Halloween is such a fun and festive time! We can explore with creative activities and use our imaginations to create fun and festive things! We want to share with you some of the spooky cool Halloween activities we’ve been doing in the clinic! Try these easy to do activities at home!
1. Spider Snack
Ingredients: Ritz crackers, peanut butter or any nut butter, pretzel sticks, mini M&M’s
Directions: Spread nut butter onto Ritz cracker, break pretzel sticks in half. Assemble pretzels and Ritz. Top with 2 M&M’s or 10 M&M’s to create the spider eyes. Enjoy as a yummy treat!
2. Spooky Rice Bin
Ingredients: 6 cups rice, 1 tbsp vinegar, 1/2 tbsp water, gel food coloring
Directions: Mix all ingredients together thoroughly in a large bowl. Add more water if gel food coloring is too sticky. Add in fun trinkets like spider rings and dig for them! Use tongs to work on fine motor skills or use your hands to promote sensory processing skills.
3. Spider Craft
Supplies: black construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, glue
Directions: Cut out 2 circles, one larger than the other. Cut out 8, 1” strips. Use both hands to fold the stripes, accordion style. Use glue to place all the pieces together to make your spider. Work on fine motor skills, and bilateral hand skills while folding and cutting as well as working on naming body parts: eyes, legs, etc. for body awareness.