Hands-On Halloween Sensory Bag: Craft, Play, and Color-Mixing Fun

• Yellow paint
• Red paint
• Tape to seal the bag
• Black permanent marker

• Cardboard 
• Craft Knife
• Green Paint Stick for Stem
• Gallon-size resealable plastic bag
• Nail Polish Remover
• Yellow paint
• Red paint
• Tape to seal the bag
• Black permanent marker

Step 4

Place the cardboard frame on top of the plastic bag and use painter’s tape to secure it to a table or flat surface. This keeps the frame from moving around while your child plays and mixes the paint.

Step 5

Encourage your child to press and squish the bag, watching as the yellow and red paint mix together to form orange. They’ll see their “pumpkin” come to life as they mix the colors inside the jack-o’-lantern face. While your child plays, engage them in conversation about what’s happening. Ask questions like, “What do you think will happen when we mix the colors?” or “What other colors might we make if we added more?” Once your child is done playing, you can leave the cardboard frame taped to the table as a Halloween decoration or store the sensory bag for more squishy fun later.

Step 1

Take a piece of cardboard and cut out a pumpkin-shaped hole in the center. Make sure the hole is large enough for the plastic bag to fit through and leave space for a pumpkin stem at the top. Draw the stem on the cardboard above the cutout.

Step 2

Remove the white label on the plastic bag using nail polish remover. Inside the bag, add a generous amount of yellow paint on one side and red paint on the other. Keep the colors separate for now. Seal the bag tightly, and for extra security, you can reinforce the seal with clear tape.

Step 3

Using a black permanent marker, draw a jack-o’-lantern face on the outside of the bag. This will make the sensory bag look like a pumpkin once it’s placed inside the cardboard cutout.

Step 4

Place the cardboard frame on top of the plastic bag and use painter’s tape to secure it to a table or flat surface. This keeps the frame from moving around while your child plays and mixes the paint.

Step 5

Encourage your child to press and squish the bag, watching as the yellow and red paint mix together to form orange. They’ll see their “pumpkin” come to life as they mix the colors inside the jack-o’-lantern face. While your child plays, engage them in conversation about what’s happening. Ask questions like, “What do you think will happen when we mix the colors?” or “What other colors might we make if we added more?” Once your child is done playing, you can leave the cardboard frame taped to the table as a Halloween decoration or store the sensory bag for more squishy fun later.

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