Not all of Halloween is dark and scary
We have had lost of fun this week
Making colour changing potions
Complete with frothy bubbles
Using washing up liquid
And Halloween cups and tubs
From Tesco
I set up our lovely pink Tuff Spot
With colourful containers of different shapes and sizes
The idea being that through their play
They would explore capacity
Thinking about the volume of liquid each vessel could contain
How many Babycups fill a spider beaker?
How many spider beakers fill the glow in the dark bucket?
I put out different coloured liquids
At Esther’s request
I used washing up liquids
With scents as well as colours
To add the sensory element of our play
This limited the colour mixing opportunities
But meant lots of lovely bubbles
For colour mixing
I would use liquid food colouring
As we did here
Or powder paints
As we did here
William still engaged with mixing our limited colours
Green slime and blood red
And created lots of different colours and shades
To fill the glow in the dark bucket
With different effects
Bea loves pouring
She loves moving liquid from one place to another
During this play
She experimented with colanders
And funnels
I love watching her learning
Making new discoveries
Through watching her siblings
And engaging with them
As well as going off on a toddler tangent
In her independent play
Esther also loved the sieves and funnels
She also liked the novelty nail brushes
And long after the others finished playing
Esther was washing up all the equipment
With the suds and scrubbing brushes
She was having a glorious time
We love water play
And I enjoy putting a seasonal spin on our set up
This was super simple to set up
Easy to clear away
And provided a platform for lots of learning through play
Last Halloween we made this Witches’ Brew
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