Halloween Activities for Sensory Learners
Supplies Needed
- 1 small pumpkin Or 1 1/2-2 cups pumpkin guts if you are using a large pumpkin
- 15 oz bottle of PVA glue
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2- 1 tablespoon contact solution
Instructions
Making Pumpkin Slime inside of a pumpkin
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Cut the top off the pumpkin and loosen all the gut in the pumpkin. Remove half the guts to make room for the slime.
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Pour the glue, water, and baking soda into the pumpkin and stir until its combined.
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Slowly you stir in the contact solution until the slime bins up to the consistency you like.
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Store in an airtight container.
Making pumpkin slime in a bowl
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In a large bowl add 1 1/2 to 2 cups of pumpkin guts.
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Pour the glue, water, and baking soda into the bowl and stir until its combined.
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Slowly you stir in the contact solution until the slime binds up to the consistency you like.
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Store in an airtight container.
Supplies Needed
- Shaving foam
- A baking tray
- Dried black beans
- A spoon or wooden lolly stick
Instructions
- Squirt shaving foam dots about 2 inches apart on your tray
- Use the spoon or stick to carefully smooth the foam down slightly to make a teardrop shape
- Add two dried black beans to each one for the eyes
- Pop the tray in the freezer overnight
- Explore the frozen ghosts on the tray or watch them melt away in water
Supplies Needed
- Jelly mixture (ideally green)
- Boiling water
- Plastic toys
- Large plastic mixing bowl
Instructions
- Make up enough jelly mixture to nearly fill the bowl.
- Add the plastic snakes, spiders, or frogs
- Place in fridge overnight
- Children to explore as soon as the jelly is set, you can pour own the jelly into a sensory tray or leave in the bowl as is.
Supplies Needed
Instructions
- Add water to your sensory tray
- Stir in green food colouring and stir
- Add in your plastic toys, maybe glitter too?
- Adding bicarbonate and vinegar makes it fizz
- Adding lustre glitter makes it swirl
Supplies Needed
- Pumpkin guts
- Sandwich bag
Instructions
- Place pumpkin insides into a ziplock bag
- Children that don't like to be messy can explore the sensory elements without getting messy
- Great for babies or children who like to eat or mouth everything too!
Supplies Needed
- Playdough or saltdough
- pipe cleaners
- googly eyes
- mini marshmallows or beads
Instructions
- Leave items out in separate containers, have a few examples that you have made as the invitation to explore
- See what they create!
Supplies Needed
- Pasta Bows (dry)
- Black paint
- Rice (dry)
- Alcohol gel
- Orange food colouring
Instructions
- Place pasta bows in a ziplock bag with a large squirt of black paint. Shake until well covered. Lay out on a washable service to dry overnight
- Place rice into a separate ziplock bag, squirt alcohol gel generously and orange food colouring. Shake until well covered. Lay out on a tray overnight until dry.
- Once dry, pour into a sensory tray to combine
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Have fun!
Remember to tag @sensoryclass in all of your creations so I can see ans share!
Jordan xx