Mum creates amazing DIY playroom for son with sensory processing issues for £80

Ashleigh Dunkley was using the cupboard under her stairs to store junk but after seeing how the sensory room at nursery was helping her son CJ, she decided she wanted to use the space to create her own.

The mum-of-two, from Buckie, Scotland, created a sensory experience with materials they already had and some she picked up on Amazon, Facebook Marketplace and Poundland.

She filled it with a latch board, cogs, a lava lamp, a chair, cushions, magnetic numbers and a crocodile wall toy that were being kept elsewhere.

Then she bought some foam mats, paying £10 for 30, 10m of LED strip lights for £13.99 on Amazon, a bubble lump she bought secondhand on Facebook and some lights for £1 and £1 in Poundland.

The room before Ashleigh turned it into a sensory room (Picture: Ashleigh Dunkley)
The room before (Picture: Ashleigh Dunkley)
The room after Ashleigh turned it into a sensory room
The room after (Picture: Ashleigh Dunkley)

She put together the ball pit with some that friends and family were throwing out and some that she bought on Facebook for £30.

Altogether, the room cost around £80 to put together.

Ashleigh Dunkley and son CJ
Ashleigh Dunkley and son CJ (Picture: Ashleigh Dunkley)

She got the idea after seeing how the room at CJ’s developmental nursery was helping develop his senses through light, sound and touch.

Ashleigh told Tyla: ‘The effect it has on him was instantly clear to see. He’s settled, happy and content. We had looked into purchasing large sensory boards for home use but soon found out that these cost thousands of pounds for one panel.

The ball pit inside the sensory room
The ball pit inside the room (Picture: Ashleigh Dunkley)

‘CJ also attends a mainstream nursery and they had started to create a sensory room, in a small space, with materials from B&M and Amazon which got us thinking about our large under stairs cupboard that was just being used for junk.’

She said CJ loves the room and it helps to settle him when he gets a bit overwhelmed.

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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/13/mum-creates-amazing-diy-playroom-son-sensory-processing-issues-80-11091431/
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