Sense of touch activities for children

Introduce these sensory play activities to your children to explore their sense of touch.

Sense of touch play activities

This article is part of our sensory play activities.

This week on NurtureStore we’re looking at our sense of touch, with ideas for all ages.

Try one of these activities: 

:: make a sensory book for babies

:: create touchy-feely hearts

:: create a discovery basket full of materials with different textures

Sense of touch sensory tubs

Offer a sequence of sensory tubs each with a totally different texture to explore and talk about. Try:

:: cloud dough

:: ice

:: goop

:: rice

:: pasta

Sense of touch art activities

Include your sense of touch in art activities using:

:: shaving foam colour mixing 

:: painting on texture