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Halloween Sensory Bin

October 27, 2014 by Emma Gadsby 1 Comment

After discovering a witches cauldron in PoundLand I wanted to create a Halloween Sensory Bin. I found black and orange straws that I could cut up and use as the sensory bin base. The straws were cut into segments that were different lengths. I purchased some soft centred green and red eyes from PoundLand and hid them in the straws. Finally, I decorated the sensory bin with cute purple bat pom poms.

Adventures of Adam Halloween Sensory Bin

I knew that Adam would start transferring the sensory bin’s contents straight away so I gave him a Halloween ice cube tray. At first he took the straws out one scoop at a time.

Adventures of Adam straw Halloween Sensory Bin

Then Adam discovered the eyes. He searched through the sensory bin to pick out the eyes and place them in the ice cube tray.

Adventures of Adam toddler friendly Halloween activity

Whilst Adam was playing, I discovered that some of the straw ends had stuck together when I had cut them.  If you squeezed the ends of the straw it made a popping sound. it felt like popping bubble wrap and became quite addictive. It didn’t take long for Adam to empty the sensory bin’s contents over the floor. He had great fun scooping the straws up and placing them back into the cauldron. No guesses for what happened as soon as all of the straws were picked up.

Adventures of Adam fine motor Halloween

Adventures  of Adam Halloween Sensory Bin

Filed Under: Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Fine Motor Activities, Halloween, Sensory Play Activities, Straws

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  1. Mummy's Blog says

    October 29, 2014 at 2:49 am

    This is a great idea, I totally need to get myself a cauldron! x

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