I was looking for an activity that would calm down an agitated Wugs following a couple of vaccinations he received earlier in the week, when I came across the idea of adding essential oils to rice.
What we used:
Rice
Lavender essential oil
Purple food colouring
Distilled white vinegar
Distilled white vinegar
Plastic freezer bag
Cloud-patterned pom poms
Scoops
I added about 3 cups of rice to a
plastic freezer (Ziploc) bag together with a few drops of purple food colouring, a few drops of vinegar (the vinegar helps to bring out the colour of the dye) and a drop or two of lavender essential oil. I was careful not to make it too overpowering. I was looking for other calming objects to
add to the rice. I found some
cloud-patterned poms poms and put these in the tub together with scoops and
small containers for Wugs to transfer the rice into. Whether it was the lavender or just the
distraction of playing with rice, I found the activity settled his mood.
