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20+ Amazing Pumpkin Activities for Kids

October 4, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Ready to add some pumpkin activities to your toddler and preschool day? This collection is full of hands-on fun, perfect for your pumpkin theme!

My collection of pumpkin activities for kids keeps growing. Every time I get on Pinterest, I find amazing pumpkin activities! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I have fond memories of pumpkin carving as a kid. When I was a teenager, all the younger children would come over with their pumpkins and I’d help carve them. (I was a teacher even back then!) When I had my own children, pumpkin carving was just as special. We’d cover the kitchen table with newspapers and enjoy an evening of pumpkin carving.

Now that I am a teacher, it goes way beyond carving pumpkins. There is pumpkin dough, pumpkin slime, pumpkin printing, pumpkin painting, pumpkin sun catchers….. I’m beginning to think the list is endless! Don’t worry, I kept this list relatively short. Just a bit over 15. But they will be a great addition to your pumpkin theme!

 

 

15+ Pumpkin Activities for Kids

 

 

Pumpkin Activities for Kids

 

  • Paint sparkly pumpkins (The Imagination Tree)
  • Cut potatoes into pumpkin faces for stamping. (Squidoo)
  • Create Spin Art Pumpkins (Rainy Day Mum)

 

 

No Mess Pumpkin Art with Free Printable

  • Try this mess free Pumpkin Painting
  • Add some math to your pumpkin theme with these free counting cards.
  • Strengthen fine motor skills by hammering tees into pumpkins.

 

 

pumpkin fine motor activity

 

  • Whip up some gluten-free edible pumpkin pie play clay. (Fun At Home With Kids)
  • Play with mini-pumpkins and felt. (Buggy and Buddy)
  • Shake some glitter on your pumpkin. (No Time for Flash Cards)
  • Add a pumpkin stand to your dramatic play area.
  • Paint with pumpkins!

 

pumpkin art

 

 

 

  • Decorate your window with these pumpkin sun catchers  (Here Come the Girls)
  • Create a pumpkin during bath time. (Growing a Jeweled Rose)
  • Carve a pumpkin and enjoy what’s inside it. (House of Burke)
  • Sort pumpkins using magnets.

 

 

Simple Halloween Sorting Activity

 

 

  • Have fun with pumpkin pie spice scented edible finger paint. (Upside Down Kids)

 

pumpkin activities 2

 

 

  • Stamp pumpkins with pool noodles. (Toddler Approved)
  • Create pumpkins with play dough. (Sister’s Suitcase)
  • Use coffee filters to create “stained glass” pumpkins. (I Can Teach My Child)

pumpkin activities

 

 

  • Have fun with pumpkin slime. (Learn, Play, Imagine)
  • Play with some pumpkin sensory dough! (Housing a Forest)
  • Make a hair gel sun catcher. (Happy Hooligans)

 

hands on pumpkin play

 


 

 

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Filed Under: Fall Activities, preschool, Toddlers Tagged With: fall, preschool, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Yuliya

    September 15, 2014 at 11:50 am

    You have some great ideas here! I love the idea of pumpkin playdough! I’ll have to make some soon 🙂

    • Sheryl

      September 16, 2014 at 6:49 am

      Thank you!

  2. Beth

    September 19, 2014 at 12:16 am

    SO many super cute Pumpkin activities. Love the cute pumpkin font =)

    I am pinning….

    Have a great weekend,
    Beth =)

    • Sheryl

      September 20, 2014 at 6:52 am

      Thank you, Beth!

  3. Sue Lively

    October 1, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    Great list Sheryl! Thanks for sharing with the Love to Learn Linky. I’m featuring you this week! Best, Sue

    • Sheryl

      October 5, 2014 at 10:05 pm

      Thank you, Sue, for featuring it!

  4. Nurseries in Gloucester

    October 7, 2015 at 4:18 am

    Pumpkin! What an attractive color it is. From childhood, it my favorite veggie and color of course.

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