A perfectly fun and festive way to dive into spooky season with your kids is by introducing a Halloween sensory bin! This time of years gives us so many fun colors, textures, and themes to inspire ways for your kids to engage in sensory play PLUS support their independent and imaginative play skills.
Pumpkin Halloween Sensory Bins
This simple Pumpkin Sensory Bin by Two Pink Peonies s perfect for little hands that love scooping and pouring. The bright orange colors instantly feel festive, and you can easily add spoons, cups, and other little halloween trinkets (I like to find mine at the Dollar Store) to make it more interactive. Kids will stay busy transferring, filling, and dumping while you get a few minutes to breathe!
This Edible Pumpkin Patch (not just taste safe) by Cultivating Brilliant Minds is such a win for toddlers who like to put everything in their mouths. It’s safe, colorful, and lets your child “harvest” little pumpkins over and over again. Plus, it’s a fun way to foster imaginative play!
This Jack-O-Lantern Sensory Bin by Living Life and Learning combines sensory fun with creativity with this low mess sensory bin option. These paper shreds are so easy to clean up – no finding sensory rice hiding in corners! Plus, you can find lots of cute little items that are easily reused in other sensory bins.
This Halloween Sensory Bottle with Floating Jack-O-Lanterns by Fun-A-Day is perfect if you want something mess-free. The floating jack-o-lanterns create a magical effect that toddlers and preschoolers will be mesmerized by. It’s calming, portable (great option for in the car), and doubles as a soothing tool for quiet time.
Monster Sensory Bins
With googly monster eyes and bright fun colors, this Monster Sensory Bin by Two Pink Peonies is equal parts silly and spooky. Kids will love digging through and building their own colorful monsters. Your toddlers will love transfering and pouring out the sensory rice and fun pom poms!
Moon sand is already a sensory favorite, and turning it into a Monster Moon Sand (by The Mindful Toddler) makes it even better. Kids can squish, mold, and build their own little creatures over and over again. It’s messy in the best way — the kind that leads to hours of creative play.
Witch and Potion Sensory Bins
This Easy Witches’ Brew Counting Activity by The Crafty Christian Mom mixes pretend play with early math skills. As kids scoop ingredients into their cauldron, they get to count and stir their “witch’s brew.” It’s an easy way to sneak in learning while they engage in imaginative play.
Nothing feels more Halloween-y than this Spooky Witch’s Brew Sensory Bin by The Mindful Toddler. With spooky edible add-ins like gummy worms and frogs, kids get the thrill of making something “creepy” without any actual scares (plus makes a yummy treat). It’s pure make-believe fun that will have them chanting spells and mixing/munching away.
Spooky Sensory Play
If your kids love bugs, this Creepy Crawly Halloween Sensory Play Tray by Finding Myself Young is a must-try. It’s filled with pretend creepy crawlies that are just the right mix of spooky and silly. The magnifying glass is a fun idea to add a new element to this sensory activity.
Skeletons are a Halloween classic, and this Skeleton Sensory Bin by Living Life and Learning gives kids the chance to explore bones in a hands-on way. It’s a playful way to introduce a bit of anatomy through seasonal fun. She includes links to some fun at home lessons for learning about the skeletal system.
There’s something irresistible about the squishy wormy feel of this Spooky Halloween Spaghetti Sensory Bin by Finding Myself Young. Kids will love squishing the noodles between their fingers and using their imaginative play skills to pretend it’s all sorts of spooky things!
This Spaghetti & Eyeball Sensory Bin by Simple Everyday Mom takes spaghetti play up a notch with creepy little glow in the dark eyeballs mixed in. It’s silly, gross, and totally entertaining for little ones who love a surprise.
This Easy Halloween Sensory Activities for 1-Year-Olds by The Crafty Christian Mom is perfect for your littlest ones who aren’t quite ready to participate in a sensory bin quite yet. This is a great way for them to be able to experience the benefits of sensory exploration in a safe (and no mess) way!
For a fun twist on water play, check out this Spooky Swamp Sensory Bin by the Ladybirds’ Adventure. Kids will love scooping and pouring the swamp water filled with leaves and creepy crawlies. (Keep a towel underneath or consider making this an outdoor activity!)
Fall Sensory Bins
This Fun Candy Corn Sensory Bin by The Mindful Toddler captures the bright, cheerful colors of Halloween and Fall without the sugar rush. Kids will love digging through the colored rice and using different tools like scoops and cups for filling and dumping. Plus she includes some easy to follow directions on how to make colored rice for your bins!
This Easy Fall Sensory Bin by The Crafty Christian Mom is all about the cozy fall sensory experiences – texture, smell, and color! Kids can use imaginative play to follow the pumpkin pie recipe card, too. It’s a low-prep option that works beautifully beyond Halloween too.
Halloween is such a fun time to explored different sensory experiences with our kids! These different sensory bins are a fun and festive way to meet your children’s sensory needs and giving them a great option for independent play. What sensory bin items have your kids been enjoying?
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