A quick and simple tutorial on how to set up an insect garden messy play sensory tray.
Step 1: First buy a garden tray, 60x60cm should be big enough, we got ours from Amazon:
Step 2: Make some green coloured rice for the bottom layer, tutorial here.
Step 3: Shred some green tissue paper up, or buy some pre shredded paper from Amazon:
Step 4: Buy some fake leaves (or use real ones if you want). Here are some cheap ones on Amazon:
Step 5: Buy some blue glass beads to mimic the sea, we got some of ours from Amazon:
Step 6: The helping hands fine motor skill set is a good way to teach your children dexterity, and picking a bunch of small things up with them is fun, from Amazon:
Step 7: For the frogs we bought a counting and sorting set, this this set is great for learning numbers and colours, it also helps with dexterity and recognition. You can pick the set up from Amazon:
Step 8: We bought the large bugs from Amazon:
Step 9: We got the plastic fake rocks from a cheap toy set from a pound shop.
Step 10: Put the rice as the bottom layer, then the shredded green paper as the next layer and set out everything else on top like in the following photographs, then let your child play with it and enjoy it!:
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section.
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