some child sized scoops and wooden spoons. You could be creative here and add funnels, tubes, sieves and other pouring devices too.

As they played, the lovely Autumnal scents of apple and cinnamon filled the air, and they made lots of pies, crumbles, drinks and cakes with apple ingredients!How to make apple scented sensory rice for play

Store the rice in a jar or airtight zip-loc bag for up to a year.

See all our other TODDLER PLAY activities here

See plenty of other ways to make and play with SENSORY RICE here

Over 50 ideas for AUTUMN PLAY here too!

What they are learning while they play:

Physical: fine motor play, scooping, pouring, transferring, raking, pinching

Sensory: exploring the world using all of the senses, reacting to sights and smells with interest and preference

Creativity: imaginative play, using one object to represent another in play, role-play

The children are currently: 6, 4 and 2 years old

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Filed Under: Age, Apples, Creativity, Fruit, Imaginative Play, Invitations to Play, Make, Play, Play Recipes, Preschooler, Scented Play, School Age, Sensory, Sensory Rice, Sensory Tubs, Toddler Tagged With: Autumn, Fall, Sensory Play

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Comments

  1. Rachel says

    September 23, 2014 at 12:17 am

    We made coloured rice a year or so ago and even though I eventually threw it out I think I could still find enough in the bottom of the toy box and under the couch to make a new bucket 🙂

  2. Amanda says

    September 23, 2014 at 12:42 am

    Thanks for another neat sensory idea! One question though, how do you manahe the mess from all your sensory bin activities? No matter what kind of measures I put in place my four year old gets rice, or flour, or whatever EVERYWHERE so I don’t do these as often as I would like. Any ideas?

  3. Katie | The Surly Housewife says

    September 23, 2014 at 4:43 am

    What a fun autumn activity!!

  4. ilkaisha says

    October 15, 2014 at 3:00 am

    We tried this, too! Might need a bigger bin, but both my 4 and 6 year old loved this. Thank you!

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