![]() ![]() It was so nice to get away for a few days and watch all the Halloween movies, eat all the goodies, and catch up on all that I’ve missed. It allowed her to practice scientific strategies and creative problem solving, as well as develop her fine motor strength with the use of the eye droppers.I was able to visit home (Florida) last weekend and spend a little time with family. Either way, she loved it and this new sensory experience extended her play by another 20 minutes.Īll together, this activity took about 5 minutes to set up, from making the witch hats to stirring together the ingredients for the baking soda dough, and it gave Ella almost an hour of Wizard of Oz sensory play! Once all of the witches were melted, and the dough had done all of it’s fizzing, our melt the witch sensory bin evolved into a slushy, cool, and gritty sensory bin.Įlla said that the new bin reminded her of oobleck, but it didn’t really have those cool properties unique to oobleck (being solid when handled quickly, liquid when handled slowly). ![]() These are essential scientific skills to develop! Little adjustments like this are great opportunities for children to analyze what they are observing and creatively problem solve. We learned that the witches’ hats served almost like umbrellas, shielding the witches from the vinegar, and so in order to melt the witches we had to angle our hands around the hats, or remove them altogether. I wanted Ella to have a chance to play with the baking soda dough before our experiment, and didn’t want to risk any of the cauldrons being tipped over.Īfter making several play dough witches and topping them with hats (and quoting several lines from the movie), Ella carefully filled up one of the eyedroppers with vinegar and melted her first witch! I lined the witches’ hats down the center of the bin, and then placed all of the green baking soda dough on the opposite side. I lined up the cauldrons on one side of the sensory bin, filled them with 1/4 cup vinegar each, and placed a glass eye dropper in each. I wanted it to be moldable and not too sticky. I made the baking soda play dough by first adding the green dye to the water (I added about 30 drops of dark green for this colour), and then slowly adding the water to the baking soda, stirring with my fingers and ensuring that the dough didn’t get too wet. I made my witch hats from craft foam as I couldn’t find any pre-made mini hats, but those would be a good substitute if you could them. Plastic tub or tray to contain the mess.Materials for Melt the Witch sensory play: We enjoyed it as a low-key pre-bedtime activity. This sensory bin would be great for a Halloween party, or as part of a Wizard of Oz unit study. We’ve previously made frozen fizzy hearts and fizzy dough cupcakes with a similar recipe, but the kids never get bored of it! This is a fun play on the traditional baking soda and vinegar science experiment. We’ve been incorporating Wizard of Oz pretend play into our learning, first with Yellow Brick Road gross motor activities, and now this Melt the Witch sensory bin, a fun sensory activity for kids which also serves as a science experiment for kids. Įlla and I recently watched The Wizard of Oz and she loved it! #SUGAR WITCH GAME ON FACEBOOK FULL#For more details, see our Full Disclosure. Welcome back to Sugar, Spice & Glitter! Please note, this post may contain affiliate links. ![]()
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