{"id":1641,"date":"2025-09-19T12:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:42:20","slug":"fall-sensory-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/fall-sensory-pies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Sensory Pies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your kids like to mix up ingredients as much as mine do, they will love this fun and educational activity.  We love making pies, sensory style, especially in the fall! We do this activity every single year because my kids love it so much.  Check out last year&#8217;s apple pie play <a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/apple-themed-activities-for-kids\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"fall sensory pie tuff tray activity\" class=\"wp-image-1653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8880-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As my kids get older, we continue to add to the details and complexity. My kids are now 5 and 7, so I wanted to include more kinds of pie, with different ingredients and some recipes with higher numbers to support their math development. Since I couldn&#8217;t find the printable recipes I was looking for online, I made some of my own. If you think they&#8217;d be useful for you and your family, you are welcome to <strong>download them here for free<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Apple-Pie-Recipes.png\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumpkin-Pie-Recipes.png\">Pumpkin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blueberry-Pie-Recipes.png\">Blueberry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pecan-Sugar-Pie-Recipes.png\">Pecan &amp; Sugar<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1657\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"apple pie sensory ingredients\" class=\"wp-image-1657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8865-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1656\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"pumpkin pie sensory ingredients\" class=\"wp-image-1656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8866-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1658\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"pecan pie sensory ingredients\" class=\"wp-image-1658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8863-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1659\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"blueberry pie sensory ingredients\" class=\"wp-image-1659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8861-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1654\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"resin leaf tray, cloud doug, playdough\" class=\"wp-image-1654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8877-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For our baking ingredients we used <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>homemade cinnamon playdough (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalbeachliving.com\/no-cook-natural-cinnamon-play-dough\/\">I used this recipe<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cloud dough (see my recipe <a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/29\/cloud-dough-valentines-day-cupcakes\/\">here<\/a>) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>oats <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the fruits, nuts and other ingredients, I have a few resin pieces of each ingredient, but not enough for all the recipes. I supplemented the pieces I had with coloured and painted pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>coloured pasta for apple, pumpkin, pecans and butter (Note: this pasta came in these colours &#8211; it\u2019s a coloured pasta mix from Bulk Barn)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blueberry Pearls from <a href=\"https:\/\/thecreativemixshop.ca\/ahouseofplay\">The Creative Mix Shop<\/a> (*affiliate link)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>white painted pasta for sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"play baking pie playdough, cloud dough, oats\" class=\"wp-image-1650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8916-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1652\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"sensory apple pie playdough\" class=\"wp-image-1652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8895-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This activity is a great way to practice counting and recipe reading, but also is just a fun invitation to sink little hands into some different textures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarschoice.ca\/tuff-tray\/tuff-tray-black.html\">Large Tuff Tray<\/a> &#8211; Scholar&#8217;s Choice (\u2728save with code HOUSEOFPLAY15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecreativemixshop.ca\/xruw9u\">Blueberry Pearls<\/a> (*affiliate link) &#8211; The Creative Mix Shop (\u2728save with code HOUSEOFPLAY10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resin berries and large whip dollops &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveeveandco.com\">Olive Eve &amp; Co<\/a> (\u2728save with code HOUSEOFPLAY10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wooden Pie Toppers, beige 3d printed pie plates &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/starsandsensory.ca\">Stars &amp; Sensory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silicone Pie Plates, Mini Bunt Cake Pans &#8211; Dollarama<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resin maple leaf dish &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littleplaylabco.com\">Little Play Lab Co.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1649\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"finished sensory playdough pies\" class=\"wp-image-1649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8947-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1648\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"tuff tray containing play mess\" class=\"wp-image-1648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8948-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your kids like to mix up ingredients as much as mine do, they will love this fun and educational activity. We love making pies, sensory style, especially in the fall! We do this activity every single year because my kids love it so much. Check out last year&#8217;s apple pie play here. As my &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/fall-sensory-pies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fall Sensory Pies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,117],"tags":[412,411,394,300,413,181,410,80],"class_list":["post-1641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-sensory-play","tag-applepieplay","tag-fallsensorypies","tag-fallsensoryplay","tag-learnthroughplay","tag-pumpkinpieplay","tag-sensoryactivities","tag-sensorypie","tag-tufftrayideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}