Taste Test Challenge Without Smell or Sight

Fun Hands on Activities with Kids

Interactive Sensory Play: Test Your Taste Skills Without Senses

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Main Idea

Can you tell the taste without smell or sight? While learning about human body and sense of taste, we tried this tasting experiment for fun.

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Activity Prep

(What we used)

• Spoons

• Tasting items (We used peanut butter, maple syrup, jam, steak sauce, and chocolate syrup)

• Items you can cover your kid's eyes and nose (We used a bandana and hat for the eyes, and facial tissue for the nose)

• (Optional) A board (such as cardboard) for hiding the spoons

Taste Test Challenge Result

You can download and print a PDF below for taking notes and results.

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How We Did

Step 1. We covered my son's eyes with a bandana and hat. Then, we stuffed the nose with facial tissue.

Step 2. Use small spoons and add a small amount of taste-testing items. We used peanut butter, maple syrup, jam, steak sauce, and chocolate syrup.

We covered the spoons with a board to hide them. Then, I helped my son taste each item one by one. He realized some were very hard to identify without smelling or seeing. I highly recommend taking a result. We were too excited and forgot to do so.

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Reference

How Taste and Smell Work (Brainfacts.org)