Today, we’ll create some magnificent monster faces! You’ll definitely want to add this to your list of Halloween crafts for fine motor skills this year. Kids will love creating their own funny monster faces! A great activity to encourage visual motor skills and attention to detail. Tape them up on your windows when you are done to scare away any unwanted Halloween visitors!
Visual Perceptual Skills
Visual perception skills allow children to interpret and make sense of what they see, forming the foundation for many everyday tasks like reading, writing, and navigating their environment. One important component of visual perception is visual closure — the ability to identify an object, shape, or word even when part of it is missing or incomplete.
This skill helps children recognize familiar items quickly, fill in gaps when letters are partially obscured, and understand visual patterns. When visual closure is weak, kids may struggle with reading fluency, handwriting legibility, or completing puzzles and worksheets accurately.
Strengthening visual closure through playful activities like matching games, hidden picture puzzles, and incomplete shape drawings can make a big difference in visual confidence and academic success. This activity is the perfect practice opportunity!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
-Free printables (see below)
-Pencils, crayons, colored pencils, or markers
-Embellishments of your choice
-Glue
WHAT TO DO:
Print off the Halloween drawing templates. Have kids attempt to complete the faces by copying what they see on the finished side of the face onto the other side. Visually scanning and copying from left to right is an important skill to develop for reading and writing readiness.
HOW TO CHANGE IT UP:
-Have kids color and add details to the faces to make them even more vibrant.
-Embellish the faces by adding candy corn or cheerio teeth, yarn for hair, felt for clothes/hats, m&m’s for eyeballs, etc. The options are endless and can most likely be choices straight from your pantry or craft table.
LOOKING FOR MORE HALLOWEEN FUN?
Free Printable Ghost Craft
This is a great last-minute Halloween craft that’s great for practicing scissor skills in the classroom or therapy room!
FREE Printable Wikki Stix & Play Dough Halloween Templates – These free printable Halloween templates are perfect to use with kids of all ages at home, in the classroom, during therapy sessions, or even at a Halloween party to practice fine motor skills and visual motor skills!
SKILL AREAS ADDRESSED: Fine motor skills, grasp, prewriting skills, visual motor integration, visual perceptual skills
