Instructions
Imagine you have a big tray filled with spooky and fun Halloween things to touch and see! This is your Halloween Sensory Tray worksheet. Use your imagination to complete the activities below. Have a fang-tastic time!
1. Sensory Search
What Halloween items might you find in a sensory tray? For each word below, write or draw one Halloween item that you think feels that way.
- Slimy: _________________________________________________
- Bumpy: _________________________________________________
- Smooth: _________________________________________________
- Squishy: _________________________________________________
- Crinkly: _________________________________________________
2. Spooky Word Scramble
Unscramble these spooky words that might be hiding in a sensory tray!
- DIPSRE → _________________________
- MUPNIPK → _________________________
- MEILS → _________________________
- SNOBE → _________________________
3. Monster Math
Solve these spooky story problems. Show your work in the space provided!
A. A witch stirs her cauldron sensory bin. She drops in 7 gummy worms and 9 fizzy bat wings. How many items did she drop in altogether?
Your work:
Answer: ____________________
B. A friendly ghost collected 15 pieces of black spaghetti "worms" for his tray. If he gave 6 pieces to his monster friend, how many pieces does he have left?
Your work:
Answer: ____________________
4. Design Your Own Tray!
In the box below, draw your ultimate Halloween sensory tray. What would you put inside? You could include things like orange rice, plastic spiders, googly eyes, mini pumpkins, or anything else you can imagine!
Draw your spooky sensory tray here!
Answer Key
1. Sensory Search
Answers will vary. Example answers could be:
- Slimy: Slime, cooked spaghetti, peeled grapes (eyeballs)
- Bumpy: A mini pumpkin, corn kernels, plastic bumpy balls
- Smooth: Googly eyes, polished stones, pumpkin seeds
- Squishy: Gummy worms, marshmallows, water beads
- Crinkly: Dry leaves, cellophane, foil
2. Spooky Word Scramble
- SPIDER
- PUMPKIN
- SLIME
- BONES
3. Monster Math
A. 7 + 9 = 16. She dropped in 16 items.
B. 15 - 6 = 9. He has 9 pieces left.
4. Design Your Own Tray!
This is a creative drawing activity. Answers will vary.