One of my favourite activities was an awesome suggestion from Miss Marven; creating fireworks sound effects in our messy tray by using popping candy with the water tray! This adds a different sensory element and really changes things up a little for the children encouraging them to listen and focus in on sounds they can hear which links in well with our Letters and Sounds phase 1 activities in Nursery.
This next idea is great for developing strength and dexterity and encouraging mark making. It is also the messy play that is not actually messy! Take a pot of supermarket own brand hair gel (I used one from Tesco which cost 15p but of course most supermarkets have their own branded goods which are equally good value)
Mix a little black paint into the gel in the pot then tip the whole lot into a zip lock bag (find these either in stationery shops or freezer bag aisle!) Zip the bag and tape it shut.
Lay some shiny or glittery paper underneath the bag and stick your bag to the table over the shiny paper (use masking tape or blu tac)
Smooth the gel out in the bag and you have a dark night sky. Now encourage your child to draw fireworks in the sky with their fingers. As they "draw" the paint and gel will be pushed aside and they will reveal the shiny glittery colours on the paper underneath. (The photo below didn't quite capture the glittery colours but you can get the general idea!)
In our Reception classes the children enjoyed a firework themed messy play which combined washing up liquid in a black tray which was then sprinkled with glitter.The glitter sticks to the washing up liquid and the children were able to create beautiful swirling patterns while developing some wonderful firework vocabulary using words like Explode, Whizz, Bang, Boom, Crash and Scream!
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