Today we are sharing this awesome and super fun Moon Dough Space Sensory Play to make your mini astronauts thrilled with joy! I love how little time it takes to throw together this homemade moon dough recipe. You need only two ingredients (Yes, just two!) and a few spoons and a bowl and you're ready to create this amazing space activity.
Little ones will be able to play, explore, and develop their sensory skills in a super fun way. This space-themed moon dough sensory bin will take your kid's sensory adventures above and beyond!
Moon Dough is perfect for sensory play. It is easy to make and fun to play with. We have used our homemade moon sand to set up a space sensory bin, but there are so many other ways you can play with it.
Use your moon dough to make a small world beach and made mini sandcastles, set up a mini constructions site complete with mini diggers or have fun adding food colouring to create rainbow moon sand!
Don't forget to check out our other awesome sensory play recipes for more fun!
Use your moon dough to make a small world beach and made mini sandcastles, set up a mini constructions site complete with mini diggers or have fun adding food colouring to create rainbow moon sand!
Don't forget to check out our other awesome sensory play recipes for more fun!
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Homemade Moon Dough Recipe and Space Sensory Play
Moon Dough Supplies:
- 8 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup baby oil
- Mixing bowl
- Mixing spoon
Space Sensory Play Supplies
- Sensory bin or tray
- Space toys
How to Make Moon Dough
STEP 1: Let's get started!
First things first. To start you first need to find a large mixing bowl and pour the flour into it. This recipe uses 8 cups of flour, but feel free to double the recipe if you would like to make a larger quantity.
STEP 2: Add the oil.
Now add the baby oil into that same bowl. If you have doubled the amount of flour to make a larger quantity, don't forget to double the amount of oil too.
If you don't have any baby oil, cooking oil also works. Another benefit of using cooking oil is that it makes this a taste safe moon dough (although it wouldn't taste good!)
If you don't have any baby oil, cooking oil also works. Another benefit of using cooking oil is that it makes this a taste safe moon dough (although it wouldn't taste good!)
STEP 3: Mix, mix and mix!
Now start mixing the baby oil and the flour together. Be patient and stir this mixture very well until the dough and the oil are mixed together smoothly.
Once the dough it's mixed well, start mixing the dough with your hands until the dough no longer has big clumps of flour and oil and the texture is grainy.
Once the dough it's mixed well, start mixing the dough with your hands until the dough no longer has big clumps of flour and oil and the texture is grainy.
You homemade moon dough is now ready to be played with. See I told you it was an easy sensory play recipe!
Pour your moon dough into a small plastic tray or a sensory bin and invite your child to explore the texture. It is a lot of fun making balls of cloud dough by squeezing it in your hand.
If you want to make coloured cloud dough add a few drops of colouring to the oil before mixing it with the flour.
Store your cloud dough in an airtight container. If it dries out you can add more oil before using it again.
Moon Dough Space Sensory Play
Moon dough is perfect for creating a space themed mini world. Add a selection of space themed toys into a container full of moon dough.
You could pretend the moon dough is the surface of the moon and have fun dropping or pressing small rocks into the cloud dough to create imprints like moon craters.
And there you have it! Homemade cloud dough is easy to make and such a fun sensory material for children to explore. We hope you enjoy making this space sensory bin and your little ones enjoy a bit of space sensory play!
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