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Toddler and Preschool October Theme Ideas

September 26, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

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Last Updated on October 3, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Planning your toddler and preschool October theme ideas? This collection has a variety of skill-building activities for your curriculum!

Ready to plan for October?

I’ve got a big collection of ideas for the home or classroom that build a variety of skills!

Included are suggested themes, ideas for specific centers, and different skill-building activities.

Get out your planners and add some of these hands-on ideas!

Toddler and Preschool October Theme Ideas

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    • Themes
    • Centers
      • Art
      • Sensory Bin
      • Science
      • Dramatic Play
      • Blocks
      • Light Table
      • Playdough
      • Cooking
      • Writing Table
    • Circle Time
    • Music & Movement
    • Skills
      • Fine Motor
      • Gross Motor
      • Gross Motor
      • Math
      • Colors
      • Free Printables
    • Favorite Fall Collections
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Toddler and Preschool October Theme Ideas

Themes

Apples

Pumpkins

Spiders

Bats

Owls.

Squirrels

Forest

Farm

Halloween

Centers

Art

Apple Suncatchers (Free Template)

Apple Colors Collage Art

Cardboard Apple Craft

Spin-Painted Apples

Apple Stamping Process Art

3-Dimensional Apple Trees

Two Ingredient Apple Prints

Bubble-Wrap Printed Apples

Pumpkin Seed Art

Toddler Pumpkin Painting

Pumpkin Collage

Spin-Painted Pumpkins

Painting with Pumpkins

No-Mess Pumpkin Painting

Color-Mixing Pumpkin Prints

Pumpkin Magnets

Muddy Pigs Art

Golf-Ball Painted Pigs on the Farm

Toddler Farm Painting

Egg Carton Spiders

Spin-Art Spiders

Spider Web Art

Tape-Resist Spider Web Art

Paper Plate Owls

Fall Process Art Using Corks

15+ Fall Paper Plate Crafts

Sensory Bin

Apple Sensory Bin

Apple Fine Motor Sensory Bin

Spider Sensory Bin

Farm Sensory Bin

Farm Animal Washing

Science

Pumpkin Science Activities (Early Learning Ideas)

Apple Science (Buggy and Buddy)

Fall Science Activities

Dramatic Play

Fall Coffee Shop

Farmers Market

Pumpkin Patch

Fall Dramatic Play Ideas

Apple Orchard

Blocks

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Block Center

Light Table

Apple Color Sorting

Spider Light Table with Loose Parts

Halloween Light Table with Magnets

Ultimate Collection of Light Table Activities

Playdough

Apple Theme Playdough Center

Microwave Halloween Playdough

15+ Fall Playdough Ideas

Cooking

Apple Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins

Easy Applesauce

Spider Counting Snack

Writing Table

Forest Animals Color Pages

Halloween Color Pages

Circle Time

Watch:

  • Favorite Apple Circle Time Activities
  • Favorite Pumpkin Circle Time Activities

Apple Props

Way Up High in the Apple Tree Circle Time Activity

Pumpkin Props

Pumpkin Counting Circle Time Activity

Five Little Pumpkins Activity (Free Printable

Itsy Bitsy Spider Circle Time Activity

Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppets

Forest Animal Stick Puppets

Put the Animals in the Barn Activity

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Fall Themed Circle Time Props

Related:

  • Our Favorite Fall Circle Time Activities
  • Our Favorite Apple Circle Time Activities
  • Our Favorite Pumpkin Circle Time Activities

Music & Movement

Itsy Bitsy Spider Circle Time Song Props (Free Printable)

Fall Songs for Circle Time

Preschool Playlist October

Skills

Fine Motor

Hammering Pumpkins

Put the Apples on the Tree (Free Printable)

Fall Fine Motor Activities

Spider Scissor Practice Cards

Forest Animal Fine Motor Strips

Fall Tracing Shapes and Words

Gross Motor

Apple Tree Large Motor Activity (Teaching Mama)

Ring Around the Pumpkin (Sunny Day Family)

Gross Motor

Apple Letter Stamping (Growing Book by Book)

Pumpkin Writing Tray (No Time for Flashcards)

Pumpkin Seed Name Activity (Fun-a-Day)

Math

How Many Apples?

Apple Math Sorting (and Graphing) Activity

Apple Counting (with Free Printable)

Apple Counting Activities

Pumpkin Seed Counting

Spider Counting Cards

Owl Counting Activity

Farm Count & Clip Activity

Farm Animal Counting Puzzles

Colors

Pumpkin Magnets Color Sorting

Owl Color Recognition Activity

Bat Color Matching Activity

Fall Pom Pom Color Matching

Free Printables

50+ Free Fall Printables

Favorite Fall Collections

A Week’s Worth of Apple Activities

Amazing Collection of Apple Theme Activities

A Week’s Worth of Pumpkin Activities

Huge Collection of Pumpkin Activities

50+ Hands-On Farm Activities

Next Month

Toddler and Preschool November Theme Ideas

Entire Year

Favorite Toddler and Preschool Themes

TPT preschool fall activities bundle

Fall Activities Bundle

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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 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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