Sensory Tray Idea: Lemon Scented Rice

Written By Katie Wilder

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of rice

  • food coloring or liquid watercolors (both are safe to ingest, liquid watercolors will stain hands less)

  • lemon extract (lemon juice works as well, but you may need to use more to get the same scent strength. It tends to be a bit stickier with juice as well.)

Recipe:

  1. Add the rice to a large tray, bowl, or ziploc bag.

  2. Add the lemon extract first, it will help the color stick! Start with one teaspoon and mix well. Slowly add more if you’d like a stronger scent.

  3. Add desired amount of food coloring or liquid watercolors. Mix well.

  4. Spread into a thin layer on a tray or paper towel to dry. Rice may be stuck together once fully dried, break it up with fingers or by shaking if needed.

We made ours a lemonade theme by adding in fake lemons, child sized cups and pitchers, and some faux flowers for a cute aesthetic touch!

Katie Wilder