Making Christmas rice is really simple and lots of fun for kids!
Rice makes a a great play material. It is less messy than play sand, and you only need a few common kitchen items to make it. Kids will play for hours, and this sensory rice will leave your entire home smelling just like Christmas, too!
Christmas Rice Recipe
- Green & red food coloring
- Rice
- Water
- Zip seal bags
Optional Additions
- Peppermint extract
- Cinnamon extract (or cinnamon spice)
- Glitter
- Holiday trinkets
Method
- Begin by adding the desired amount of rice to a large, zip-seal bag. Then, add several drops of food coloring.
- You will want to use one bag for each color of rice that you wish to make. We used two bags to make both red and green rice.
- Add 3-5 drops of extract to the bag, using one of your favorite holiday scents. Then, add a small amount of water. The water just helps to coat the rice in color.
- Seal the bags tightly, and then hand them off to your little ones to mix up. They can pound them, shake them, squeeze them, and squish them.
- Once the rice is saturated in color leave it to dry right in the bag. Just make sure the bag is left open.
- After a few hours your rice will be dry and ready for play!
This rice makes a fantastic start to a holiday sensory bin. Start with the rice in a play bin. Then, slowly add holiday elements to extend the fun. Adding to the bin slowly is a great way to keep kids engaged.
You can add whatever festive bits you might have lying around.
Here are some ideas:
- Red & green pom poms
- Christmas ornaments
- Holiday figurines
- Buckets & shovels
- Kitchen gadgets
- Christmas cookie cutters
- Tinsel
- Pieces of pine
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