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Green Sensory Soup

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Simple water play for kids: My toddler had great fun with this monochromatic green sensory soup - and he learned a little something about the color green at the same time!

Water play is one of our favorite sensory activities next to those using baking soda and vinegar {like this recent St. Patrick’s Day version}. They only require simple materials and are very engaging for my kids – and most kids I know.

For today’s activity, I made a Green Sensory Soup for N to explore.

We don’t “officially” learn specific colors, but we did do a Yellow Sensory Bin several months ago. This time, I stuck to green just for fun – but of course it was also an opportunity for N to explore his concept of the color green.

Simple water play for kids: My toddler had great fun with this monochromatic green sensory soup - and he learned a little something about the color green at the same time!

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Materials for Green Sensory Soup

  • Fizzy tub colors, liquid watercolors or food coloring. {We love fizzy tub colors, but the other options work just as well.}
  • Water.
  • Green items you have on hand. We had foam letters, LEGO, plastic balls, Easter eggs, pipe cleaners, heart bracelets, and more.
  • Water table (optional, a sensory bin works fine, too).
  • Utensils like a whisk, ladle, cups, bowls, a squeeze bottle, etc.

N got to put the fizzy tub color tablets into the water for the first time. We watched the blue and yellow mix, and I explained what was happening.

Child adding food coloring to sensory bin

Then we put the green items into the water table, and N didn’t waste any time before diving right in.

Child playing in green sensory soup

He particularly enjoyed exploring the green plastic egg, and he ended up giving the squeeze bottle a new lid ๐Ÿ™‚

Child holding squeeze bottle in sensory tub

The squeeze bottle was filled with plain water this time, but that didn’t take anything away from how fun it is to squeeze.

Child playing in green sensory tub

N practiced using the ladle to fish balls and Easter eggs out of the green sensory soup,

Learning about the color green in a green sensory bin

and he spent some time amusing himself pretending to drink the water. {As opposed to actually drinking the water, as he’s tried to do frequently until just recently.} He thought that was pretty hilarious ๐Ÿ™‚

Water play idea in green sensory soup

Once again, an activity that took only minutes to set up kept my little guy busy for almost 20 minutes – always a win in my book!

If you’d like to try a few other simple sensory activities, this Bug Sensory Bin and this Water Balloon Sensory Binย are firm favorites.

More Sensory Activities

Try this super simple sensory activity that's perfect for sibling play: Shaving Cream Sensory Soup is easy to set up and provides lots of sensory fun for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners!

Shaving Cream Sensory Soup

My toddler loves water play! This time, I threw in some fresh flowers that were just about to fade, and this quick and simple Flower Sensory Soup kept him entertained for a long time!

Flower Sensory Soup

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Hi, Iโ€™m Tina! I have a toddler and a preschooler, and I blog at Simple Fun for Kids where I share printables and simple ideas for crafts, sensory, science, and art activities for kindergartners, preschoolers, toddlers, and babies.
We're from Germany but currently live in Texas. Come on over to get to know my kids, my blog, and me better!


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  1. The Natural Homeschool says

    March 22, 2016 at 11:47 am

    My children are older, but they would most definitely love to play with a sensory soup like this one!

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