![]() Since we make most of our other sensory dough here at home I decided to make our own therapy putty as well! With this DIY therapy putty recipe you can make and color combination you want and add a variety of characters to it for different themes. And, even though we always make sure to wash and sanitize our hands before playing with our therapy putty, children are germy and eventually the kids putty will get dirty and need to be thrown out. We’ve used therapy putty to practice pincer grasp and cutting too!Īs much as I LOVE the variety of Discovery Putty you can find online – it is a bit pricey, especially if you want a few different sets. There are so many uses for therapy putty with kids of all ages! They can work on building those fine motor muscles in their fingers, use it as a fidget putty in their hands while they are needing to be quiet and focused, or as a stress putty to provide input and squish and pull when anxiety arises. My daughter doesn’t know it but from one 10 minutes of playing with her therapy putty provides proprioceptive input, pressure to her joints (it’s REALLY tough to pull that putty apart!) and fine motor work while she digs through to find the little pieces and characters. We love all the fun themes that they have to choose from. ![]() When my daughter visits the OT, one of her favorite activities is to play with a tin of Discovery Putty you can find online. The fun that comes with playing in a bin of snow dough, floam, or slime is unmatched – especially to a sensory kid! We love all sorts of homemade putty and sensory dough. Substances and mixtures imported into the EU which contain Borax are now required to be labelled with the warnings “May damage fertility” and “May damage the unborn child”.1.5k shares Easy recipe to make your own Therapy Putty! The kids will love this homemade fidget putty just for them. The SVHC candidate list is part of the EU Regulations on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 2006 (REACH), and the addition was based on the revised classification of Borax as toxic for reproduction category 1B under the CLP Regulations. With severe poisoning, erythematous and exfoliative rash, unconsciousness, respiratory depression, and renal failure.”īorax was added to the Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) candidate list on 16 December 2010. “In severe poisonings, a beefy red skin rash affecting palms, soles, buttocks and scrotum has been described. ![]() ![]() Effects on the vascular system and brain include headaches and lethargy, but are less frequent. Ingestion may cause gastrointestinal distress including nausea, persistent vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Sufficient exposure to borax dust can cause respiratory and skin irritation. The lethal dose is not necessarily the same for humans. Its LD50 (median lethal dose) score is tested at 2.66 g/kg in rats: a significant dose of the chemical is needed to cause severe symptoms or death. ![]() Danger is the highest level signal word issued by the EPA. Registration was allowed to lapse after the initial one year registration due to the fact the product could not be legally sold over the counter as an insecticide due to the dangers the product posed to the general public. Sodium tetraborate decahydrate was once registered as an insecticide for a brief period however, the product was issued a “Danger” signal word by the EPA. Here is some basic information from Wikipedia on toxicity:īorax, sodium tetraborate decahydrate, according to one study, is not acutely toxic. So sorry to hear about your son’s illness. ![]()
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