Customer Questions
Question:
My child does not want to wear a Halloween costume. What should I do?
Answer:
Well first- Why does s/he not like to wear one? You can try a couple of things. First start talking now about wearing a costume. Try as much as possible to involve the child in choosing it. Then have it hanging in their room so they get used to it, maybe try it on a few times and pretend play in it. My son wanted nothing to do with his monkey costume and after a few times trying it on over the last 2 weeks, he has worn it for <more>
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Messy Play Idea -
Make your own hand fidgets!!!
Get Ready!
- Balloons
- Flour
- Sugar
(makes a slight crunch sound)
- Coffee
(aroma while working with it)
- Funnels
(cut water bottles in half, so you are working with the top, they hold the balloon much better than an actual funnel)
Place a balloon on the end of a funnel (water bottle). Have your child pick what they would like to fill the balloon with and scoop that ingredient into the funnel. If you need help pushing the ingredient into the funnel, an end of a pencil works well. When you feel the balloon is filled, remove it from the funnel and tie it tightly. I like to do this as a group session as well.
There are a few rules you may want to go over with children after making fidgets- “Do not put the fidget in or near your mouth! Do not throw it! And “Do not poke, pull or try to cut the balloon!”
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Writing Corner - Story Starter!
We all know that handwriting practice is essential, but it can also be boring and frustrating for both children and adults. So in each issue of “PFOT Tips and Tricks” you’ll find a story starter. It may be a cartoon or sketch with no caption, or an incomplete sentence that needs to be finished. We will also give you some points 
to be used to spark the students own creativity, hopefully motivating them to extend the practice session. So here’s a story starter… Copy and finish this sentence.
"The house around the corner was old and creepy and some people thought it was haunted. We wanted to see for ourselves, so we walked through the door and..."
Back to Basics:
New Uses for Old Favorites
Pumpkins, ghosts, bats, and black cats! Halloween is around the corner and there are a ton of projects that you can do to incorporate ghostly fun into therapy time.
Pumpkin Play!
Make scrunchy tissue paper pumpkins pictures. Depending on the child’s age, cut out or have them cut out a pumpkin from construction paper or the sturdy paper. Then with orange tissue paper- rip it into small pieces or strips and have your child “scrunch” it up and glue it onto the pumpkin. If you don’t have orange tissue paper, you can rip pieces of orange construction paper and glue it down. Great for black cats too! (2 circle shapes stacked, triangle ears, and pipe cleaner whiskers!)
Ghostly Goodness!
Make a ghost! All you will need is a piece of construction paper, cotton balls, and glue. Cut out a ghost and have your child pull apart the cotton balls and glue them onto the paper. This usually gets pretty messy!
Silly Spider!
Spiders can be scary but not this one made out of a paper plate and construction paper. Have your child color a paper plate black. Take eight strips of black construction paper (about ¼ inch wide) and have the child fold each strip in a fan or zigzag. When they are done folding, you can tape or glue four legs to either side. Draw a face on the spider and he is ready to go.
More Halloween Hoots!
Need more Halloween ideas? Check out our TownSquare, where there are many more fun activities and ideas!!!!
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