Messy play is a great creative, sensory experience for children.

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Finger paint with your baby using anything edible and non-toxic such as: custard, yoghurt, jelly, rice pudding.

Give you child spoons, bowls, cups and sieves so your child can mix, pour and stir.

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Cornflour is a great sensory activity as it reacts to temperature, all you have to do is mix it with water to make a paste then pour onto a tray, pick it up and see what happens!

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Adding food colouring to your messy play will brighten up the activity.

There are lots of things you can use in cupboards for messy activity, here is a few more ideas: Dry/cooked pasta or rice, tea, baked beans, soap flakes, angel delight, shaving foam and lentils.

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