Touch and Textures Activities

☺Bean bucket, bury items in it.  Dig them out and identify them or count them.  We used this as a way to learn about letters as we used items that all began with “T”.

☺Make a collage with a variety of textured items that you can find (bolts, feathers, beans, dirt/sand, plastic wrap, etc.)

☺Imprint textures into plaster, play dough or into goop.

☺Finger paint – explore with textures in different colors of paint (glitter, oatmeal, cornstarch, salt, spices, shaving cream, glue, etc.).  Another variation:  paint with feet.

☺Have a texture hunt & collect things that are smooth, slimy, dull, pointy, wet, hard, bumpy or soft, etc.

☺Learn about heavy and light objects by having your child accumulate some items from around the house and weighing them on a scale.  Have your child weigh themselves.

☺Sculpt with a sheet of aluminum foil.  Try making cups, balls, boxes, waves, etc.   After ward, paint the crinkled surface of the foil and make a print of your “texture”.


☺Test Textures. Lightly scratch your forearm with the following and talk about how they feel different: Q-tips, Fork, Ice cube, feather, sandpaper or dish scrubby.  Try a second round where they are blindfolded.  Can they guess what touched them?

☺Play with a felt shape board to create different patterns.  Try making one blindfolded.
☺Make impressions of items and textures in clay.