Cool Dress Up Games For Girls

Cool Dress Up Games For Girls

Cool Dress Up Games For Girls

Teach children helpful and useful hands-on skills with stations designed to follow a reading of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything [HarperCollins, 1986] by Linda Williams. This book uses sequencing with various articles of clothing. After the story, the children’s excitement can be channeled into Halloween dressing stations that incorporate fine motor skills, problem solving, and hand-eye coordination as well as helping them to become more independent.

Supplies for Halloween Dressing Stations

  • Shoes with laces or shoes of various sizes
  • Pants with zippers and snaps (check zippers and snaps to ensure that they work properly)
  • Shirts with buttons of various sizes (ensure buttons are secure and can be buttoned easily)
  • Several pairs of gloves in a bag
  • Various types of hats and ball(s) (ideas for hats include a witch’s hat, fire fighter’s hat, toboggan, top hat, ball cap, crown, etc.)
  • Pumpkin bucket and bean bags with a clearly marked place(s) for children to stand
  • Watch or clock

How to Set-up for Halloween Dressing Stations

  • Arrange the six stations around the room in a circle or labeled with large numbers so that children can find the station to which they will move next.
  • Ensure that laces are untied, pants are unzipped, shirts are unbuttoned, etc. before starting.
  • Decide on a designated time for children to work at each station.
  • Explain and demonstrate what to do at each station, making sure to tell the kids not to put on any articles of clothing.
  • If children will prepare each station for the next child, show them how to leave the stations. If adults are helping, give suggestions for preparing the stations for the next children.
  • Have the children to count off by six and ask the children to raise their hands when calling each number to ensure that they remember their number.
  • Ask for questions before beginning.

How to Play Halloween Dressing Stations Game

Have the children enter the stations and practice skills for the designated period of time. Offer assistance and feedback. At the designated time, instruct children move to the next station until each child has visited all stations.