Our sensory rooms are designed to create a calming, immersive, and engaging environment that supports emotional regulation and relaxation. The right combination of sensory equipment can make all the difference in tailoring the space to meet individual needs.
Whether for a school, healthcare setting or at home, these 7 popular sensory products bring both functionality and enjoyment to any sensory room!
Borealis and Bubble Tubes
Bubble Tubes and Borealis Tubes remain a standout feature in almost all of our sensory rooms, providing a captivating visual experience while promoting relaxation.
Bubble Tubes use LED technology to create a spectrum of colour-changing bubbles that move throughout water as it rises, whilst Borealis Tubes are an LED, maintenance free alternative that are designed to bring the effect of the northern lights into a sensory space through dancing light sequences.
A common addition to these pieces of visual lighting equipment are both acrylic mirrors and soft padded plinths. The acrylic mirrors are shatterproof and placed behind the tubes, in order to enhance the effects through the reflections. To provide an additional level of comfort and safety, soft padded plinths can be added around the base of the tubes, protecting both the equipment and users.
The key impacts of the Interactive Borealis and Bubble Tubes are the visual effects that users can interact with through user-controls, this is particularly beneficial for those who respond better to visual activities and soothing sensory experiences.
Projectors
There are multiple benefits of using projectors within your sensory room. Sensory sessions can be enhanced by storytelling, relaxing graphics, or guided therapy sessions and more. There are various types of projectors that can be used within sensory rooms, including:
Solar projectors – displaying a selection of projections using effects wheels, which can be easily swapped to create an ever-changing environment. The range of themes include space, animals, fireworks and more.
Effects projectors – unlike solar projectors, effects projectors don’t have changing wheels. The colours and patterns can change, however the themes will stay the same. These themes include effects such as water or hallucinations.
Media projectors – used primarily for watching or streaming media, which can be interchangeable depending on the preferences of the users accessing the space. These can both relax the users or to bring learning into the sensory room with more structured visuals.
LED Infinity Panel
Interactivity plays a vital role in sensory development, and our range of interactive panels allows users to actively engage with their environment through touch, sound, and visual feedback. These panels offer a variety of stimulating experiences that encourage learning, communication, and independent choice-making.
Our LED Infinity Panel is an interactive feature that can be both added to walls or built into wall padding. The panel features rows of LED’s which are reflected in mirrors to create the illusion of having an endless tunnel of lights.
The panel is user-controlled through voice , providing an engaging way to explore cause-and-effect learning, hand-eye coordination, and sensory responsiveness!
Bluetooth Sound System
Just as visuals play an important role in creating a sensory space, the addition of sounds and music also have a range of benefits. These include setting the mood, relaxation and engagement.
Amongst the variety of speakers available, typically within sensory rooms, bluetooth sound systems are popular due to their versatility and ease of use. Supervisors of the room can connect any device to the bluetooth sound system, which will enable them to set up and play their own playlists.
This is beneficial when you have different types of users accessing the space, who respond differently to sounds and music from calming sounds to engaging music, and even educational audio that can be incorporated into the learning curriculum for sensory rooms within schools.
Colour Changing Mood Lighting
Mood Lighting is essential within sensory rooms for setting the mood of the space. From setting a relaxing, calming space to a high focus, engaging atmosphere – certain colours are effective in achieving this. Various forms of mood lighting can be incorporated through both the visual equipment (such as bubble/borealis tubes) and light sources (such as strip lighting or down lighting).
As there can often be a range of users accessing sensory spaces, to make this accessible for various needs and abilities, controllable lighting allows you to change this depending on the individual’s preferences or desired goal for your sensory sessions.
Our colour-changing mood lighting can be both supervisor control via a control panel, or user controlled via a selection of switches. Users can interact with the switches to change the colours of the lighting. This is great for cause-and-effect learning and interactive sensory play.
Mood lighting can be incorporated into several types of sensory rooms, from calming rooms to help control and achieve set moods, to interactive sensory rooms to help build levels of engagement.
Fibre Optic Harness
Tactile exploration is an essential component of any sensory space, helping individuals focus better by concentrating on different textures, pressures, and surfaces.
Fibre Optic Harnesses utilise fibre optic technology to create a vibrant, colourful tactile feature that users can interact with. The harness is made up of long fibre strands which are safe to touch and can be draped over the user, providing additional stimulation.
Tactile elements such as fibre optic harnesses, are particularly beneficial for individuals who seek touch-based input for self-regulation or require additional sensory feedback to feel secure and comfortable in their environment. These resources offer opportunities for grounding, self-soothing, and developing fine motor skills.
Activity Panels
Activity panels provide a range of sensory exploration in the form of different activities. The range of activities include exploration of movement, textures, shapes and more. These tactile panels are a great resource for learning and developing, allowing users to build on core motor skills and hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way.
Although commonly found within multi-sensory and interactive sensory rooms, activity panels are also increasingly popular sensory products within sensory circuits – a form of sensory integration using sensory-based movement activities. Within schools, these can help with initiating alertness and focus in a fun and engaging way for the children.
Considering Your Sensory Products
A well-equipped sensory room should be tailored to the unique needs of its users, offering a balance of calming, stimulating, and interactive elements. From visually captivating bubble tubes and colour-changing lighting, to tactile exploration tools and interactive panels, each sensory product plays a vital role in creating an environment that supports sensory development, relaxation, and engagement.
We provide a full range of high-quality sensory products, ensuring that every sensory space is designed with care and purpose. If you’re looking to create or upgrade a sensory room, get in touch today to explore our solutions and find the right sensory product for your needs!
