Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love fall and pumpkin everything so I would like to share my pumpkin story and activities to do with your children at home or in a classroom.
These pumpkin accents, are amazing. (use coupon code mamarohrer10) Check out my post on 32 ways to use these pumpkins or any other cutouts. I will not repeat any of the 32 activities so check out this link after you read this one.
The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
- Squared pumpkins snack. Graham cracker with orange icing
- Pumpkin project. Glue orange squares on the big squared pumpkin
- Square and cube observation
- Pumpkin sink or float
- Magic pumpkin seed sorting. Paint seeds different colors
- The child will paint what shape and color pumpkin they want to make
I Like Pumpkins
- Pumpkins on a vine. Use the front of child’s knuckles and add the green vine
- Make pumpkin seed to eat
- Plant pumpkin seeds
- Paint real pumpkins
- Tasting pumpkin pie
- Make a Scarecrow (Dance to “There was an old lady that wasn’t afraid of anything”)
Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan
- Sizing pumpkins
- Weighing and measuring pumpkins
- Pin the smile on the pumpkin
- Jack-o’-lantern magnet face
- Pumpkin teeth (roll the dice and add the teeth in the pumpkin smile)
- Pumpkin bowling
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins
- Rolling pumpkins to a partner
- Count by twos
- Explore inside of pumpkins
- Pumpkin smash
- Pumpkin spice play dough
- Paper bag pumpkin (crumble newspaper inside small brown bags and paint the outside, adding green pipe cleaner for vines)
Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever! (perfect for a Halloween party)
- Decorate mini pumpkins for the classroom pumpkin patch
- Dress up
- Mask making using a paper plate
- Bobbin for apples (in the home only, don’t want to spread germs)
- Dance the monster mash
- Toss the candy in the pumpkin bucket
- Catch the ghost (use a white balloon add a spooky face and let the air out the kids will try to catch it)
My kids love doing these Halloween activities. They have a blast, and you will too. If you have any questions let me know. I also have a fun Fall bingo sight word game you would love here!
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These are all such fun activities! Thanks for sharing.
I love these ideas. Can you tell me how to make pumpkin pie dough? Thanks, Mary!
Hey there Megan, I went in and added the link to the play dough. I hope you enjoy:)
These activities are so fun! I love fall and pumpkins, so I’ll definitely try some out with my littles.
This sounds so fun!! I love fall and pumpkin 🎃 everything too! I used to look forward to my son’s spirit week this time of yr at school. This a fun way for us to feel that way again!
Thanks for sharing these ideas. I am on the look out fornew activities for hallowean.
These sound like great ideas! My little ones are so excited for Halloween. Given all that’s going on I want to make it as fun as possible.