Enjoying Halloween Sensory Activities At Home
Halloween is now only a few weeks away and I’m totally excited! Halloween is a fun time for little ones as they get to dress up in their favorite character costumes and roam around the neighborhood visiting neighbors to get sweet treats. This is also a favorite time of mine as we get to enjoy some super fun Halloween sensory activities with our kiddos!
In this article, we’re going to make a fun Halloween sensory bin using different filler materials and other Halloween-themed items.
Supplies Needed To Make Todays Halloween Sensory Activities
To make this fun sensory bin activity you will need the following items:
- A Tray or Bin To Hold The Sensory Items
- Black Beans
- Green Pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern Containers and White Skull Containers
- Skull and Spider Ring Items
- Small Toddler Wooden Spoons
- Small Skull Hands
- Eyeball Ping Pong Balls
Also, don’t feel as though you need all the items in this sensory bin, or don’t feel as though you can’t put additional items into your bins. You can put as little or as much in your sensory bins as you see fit.
The important thing to keep in mind for your sensory bins is that you and your children will have fun with them and enjoy playing with them.
Spooky Halloween Sensory Bin
In a recent post, we put together another Spooky Halloween Sensory Bin that you can check out here: Spooky Halloween Sensory Bin
This Halloween sensory bin idea utilized similar Halloween-themed items.
What Is A Sensory Based Activity
A sensory-based activity is an activity that focuses on stimulating our five senses. This can be done through a variety of activities such as playing with:
- Sensory Toys,
- Listening To Music,
- Or Even Just Exploring The World Around Them.
The goal of a sensory-based activity is to help children learn and develop through their senses.
What Are The Five Sensory Experiences
There are five basic sensory experiences: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Each one of these senses provides different information about the world around us.
Sight is the sense that allows us to see things. We use our eyes to see objects in our environment. Sound is the sense that allows us to hear things. We use our ears to hear sounds in our environment. The smell is the sense that allows us to smell things. We use our noses to smell odors in our environment. Taste is the sense that allows us to taste things. We use our tongues to taste flavors in our environment. Touch is the sense that allows us to feel things. We use our skin to feel textures in our environment.
Each of these senses provides us with different information about the world around us. sight allows us to see things, sound allows us to hear things, smell allows us to smell things, taste allows us to taste things, and touch allows us to feel things. Each sense is important in its own way and helps us to understand our environment better.
What Are Considered To Be Sensory-Based Kids Activities
Sensory-based activities are those that help to stimulate the senses, such as sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. These activities can be both fun and educational for children and can help them to learn about the world around them. Some examples of sensory-based activities include: Here are 14+ additional Halloween Sensory Bin ideas that you can try here
-Making homemade pizzas and using different toppings to stimulate the sense of smell
-Listening to calming music and using soft fabrics to stimulate the sense of touch
-Looking at pictures in books or on the computer to stimulate the sense of sight
-Tasting different foods and drinks to stimulate the sense of taste
-Making noises with various instruments or toys to stimulate the sense of sound
Halloween Sensory Activities Conclusion
We hope you’ve enjoyed putting this Halloween-themed sensory bin together. Making a sensory bin doesn’t have to be complicated. In most cases, you can use simple household items that you have lying around the house.
For this Halloween sensory bin activity, we used a plastic bin, wooden spoons, and black beans that we already had on hand. The other Halloween-themed items we purchased from Dollar Tree were for only a couple of dollars. I hope this has inspired you to want to make all sorts of different sensory bins for your kids to play with!
