Ghost Sensory Bin for Halloween
A fun and simple ghost sensory bin for Halloween. Kids will love playing with the ghosts in the rice with the black rocks to make a fun sensory bin.
Sensory bins don’t have to be complex, with tons of elements in them. And that is what this ghost sensory bins. It is a simple sensory bin that parents or teachers can set up in just a few minutes.
Plus, the ghost theme is great for Halloween, and kids in preschool and kindergarten will love playing in the sensory bin.
The Ghost Sensory Bin is a great addition to the Halloween Activities and sensory bins on the site.
What is a sensory bin?
A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.
Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.
Ghost Sensory Bin
The ghost sensory bin has a few simple elements for kids. You have a rice filler with simple black rocks and white ghosts in the sensory bin.
It took me less than a minute to put all the elements in the sensory bin. It is excellent for kids in Prek (ages 4 to 5) and Kindergarten (ages 5 to 6). You do want to monitor kids who might put things in there mouth with this sensory bin.
Also keep in mind that older kids might like sensory bins as well.
Ghost Books to Read with Kids
Ten Timid Ghosts is a favorite counting book for us. You count 10 ghosts in the book. And it is great Halloween book. You can use the ghost in the sensory for counting with this book.
What we used to make the Ghost Sensory Bin
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Ways to Use the Ghost Sensory Bin
You are going to see a few ways you could use the sensory bin with kids. And we love doing different activities with sensory bins.
Play in the Ghost Sensory Bin
Playing in sensory bins in important for kids that need it. You can have them play with their hands in the sensory bin. And then they can run their hands through the sensory bin.
You can also add sensory scoops for them to playing the sensory bin. We have used a lot of cups in sensory bins as well.
Sort Ghost and Black Rocks
A great part about this sensory bin is that there are two colors. You have the white ghost and the black rocks. You can have kids sort the rocks and working on different colors. You can ask them about the colors as they sort.
You can also talk about the differences in the shapes. You have ghosts that are all the same shape and you can black rocks that can be the same color but different shapes.
You can see below how simple it is to sort the shapes.
Make Shapes, Letters, and Numbers
You can make shapes letters and letters in the sensory bin for old kids. And kids can have fun with this activity. A fun activity is to add the ghost shape easy reader book and have them make the shapes in the book in the sensory bin. A great way to make them see the shapes and a hands on activity for kids.
And Just Play in the Ghost Sensory Bin
Just remember if all kids do is play in the sensory bin then that is okay. Sensory play can be so important for kids. And this is a simple one for Halloween.
More Ghost & Halloween Activities for Kids
Halloween Sensory Bin is full of different Halloween themes like spiders, pumpkins, bats, ghosts, and bones. And is super simple to set up.
Ghost Shape Easy Reader Book & Clip Cards is a great shape book for Halloween. You have 9 shapes for kids to learn. You also have matching clip cards to use with the shape book.
Ghost Painting with Cookie Cutters uses black paper ghost cookie cutter and white paint. A great Halloween painting for a ghost theme for kids.
Ghosts in the Sky Oil Pastel & Watercolor is a fun watercolor and oil pastel painting activity. This is a great mix art project for kids.
I have a second fun book for Halloween Halloween ABC Easy Reader Book. It is an ABC based book for kids to read. You can color the letter and read the sentence in the book.
Check out all the fun Halloween Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Check out all the fun Sensory Bin Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
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