Sometimes something is SO obvious that when you finally twig, you feel the need to slap yourself silly for not thinking of it earlier. No? Just me? oh well. 😉
This is one of those activities. It kept Miss NHM busy for well over an hour and wasn’t too messy.
What you will need
- Red or Green lentils
- Oats
- Brown Rice
- Pasta (coloured looks good)
- Lots of different types of bowls and plates
- Cooking implements like wooden spoons, spatula’s and children’s knives and forks
Dry Food Play
I raided the cupboard for dried food. I found red lentils, oats and some brown rice.
I put them all into different bowls and put them on the table with some cooking implements like spatula’s, wooden spoons and Miss NHM’s knife and fork.
I recently bought some multi-coloured pasta from Sainsburys that was on offer, so I put out a bowl of this.
Miss NHM had so much fun playing with this activity. She kept telling me that she was “cooking like Mummy”. Bless.
Tips
It’s probably best to do this somewhere that you don’t mind being made a bit messy. We did this in the kitchen as it’s easy to sweep up.
Have lots of different types of texture of dried food.
Probably not a good idea to do this with your little one if they are still experimenting by putting things in their mouth…
Don’t add water unless you REALLY want your little one to create havoc :-D.