Colourful Worms

Although this does activity doesn’t take long to prep, the prep needs to be done a few hours before you plan to do the activity. It just requires a little more organisation. But all the resources you need will be in your kitchen cupboards.

I was a little apprehensive if my son would enjoy this activity because in the past he wasn’t a big fan of getting messy. But he loved this activity.

I was once told by a colleague that if a child is a fussy eater then messy play can encourage them to be more adventurous with their food. We live in hope….

Set Up

Whilst making breakfast I quickly cooked the spaghetti, put the spaghetti and food colouring into tupperware boxes, closed the lid, gave it a good shake and then left it till the afternoon.

I used a white tray that I had in the kitchen because I thought that the colour contrast between the red, blue and white would be more visually enticing for my little one.

I now have a cheap white shower curtain that I bought from Amazon which I put down on the floor before any messy play. That way at the end of the activity, I can just fold the shower curtain up and all the mess is contained.

I didn’t put all the spaghetti out in a big pile, I slowly pulled them out of the container and wriggled them about in the air before letting them drop onto the tray. This was to build anticipation and make the spaghetti look more like wriggly worms.

Once I had exhausted the magic of the spaghetti (worms) being alive. Together my son and I explored the worms. He stretched them, threw them, tasted some, mixed them together.

Also if you want to repeat the activity, you can put the spaghetti back into the tupperware boxes and store in the fridge.

Word of warning the food colouring will stain clothes and it was a little challenging removing the sticky spaghetti off the floor; hence why a shower curtain would be good for this activity.

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