Calm Down Cloud Dough | Sensory Activity – Sunny Sprouts by Miss Jane

Mix together:

1 cup corn starch
1/2 cup conditioner
3-4 drops lavender essential oil
4-5 drops purple food coloring

Benefits:

Helps with stress and anxiety
Stimulates senses
Strengthens fine motor skills
Helps children focus
Promotes self-soothing

Why it works:

This tactile sensory activity stimulates nearly all of the senses while producing a calming effect. These stimulating aspects allow children to fully focus on what they are doing, bringing them to the present and encouraging mindfulness. The addition of the lavender scent promotes a soothing effect.

This activity is perfect to use whenever your child is stressed, anxious, having trouble focusing, or if they’re having trouble sleeping!

This activity corresponds with the following DRDP measures:

ATL-REG 1: Attention Maintenance

Child develops the capacity to pay attention to people, things, or the environment when interacting with others or exploring play materials

ATL-REG 2: Self-Comforting

Child develops the capacity to comfort or soothe self in response to distress from internal or external stimulation

PD-HLTH 4: Fine Motor Manipulative Skills

Child demonstrates increasing precision, strength, coordination, and efficiency when using muscles of the hand for play and functional tasks

VPA 1: Visual Art

Child engages, develops skills, and expresses self with increasing creativity, complexity, and depth through two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual art