01/30/2026
✨ Sensory Play Meets Food Exploration ✨
For a child who found pasta very overwhelming, we transformed spaghetti into a playful sensory activity by dyeing it fun colors and adding small toy dinosaurs. By changing how it looked and removing any expectation of eating, the pasta felt less threatening and more like a toy than food.
This allowed the child to explore the pasta with her hands in a fun, low-pressure way—picking it up, moving it around, and finding the hidden toys—without distress. Activities like this help children slowly feel more comfortable around challenging foods through play, not pressure.
💡 Try it at home: Use food coloring, dry or cooked pasta, and small toys to create a sensory bin. Keep it playful and pressure-free!