Over 100 Basic Sensory Materials You Probably Have at Home

I made this list as part of the ABCs of Sensory Play, but a few readers have asked for it as a separate list so it's easy to find and use for inspiration. 

Please remember that all play should be supervised at all times, and to use your common sense when creating sensory play. 

don't forget to pin it for your easy reference!

1. Acorns
2. Aluuminum Foil
3. Aquariam gravel/pebbles
4. Baking soda
5. Balls
6. Bark
7. Beads
8. Beans
9. Berries
10. Bubble Bath
11. Bubbles
12. Bubble wrap
13. Buttons
14. Cereal
15. Chalk
16. Chocolate
17. Clay
18. Cloud dough
19. Cocoa
20. Coffee
21. Conkers/Chestnuts
22. Cornflour/starch
23. Cream
24. Crepe Paper
25. Custard
26. Dough
27. Fabric
28. Fairy lights
29. Felt
30. Fibre optic lights
31. Flour
32. Flowers and Petals
33. Foam
34. Food colourings
35. Fruit
36. Gak
37. Gelatin
38. Gelli Baff
39. Glass beads
40. Glitter
41. Glue
42. Goop (cornflour and water)
43. Grains
44. Grass
45. Gravel
46. Hair gel
47. Hay
48. Herbs
49. Ice
50. Icing/ Powdered Sugar
51. Jelly/Jelly
52. Kool Aid
53. Leaves
54. Lentils
55. Light toys
56. Mud
57. Night lights
58. Packing noodles
59. Paint
60. Pasta
61. Pine cones
62. Pine needles
63. Pipe cleaners
64. Plasticine
65. Playdough
66. Polystyrene
67. Pom poms
68. Popcorn (popped)
69. Popcorn Kernels 
70. Pudding
71. Putty
72. Rice
73. Salt
74. Salt dough
75. Sand
76. Sawdust
77. Seed heads
78. Sensory Balls
79. Sequins
80. Shampoo and conditioner
81. Shaving foam
82. Shells
83. Shredded Paper
84. Soap flakes
85. Soil
86. Spagetti
87. Spices
88. Stones and Pebbles
89. Straw
90. Sugar
91. Syrofoam
92. Talcum Powder
93. Tea
94. Tissue Paper
95. Tracing Paper
96. Washing up liquid
97. Water
98. Water beads
99. Wax Paper
100. Wood
101. Wood chips
102. Yogurt

And there you have it. Have I missed anything?

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