Pretend Poisonous Potions
Such a classic!
The Set Up
Turn your sensory area into a potion lab. Gather shallow tubs or bowls and fill them with water tinted by liquid watercolours in rich Halloween shades. Deep green, purple, orange, or even a cloudy grey all look brilliant.
Add scoops, spoons, sticks, funnels, jugs, droppers, fake bugs and plastic skulls. Include a few sparkly extras like sequins, petals, or bio glitter. Each tub can have a different colour or ingredient theme, or you can mix everything together into one bubbling cauldron. For extra fizz, add small containers of bicarb and vinegar, or a few crushed bath bombs for scent and soft foam.
If you’re setting this up indoors, put trays or towels underneath to catch spills.
The Making
Listen for the language that emerges: the recipes, the ingredients, the bubbling sound effects, the spells. Those moments of imagination and connection are the real learning!
Variations
Use ice cubes coloured with food dye for a melting transformation.
Turn this into an outdoor water play station for larger groups.
Materials
• Shallow tubs or bowls
• Water tinted with liquid watercolours
• Cups, jugs, spoons, funnels, and droppers
• Sequins, petals, bio glitter
• Fake bugs and plastic skulls
• Optional bicarb soda and vinegar
• Crushed bath bombs for fizz
• Towels or trays
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Pretend Poisonous Potions
Such a classic!
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Sensory Play
The Set Up
Turn your sensory area into a potion lab. Gather shallow tubs or bowls and fill them with water tinted by liquid watercolours in rich Halloween shades. Deep green, purple, orange, or even a cloudy grey all look brilliant.
Add scoops, spoons, sticks, funnels, jugs, droppers, fake bugs and plastic skulls. Include a few sparkly extras like sequins, petals, or bio glitter. Each tub can have a different colour or ingredient theme, or you can mix everything together into one bubbling cauldron. For extra fizz, add small containers of bicarb and vinegar, or a few crushed bath bombs for scent and soft foam.
If you’re setting this up indoors, put trays or towels underneath to catch spills.
The Making
Listen for the language that emerges: the recipes, the ingredients, the bubbling sound effects, the spells. Those moments of imagination and connection are the real learning!
Variations
Use ice cubes coloured with food dye for a melting transformation.
Turn this into an outdoor water play station for larger groups.
Materials
• Shallow tubs or bowls
• Water tinted with liquid watercolours
• Cups, jugs, spoons, funnels, and droppers
• Sequins, petals, bio glitter
• Fake bugs and plastic skulls
• Optional bicarb soda and vinegar
• Crushed bath bombs for fizz
• Towels or trays
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