# Halloween Sensory Play Ideas > A collection of Halloween sensory activities from fellow bloggers, including glowing spider webs, squish bags, gak, jelly play, ice ghosts and pumpkin oobleck. Every idea is open-ended messy play for toddlers through kindergarteners. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-kids-halloween-sensory-activities/ - Ages: 2–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: high - Time: prep none, activity varies - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class - Skills: sensory-exploration, fine-motor - Cautions: food-dye, wheat-gluten, ingestion-risk ## Safety - Supervise sensory play at all times. - Plastic spiders, googly eyes and other small toys are choking hazards. Watch toddlers closely. - Food-based bases like spider webs, spaghetti and jelly are taste-safe at best, not snacks. Don't let kids eat them. - Check each original recipe's ingredients before use. Not every slime, gak or dough is safe to mouth. ## Ideas - **Glowing Edible Spider Webs**: Tangled, glowing spider-web strands with plastic spiders, played with under a black light. - **Slimy Eyes**: A toddler sensory bag filled with slimy eyes. - **Witch's Brew Sensory Tub**: A sensory tub for stirring up a witch's brew. - **Simple Halloween Sensory Play**: Squishy red-orange mush to dig into, with plastic spiders hiding inside. - **Halloween Spaghetti Sensory Play**: Slimy spaghetti mixed up into a Halloween potion for silly toddler fun. - **Melting Witch Bag**: A green squish bag with a witch face (hat, hair, eyes and nose) to squish and smoosh. - **Spooky Slime Sensory Tub**: A slimy Halloween sensory tub. - **Boo Foam**: Spooky Halloween foam bubbles for messy play. - **Halloween Gak**: Stretchy orange gak, also shaped into a pumpkin face with googly eyes and a green stem. - **Wizard's Brew**: Halloween sensory play mixing up a wizard's brew. - **Halloween Jelly Messy Play**: Orange-red jelly to squish, with green toy spiders and eyeballs hidden inside. - **Halloween Shaving Cream Messy Play**: Halloween-themed shaving cream messy play. - **Halloween Sensory Bin**: A Halloween sensory bin. - **Ice Ghosts**: Googly eyes frozen into white ice blocks to make little ghosts for messy play. - **Spooky Sensory Bin**: A spooky Halloween sensory bin. - **Pumpkin Oobleck**: Orange pumpkin oobleck that oozes and drips through little hands. - **Pumpkin Soup Sensory Play**: Pretend pumpkin soup sensory play. - **Halloween Play Dough**: Halloween-themed play dough. ## Tips - Sensory activities are our favorite kind of play. They are open ended and give the children free reign over the materials. There are no set ways to play. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2013) **[Sensory activities](https://www.funlittles.com/category/messy-play-2/)** are our favorite kind of play. They are open ended and give the children free reign over the materials used. There are no set ways to play and I believe these kind of kids play activities are really a great way to stimulate those young, developing curious minds. With Halloween coming up in a month, we have rounded up 20 unique and fun [**sensory activities**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/sensory-bins/) with a big dose of Halloween in them. ### Halloween sensory activities: A Collection **[Glowing Edible Spider Webs](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/09/edible-glowing-spiderwebs-sensory-play.html)** from Fun at Home with Kids [](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/09/edible-glowing-spiderwebs-sensory-play.html) [**Slimy Eyes**](http://handsonaswegrow.com/toddler-sensory-activity-slimy-eyes/) from Hands on As we Grow [**Witch's Brew sensory tub**](http://www.plainvanillamom.com/2013/09/stirring-our-brew.html) from Plain Vanilla Mom Simple [**Halloween Sensory Play**](http://www.housingaforest.com/halloween-sensory-play/) from Housing A Forest [](http://www.housingaforest.com/halloween-sensory-play/) [**Halloween Spaghetti sensory Play**](https://handsonaswegrow.com/sensory-activity-spaghetti-slime-potion/) from Hands on As we grow [**Melting Witch Bag**](http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/10/halloween-sensory-bag-fun.html) from Growing a Jeweled Rose [](http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/10/halloween-sensory-bag-fun.html) [**Slimy Halloween slimy sensory tub**](http://homelearningfrombirth.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-spooky-slime-sensory-tub.html) from What do we do all day [**Boo Foam**](http://mommasfunworld.blogspot.com/2012/09/spooky-boo-bubbles.html) from Momm's Fun World **Halloween Gak** from Mess for Less **Wizard's Brew** from One Perfect Day **Halloween Jelly Messy Play** from Nurture Store [**Halloween Shaving Cream Messy Play**](https://www.funlittles.com/3-messy-play-ideas-for-halloween/) from Blog Me Mom [**Halloween Sensory Bin**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-sensory-bin/) from Blog Me Mom [**Ice Ghosts**](http://www.thegoldengleam.com/2012/09/halloween-ice-ghosts-messy-play-in-sink.html) from The Golden Gleam [](http://www.thegoldengleam.com/2012/09/halloween-ice-ghosts-messy-play-in-sink.html) [**Spooky Sensory Bin**](http://happyhooligans.ca/a-spooky-sensory-bin/) from Happy Hooligans **Pumpkin Oobleck** from Learn Play Imagine **[Pumpkin Soup Sensory Play](http://www.thegoldengleam.com/2012/10/pumpkin-soup-sensory-play.html)** from The Golden Gleam **Halloween Play dough** from One Perfect Day **Thanks for reading** For more [**sensory activities for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/messy-play-2/) visit our category page.