Alphabet Halloween Sensory Bin

Halloween Read And Play Blog Hop

Hands On Sensory Activity For Learning And Play

Halloween is so much fun and the perfect opportunity to build an easy Halloween sensory bin to go with favorite books. Make learning letters and letter sounds fun when you pair it with a great book and a simple sensory bin.  Sensory bins can serve many wonderful purposes from simple play and exploration to early learning, read here for more on our sensory bins and philosophy! I am so excited to be a part of the Halloween Read & Play Blog Hop!

Alphabet Halloween Sensory Bin Set Up

Supplies Needed:

• large bin/container to hold everything
• filler: popping corn and black beans from grocery store (list of non-food sensory fillers here)
• dollar store goodies like skeletons, ghosts, spiders, webbing, decorative box
• table scatter and colored gems
• letter tiles (borrowed our travel scrabble game tiles!)
• mini led lights 
• mini black cauldrons or pots
• real mini pumpkin
• other objects from our ABCs of Halloween book including toad, dragon and unicorn
• ABCs of Halloween by Patricia Reeder Eubank

Simply dump the filler and the goodies! Set out on a low table or floor for easy play. Worried about mess, throw a sheet underneath for quick cleanup!

Alphabet Halloween Sensory Bin Activities 

How did we use our Halloween sensory bin? First, I always let him explore the contents as play as he likes to increase interest and meet tactile sensory needs. I then sat with him and we dug around together. I would randomly pull up letters or ask him to grab me a specific letter. He also chose to spell his name. We read the book together and decided we needed to fetch additional items I had “forgotten” like an unicorn, a dragon, lizard, toad, etc. Finally we gathered the items and found the letter tiles based on the sound of the first letter of the word. There are so many variations including spelling and using the book as reference for word work!

I added a Witch hat for a bit of dress up fun and of course part of the alphabet play!

Grab your favorite Halloween book! Make a Halloween Sensory Bin!

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Check out all these wonderful Halloween Book & Play Activities from great bloggers!

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Lovely Commotion- Pumpkin Pumpkin- Pumpkin Life Cycle

Bambini Travel- Broom, Zoom- Night Sky Activity

Chicken Babies- Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance- Monster Dancing and Eyeball Games

Preschool Powol Packets- Room on the Broom- Croaking Frog Craft

Adventures of Adam- Winnie the Witch- Multicolored Cat Project

Cutting Tiny Bites- Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat- Sound Effects Box 

Cutting Tiny Bites- Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat- Halloween Shadow Garland

Betsy’s Photography- Popcorn- Making Popcorn Bars

Mama Smiles- Where is Baby’s Pumpkin?- Felt Board Activity and Coloring Pages

Craft Ideas for Kids- Spider Sandwiches- Halloween Sensory Play: Monster Pizza Parlour

One Time Through- Magic School Bus: Haunted Museum- Spooky Sound Experiments

Bare Feet on the Dashboard- Curious George Goes to a Costume Party- Costumes and Pretend Play

Where Imagination Grows- 5 Little Ghosts- Ghost Collages

Fireflies and Mud Pies- Scary Scary Halloween- Halloween Necklace Craft

Artsy Momma- Pippa the Pumpkin Fairy- Pumpkin Wand and Pumpkin Crafts

Royal Baloo- AlphaOops- Halloween Letter Puppets

Rubberboots and Elf Shoes- Skeleton Hiccups- Paper Chain Skeleton

P is for Preschooler- Clifford’s Halloween- Cotton Ball Ghost Craft

Little Bins For Little Hands- ABCs of Halloween- Sensory Bin

Mama Miss- Sheep Trick-or-Treat- Sheep Craft, Activity, and Snack

Pink Stripey Socks- Scaredy-Cay Splat the Cat- Spider Costume

Fun-A-Day!- Big Pumpkin- Sequencing Activity

Line Upon Line Learning- The Spooky Old Tree- Prepositions Game

Kitchen Floor Crafts- Pumpkin Eye- Halloween Sticky Collage

Coffee Cups and Cratons- Spookley the Square Pumpkin- Glitter Pumpkin Sun Catchers

Wise Owl Factory- Bunnicula and others- Halloween Book Fun Learning Round Up

Planet Smarty Pants- The Picky Little Witch- Halloween Cupcakes

Study at Home Mama- 10 Halloween Books and 50 Activities

Don’t forget to check out the Halloween Read and Play Pinterest Board which features ALL these great activities!

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