Halloween Gross (Motor) Fun

We can’t seem to stop playing Halloween games! Here are a few ways we got moving outside, putting a Halloween twist on our moves.

• Cut out pumpkins or jack-o’-lanterns (poster board worked best for us)
• Make trails for jumping
• For toddlers: my little guy loved running down a straight or slightly curved path of pumpkins close together
• For preschoolers: 
• Jump down a path from pumpkin to pumpkin
• Space out the pumpkins for a greater challenge
• Play hopscotch
• Let them create the path
• Let them come up with new ways to play!

• Get on the ground and crawl like a spider
• We tried 2 ways- on all fours and walking like a crab. (My 4 1/2 year old definitely preferred the crawling version.)
• Bonus points if you set up a web with yarn or tape for your little spiders. 

JACK-O’-LANTERN FRISBEE: 

• Cut out the middle circle of an orange paper plate, and draw a jack-o-lantern face on it. 
• Toss the frisbee!

SPIDER RING TOSS: Ok, this is more of a fine motor activity.

• Get a pumpkin bucket, and try to toss spider rings inside! My little guy also likes to just empty the bucket and do this over and over. 
• We do also play a running version, where I hold the bucket and my kids try to get the spider rings into the pumpkin bucket while we are running around.