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A Halloween puffy paint activity that combines painting, sensory play, and three printable designs: a ghost, jack-o'-lantern, and candy corn.

Sensory play

Classic stretchy slime gets a gritty twist with colored sand for squeezing, stretching, pulling, kneading, and tactile exploration.

Printables

Pick a potion, mix baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar, then watch it bubble. A one-page printable with recipe cards, a create-your-own sheet, and lab challenges.

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A Halloween fine motor craft: kids tear tissue paper, scrunch and roll it, and glue it onto a free printable. Choose the candy corn (easiest), witch hat, or Frankenstein (most detailed), then keep it as a textured picture or turn it into a hanging decoration with a hole punch and string.

Sensory play

A Halloween spaghetti sensory bin with colorful noodles, creepy-crawly surprises, and tools for scooping, grabbing, and exploring.

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Turn old socks into homemade squishy characters using balloons, play dough, and markers. Kids can squeeze them, decorate them, give them silly hairstyles, and turn each one into its own little character. Part craft, part sensory activity.

Simple activities

Mix water, sugar, and dish soap, then experiment with catching and gently bouncing longer-lasting bubbles on clean, soft surfaces.

Printables

Eight printable pirate play dough challenges invite kids to create, build, and use their imaginations, from giving a pirate a silly beard to making a treasure map.

Crafts

Kids tear, roll, or crumple tissue paper and glue it onto a pirate ship printable to create a colorful craft with plenty of room for their own designs.

Printables

This printable outdoor scavenger hunt gives kids two ways to explore nature: spot 16 things on a visual search or collect 16 fallen nature treasures where collecting is allowed.

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Watch watercolor spread through raised salt lines in this simple fall craft, with five printable templates to make setup easy.

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Make this easy cotton ball ghost craft with kids using just cotton balls, glue and our free ghost template. A simple Halloween activity for toddlers and preschoolers.

Printables

Use cotton balls, child-safe tongs, and a free sheep printable for a low-mess fine motor challenge that can be played again and again.

Sensory play

We tried tapioca pearls as a sensory-bin filler, then went Halloween with orange and black color and a few spooky surprises to scoop, squish, pour, and dig through.

Sensory play

A pale-pink, whipped aquafaba foam setup with sprinkles and marshmallow pandas for scooping, squishing, spreading, and mixing.

Printables

Make your own glow-in-the-dark monster and ghost window clings using glow glue, googly eyes, and our printable templates! Kids can trace and decorate their favorite spooky shapes, then let them dry completely before peeling them off. Add a little water to the back to help them stick to the window, and watch them glow when the lights go out. 👻✨

Sensory play

Puffy Paint Monsters Turn simple monster templates into colorful, textured creations with homemade puffy paint! Kids can spread and swirl the paint, then add googly eyes and pipe cleaners to give each monster its own personality. It’s a fun, slightly messy activity that encourages creativity while working on fine motor skills and sensory exploration.

Sensory play

Our DIY Magical Crystal Ball is a fun Halloween craft that kids can help make and play with! Using a sandwich bag filled with clear hair gel, food coloring, and glitter, you can create a colorful, squishy crystal ball with our free printable.

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A shaving-cream-free Halloween puffy paint made with Mr. Bubble Foam Soap and white school glue. Kids fill in bat wings and spider bodies, add colorful dots, or come up with their own designs on free bat and spider printables, practicing fine motor and visual-motor skills along the way.

Sensory play

Four monsters, four textures, and so many ways to play! Kids color, cut, squish, press, and crinkle to give each monster a unique sensory belly using crinkle paper, hair gel, cotton balls, and play dough, with plenty of other ways to customize them.

Printables

Looking for a way to make letter matching more exciting? Just add eyeballs! Kids match uppercase and lowercase letters, then toss an eyeball into the matching pumpkin bucket. Easy to set up, easy to adjust for different learning levels, and it makes practicing letters feel like a game.

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Who wouldn't love a letter delivered by a snowy owl? Kids cut out and decorate their own fluffy snowy owl, fold a mini envelope that really opens and closes, and write a magical message for the owl to deliver, all with our free printable templates.

Printables

This hungry little kitty is ready for a snack! Kids roll the dice, count the dots, and use tongs to feed the kitty the matching number of colorful pom-poms. A simple container and our free printable turn counting practice into a game that's easy to set up, fun to repeat, and perfect for National Cat Day, preschool centers, kindergarten classrooms, or any day.

Sensory play

There is something about pumpkin spice that makes everything feel like fall! This soft, squishy homemade play dough brings those cozy fall smells into sensory play, and you only need a tiny sprinkle of pumpkin spice to give it that pumpkin pie smell.

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These turkeys actually gobble! Attach a free turkey printable to a wooden clothespin, give it a squeeze to make its mouth open and close, then turn it into a Thanksgiving fine motor game by picking up colorful pompoms and dropping them into a muffin tin.

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A colorful Thanksgiving craft: kids decorate coffee filters with markers, add water with a spray bottle or eyedropper, and watch the colors blend into turkey feathers. Then make a simple clothespin turkey or add a pipe cleaner body for an extra playful touch. Both versions use just one clothespin each, and glue dots make assembly easy!