Not-so-scary Halloween fun!
This Halloween we have been trying to find some fun and exciting things to do as a family. Halloween can be too scary for some children – I definitely was one of those who found it hard! Here are some fun and friendly things we have done this season to help Rueben access this spooky season.
Pumpkin Paper Plate
This little activity was so much fun!
You will need:
- Paper plate
- Orange paper/tissue paper/card
- Green paper/card
- Black paper/card
- Scissors
- Glue stick or PVA
- First, cover the paper plate by gluing on orange paper/tissue/card, we cut ours into little squares for easy picking up.
- Next, glue on your black card pieces to create a face, we used 2 big triangles for eyes, a small triangle for the nose and a semi circle for the mouth. You can create any shapes you like and make your face silly, scary or smiley!
- Then, we glued on our green leaves at the top of our plate, I had cut them out of the green card.
You can use your paper plate pumpkins to decorate your windows this Halloween!
Legoland – Brick or Treat
We visited Legoland Windsor for Halloween and had a wonderful time. I can highly recommend it as a SEN friendly, day out with the family. Rueben loved the Monster Jam show in Heartlake City. He loved meeting the characters and they were very helpful at positioning themselves around the adapted buggy to get a good photo. Lord Vampyre’s Disco in Miniland was fun! The dancers were good and loved when the children joined in and copied their moves. We thought the smoke bubbles were cool and Rue loved when they popped on his arms!
Our absolute favourite experience was Monster Street, where we could follow the wheelchair friendly trail into Monster Street for a fully immersive interactive trick or treat experience. The ‘Monsters’ were absolutely fantastic at reading Rueben’s needs. They got down to his level to interact with him using non-verbal communication – high 5’s and waving. Our favourites were the scientist and robot who truly made the experience special!
Legoland is always a win for us with a Changing places with full size changing bed and hoist system and the sensory room in Heartlake City gives a good space to avoid the crowds and have some down time. Our best ride of the day was the Legoland Express, we could use the wheelchair accessible space at the back of the train to wheel Rueben’s adapted buggy straight on. He gave us loads of big smiles and waved to the other people that we passed. We will definitely go back before the event closes, on the 5th of November, for some more not-so-scary family fun!
