Monster Brains Sensory Bin Scavenger Hunt
What You Need:
plastic bin
spaghetti
food coloring in desired colors
small items to hide
What To Do:
Note: I made 5 bins so I used 1.5 box for each color spaghetti = 5 boxes
Prep:
1. Cook spaghetti and run under cold water to cool.
2. Separate amounts as desired for colors.
3. In ziploc bags add drops of food coloring
4. Mix in spaghetti, seal and mash to color spaghetti.
5. Add more food coloring as needed
until you get all noodles saturated in their desired colors.
6. Repeat for each color.
Tip - Add some olive oil to the colored noodles - this makes them extra slimy, keeps them from sticking and also helps with the food coloring on hands when playing with the bins. We were able to wipe hands easily.
7. Mix noodles into bin(s) - you now have your monster brains ready!
8. Add in your scavenger hunt items - be sure to hide them well throughout the bin.
Tip: Have a photo of what they children are looking for. I set out all the items, took a picture and printed a copy for each group.
Our Scavenger Hunt:
9. Let the kids have a blast finding the items!
This is some serious slimy & slippery fun!
Eeeew, gross!
This activity/game will be done again for sure!
The idea for the colored spaghetti came from
Jamie over at Hands On: As We Grow.
As soon as I saw her fun Spaghetti Potion post - I was inspired!
Book:
Bern
That's a lot of spaghetti! haha! At a Halloween party I had, I remember my parents putting together a bunch of food for parts of the body - and I vividly remember the spaghetti as the brains! I was so scared to do it, it was in the dark...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea. So much fun! I would so do this in a sensory box for my toddler.
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I bet that was so much fun for everyone! I love the idea of making it into a scavenger hunt. Great job! I'm pinning this and sharing on Facebook/Twitter. I need to remember this!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time!! Happy belated Halloween!
ReplyDeleteyuuuuuk! A perfect halloween game :-)
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Maggy
That looks disgustingly fun! You are so creative! Thanks for linking to TGIF Linky Party!
ReplyDeleteBeth =-)