Easy Pumpkin Activities

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Pumpkins might be one of my favorite parts of fall. So I've had a lot of fun designing pumpkin activities for my little one! 

Since I've been doing an alphabet themed month this September, I fit the pumpkin activities shared here in with the letters C (counting), F (fall), J (jack o lantern), P (pumpkin), O (orange), S (shapes​) and T (teal.... we are a food allergy family, after all!).

10 Little Pumpkins

Counting/One to One Correspondence Activity

For our 10 Little Pumpkins activity we read 10 Little Pumpkins, and each time a new pumpkin was discussed in the story, added a pumpkin to our velcro board. At the end, when the "10 little pumpkins [roll] out of sight" we removed them all. You can find the printable for the velcro activity in the Resource Library, and the book (plus supplies to make the velcro activity) using the links below.

Older children can also use the velcro activity for counting; just ask them to place a specific number of pumpkins on the velcro board.

10 Little Pumpkins Halloween Book

Fellowes 5736606 Laminator Saturn3i

VELCRO Brand Dots with Adhesive White | 200 Pk | 3/4" Circles

Jack O Lantern Faces

 Shape Activity and Craft

What you need:

Before doing this activity, we watched a great musical video from Sesame Street about all the shapes you can use to make a jack o lantern face. You can find that here.

• Orange Paint
• Paper Plates
• Scissors
• Glue
• Black Construction Paper (cut into various shapes ahead of time)

Crayola Washable Fingerpaint (Nontoxic)

Start the craft by painting the paper plate orange. Once dry, your child can glue shapes of their choice onto their 'pumpkin'. To make this a shape recognition activity, you can do the following:

• Ask your child to verbally label shapes as they select them.
• Ask your child to find different shapes (square, triangle, circle, etc.).
• Have your child sort the shapes you've cut out by type (square, triangle, circle, etc.).

Letter P for Pumpkin

​Letter Recognition Activity and Coloring Pages

You can find these activities in the Resource Library! To create the velcro activities seen above, be sure to check out the supplies recommended for the 10 Little Pumpkins activity above.

Teal Pumpkin Paper Plate Project

Craft

What you need:

• 3 Paper Plates
• Blue, Green and White Finger Paint (mix to create teal), or Teal Paint of Your Choice
• Brown Finger Paint (or paints to mix to make a brown color)
• Stapler or Glue
• Scissors

Cut out a stem from one paper plate. Paint brown. Paint the remaining two plates teal. Allow all pieces to dry. Then staple or glue two paper plates together, and then add the stem to the top. 

Add a Teal Pumpkin Project message if desired (you can even have your children write why the Teal Pumpkin Project matters to them and glue it to the center). 

Baking Pumpkin Muffins

What toddler doesn't love helping with baking! To celebrate the first day of fall, we baked pumpkin muffins using one of my favorite recipes (you can find that here). Baking helps children develop motor skills (pouring, mixing), teach about measuring and following directions, and helps teach cause and effect.

We also used it as a sensory activity by taste testing some of the ingredients (specifically the pumpkin puree, a tiny bit of sugar, and the orange juice, since my child doesn't drink juice yet). 

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Pumpkin Activities We Have Planned For Later This Fall:

Pumpkin season has just barely begun! We have tons more pumpkin activities planned for this fall. Here are a few:

• Pumpkin Picking (we tried growing pumpkins, but they may not be ready before the ground freezes due to late planting, so we are planing to go to a pumpkin patch whether our pumpkins)
  
• Pumpkin Carving (I always roast the seeds after, but these are choking hazards for toddlers)
• Pumpkin Seed Sensory Bin (mix pumpkin seeds with other sensory bin items, such as sand, dry pasta or beans, etc.; then add Halloween trinkets, acorns, or other fun fall items)

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