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Enter the sensational solar system! Engage your child in imaginary play with this easy sensory rice tray.

Explore the solar system with kids using a fun and easy sensory rice tray for imaginative play

This is what you will need:
• A tray with raised edges to contain the content
• Plain rice (amount will depend on the size of the tray you have available)
• Black food dye
• Large ziplock pouch
• Gold or silver glitter paper sheet
• A star hole punch OR simply cut by hand
• Foil
• Space characters/rocket etc. The space men in the image are available from BIG W.

Create a sensory space tray with black rice, foil, glitter stars, and toy astronauts for imaginative play

STEP 1:

Place the amount of rice you would like to us into the ziplock bag and add the black food dye. Leave it to dry out for about 10 mins.

Add black food dye to plain rice in a ziplock bag and let it dry for 10 minutes before use

Use a ziplock bag to colour rice with black dye for your sensory solar system tray

STEP 2: While the dyed rice is drying out, cut out the glitter stars.

Use glitter paper and a star punch or scissors to cut out stars while rice dries

STEP 3:

Scrunch out ‘asteroid’ balls from the foil.

Scrunch foil into small balls to make fun asteroid shapes for sensory space play

STEP 4:

Assemble the rice, stars, asteroids and characters into the tray and let your little one explore!

Combine rice, stars, asteroids, and space figures in a tray for sensory exploration fun

Match with one of Hive’s favourite books, ‘Zoom to the Moon‘. Available from Dymocks Book Stores.

Enhance space play by reading 'Zoom to the Moon', available at Dymocks Book Stores