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Jack-o-Lantern Squish Bag for Babies and Toddlers

By Shaunna Evans 10 Comments · This content may contain affiliate links.

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Looking for a fun Halloween activity for babies and toddlers? Squish bags are great for this age. Try a jack-o-lantern squish bag (or sensory bag).  They take about two minutes to put together, and kids just love to play with them. This is one we made last year as a toddler play activity, but it’s just as fun for preschoolers and big kids. I’m excited to put together some new sensory bags again this year.

Jack-O-Lantern Squish Bag Halloween Sensory Play for Babies and Toddlers

Sensory bags are super simple to make.

Teach Preschool has an excellent sensory bags post that explains how to put them together and a tip for removing the white writing from the plastic bags. This post was the one I used to create our jack-o-lantern squish bags.

I also saw these eyeball sensory bags that were made with corn syrup if you have that on hand instead of hair gel.

Watch this quick video tutorial to see how to make your own sensory squish bag.

For this squish bag, I added a few drops each of red and yellow liquid food coloring and pieces of cut up black felt to make a jack-o-lantern. Black foam would also work if you have that on hand.

I used clear packing tape to seal the edges and then taped the sensory bag to the window so we could see the sunlight shining through. You could also leave the bag flat on a table for kids to explore.Jack-o-Lantern Sensory Bag for Babies and ToddlersHalloween Squish Bag for Babies and Toddlers

The baby was the first to notice the squish bag, and he spent a lot of time observing the tiny bubbles in the bag. Then he poked and squished to make the gel and the foam pieces move around. He visited the bag over and over again while it was up.

Toddler Halloween Activity Squish Bag

Tinker also spent a lot of time exploring the squish bag. She liked the cool feeling of the gel through the bag.

Pumpkin Squish Bag

Even the preschoolers couldn’t resist playing with the squish bag. I may have spent a few minutes playing, too!

Happy Hooligans also has another fun twist on fall squish bags.

Even more sensory squish bag inspiration!

Find sensory squish bags for every season here.

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Filed Under: Baby, Fine Motor, Halloween, Sensory, Toddler Tagged With: jack-o-lantern, pumpkin, sensory play, squish bags, suncatcher

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  1. Jackie

    October 28, 2013 at 10:34 am

    This is so cute! My little girl would love this. I think I have all of the ingredients on hand to make it today. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Shaunna Evans

      November 9, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      Thank you! I hope your little girl had a great time!

      Reply
  2. Beth

    October 18, 2013 at 7:03 am

    What a great activity for little hands! I added this to my popular PUmpkin Round-up Post & pinned it =)

    Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a GREAT weekend,
    Beth =)

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    • Shaunna Evans

      October 18, 2013 at 1:44 pm

      Thanks so much for adding this to your round-up. Glad you liked the activity!

      Reply
  3. Stacey

    October 11, 2013 at 6:47 am

    Very cool idea! I will be doing this today with my daycare children o this wet rainy day!

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    • Shaunna Evans

      October 18, 2013 at 4:53 am

      I hope they had fun!

      Reply
  4. Katie @ Gift of Curiosity

    October 7, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    So cute! We’ve done sensory bags before but I just *love* this idea to make a jack-o-lantern face with it!

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    • Shaunna Evans

      October 18, 2013 at 4:58 am

      I love how a little change can make things new again and encourage different explorations for kids.

      Reply
  5. Sarah @ How Wee Learn

    October 7, 2013 at 10:03 am

    Sensory Bags – such fun! This would be great for my littlest as he is still unsure of the real messy stuff … a great way to get him used to the messy fun he is bound to have at home!!

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    • Shaunna Evans

      October 18, 2013 at 5:04 am

      I absolutely agree, Sarah! This is a great starting point for kids who aren’t quite ready to dig into the messy play activities. Little Buddy feels the same way about certain materials so far.

      Reply

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