Messy Play Video Activities
Watch the Messy Play Lady herself, Robin Imholte (sometimes with a special guest, Mama Bev), walk you through a number of very fun (and sometimes messy!) activities in the videos below! Just click on the pictures for the magical reveal. Unlike most funny videos, we encourage you to "Please, do try these at home!"
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Bubble Snakes
Some snakes are scary, but not when they are made out of bubbles! A little soap can create a lot of fun in this activity that will have your kiddos in awe of their long and light creations! This project is super easy and so much fun!
Materials:
Plastic Bottle
Water
Towel
Rubber Band Painting
Have any extra rubber bands lying around the house? Search through your cabinets because they make great designs! Mama Bev and Robin will show you just how to use these stretchy bands to make a masterpiece!
Materials:
Spray Bottle Painting
Let your kiddo's abstract artist be born with this fun and easy activity! Encourage them to combine colors, shapes, and textures to create a one-of-a-kind piece that pairs creativity with fun!
Materials:
Bucket of Water
Sensory Bags
Add a little paint to a Ziplock bag and let the fun begin! This is a great activity for kids who are sensitive to textures and parents who don't like messes! Your littles can even practice their letters using their fingers!
Materials:
Fingers
Fun Attitude
Sensory Bottles
Looking for a fun way to recycle old bottles? Make them into sensory play toys! Wash them out, let them dry, and then fill them with whatever you want: pompoms, old buttons, liquid, sand, rocks. Then shake, shake, shake!
Materials:
Plastic Bottle
Liquid
Buttons
Sand
Box Painting
Trying to find a good use for your old boxes lying around? Why not make them into a work of art? Watch as the Messy Play Lady transforms these everyday cardboard cubes into unique masterpieces!
Materials:
Cardboard Boxes
Pulled String Art
Are you ready for a great surprise? With just a little string and a little more paint, your kiddo can partner with an around-the-house item and watch as their final art piece is revealed before their very eyes!
Marble Shaving Cream
Extra, Extra! Read all about it! Did you know that you can print with shaving cream?! Just spray it all over a flat surface, add just a hint of food coloring, and you have your very own marble shaving cream printing press!
Materials:
Salad Spinner Painting
Watch the Messy Play Lady use a basic household object, a salad spinner, with primary paint colors to create a masterpiece of art! Don't get too dizzy during the process though as this activity will take you for a spin!
Materials:
Scissors
Colored Spaghetti
Want some gooey, colorful spaghetti fun? Just mix food coloring into some cooked spaghetti and you're done! This is such a fun, easy, and sensory filled play activity to keep your kid's hands and brain full and focused!
Materials:
Spaghetti
Bowl
Strainer
Ice Spaghetti Monsters
How does your kiddo feel about monsters?! What if they get to make them in a bowl? And out of colorful spaghetti, gooey eyeballs, and pompoms? Add them together and they can play with this scary and funny bowl of mess!
Materials:
Spaghetti
Bowl
Want to recycle your old toilet paper roles in a brand new, fun way? Use them to make bunny stamps! Watch and learn as the Messy Play Lady repurposes cardboard toilet paper tubes as paint stamps for a creative Easter activity!
Easter egg dyeing with marble shaving cream? Combine two fun Messy Play Activities into one with this fun idea! Watch Robin roll eggs into shaving cream dyed with food coloring to make beautifully decorated eggs!
Materials:
Eggs
Paper Towels
Did you know that you can paint with eggs?! Plastic eggs that is! The Messy Play Lady is at it again with this great video on how to make a masterpiece by filling colorful eggs with your little's favorite paints and going wild!
More About Robin
HELLO! I’M ROBIN, THE FOUNDER OF MESSY PLAY KITS.
I'm a preschool teacher whose love for play-based learning knows no bounds. I created Messy Play Kits to help support parents in this endeavor at home: I offer products, classes and education that encourage development through play.