Sensory Toolkit Items, with examples and links:

Sight:

Images or photos of a few people, places or pets that evoke positive feelings or memories

Art with soothing colors

Cards or notes with meaningful quotes or affirmations

A snow globe or glitter jar (instructions for making your own here!)

Flameless color changing candles example

Sound:

Earbuds or noise cancelling headphones

A calming playlist, with your favorite calming music, stories, meditations, or nature sounds Sample playlist

A tiny music box (example)

An instrument or noisemaker, such as castanets, sound bowl, chimes (example)

Touch:

Soft + squishy:

Stuffed animals

Squishmallows

Body pillow

Weighted blanket

Pom poms (example)

Craft feathers (example)

Manipulatable:

Sensory Jewelry (example)

Mala beads (example)

fidget toys example

Putty (example)

Pipe cleaners

Temperature changing:

Hand warmers (example)

Heating pad

Cooling lotion or salve with peppermint or menthol

Soothing eye mask (example)

Instant cold packs (example)

Scent:

Essential Oils (Calming and soothing scents: Lavender, vanilla, sandalwood, neroli. Energizing scents: Citrus, eucalyptus, peppermint)

Scented lotion

Bubble bath, bath bombs

Scratch-and-sniff stickers

Taste

Gum

Mints

Tea bags

Sour candies/lollipops,

Flavored fizzy water

Other:

A bubble wand. (Blowing bubbles is a great sensory tool that also helps you to connect with your breath. Try making lots of little bubbles or one big one. Watch them float, and try to catch or pop a few in the air when you’re done.)