Mood Sand Sensory Box!

Because the Caveman is always in want of something, always a tad frustrated that he is not a little bit older and bigger, and is, therefore, always in need of a little calm quiet time; I decided that it was necessary to grow our sensory bin collection consisting of one sensory rice box into two.  We decided to create a box of moon dough sand, and what a wonderfully perfect idea! 

The Caveman and I headed to the store and purchased a gigantic bag of flour, a giant vat of vegetable oil, and a cheap plastic shoebox bin approximately 24" long x 16" wide x 6" deep. We worked as a team to measure and dump 48 cups of flour into the bin. We then added 6 cups of vegetable oil and used our hands to thoroughly and evenly combine the two ingredients. 

The Caveman was amazed by the soft firmness of the resulting dough and full of giggles as he buried his fingers in his box and squeezed the dough into shapes before crushing and crumbling his work! 

He was overjoyed to share his new box with his sister upon her return from school that afternoon, and the two played peacefully together in the moon sand, digging tunnels and caverns, and  reinventing the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff by creating a bridge with safari animal characters. 

This bin provides endless possibilities for texture play, calming of flaring tempers, and opportunities to teach citizenship by requiring little hands to sweep up rogue clumps of dough after playtime. I highly recommend creating one at home!