Pumpkin season is in full swing and I keep thinking of fun activities involving them! Today's activity is called Hammer the Numbers. This activity practices hand-eye coordination, number recognition, and fine motor skills. Keep reading to see how to do this activity! Materials Needed: pumpkin (craft or real one) marker golf tees kids hammer dice To set this up, you'll simply just write numbers 1-6 around the pumpkin. It doesn't matter where you put them, you just write … [Read more...]
Ten on the Fence Printable Booklet
Here's a printable booklet for a cute little rhyme I created called Ten on the Fence. It's about ten pumpkins sitting on a fence and how the little ones asks them to roll over. Eventually they all fall off until the little one calls them back. This booklet is a rhyme and a great sight word reader booklet for a beginning reader. It is similar to the "Ten in the Bed" song. Here are some sample pages from the book... And here's the end... You can use this with your … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Geoboard
If you're looking for a quick and easy activity for preschoolers this fall, I've got a great activity for you! This pumpkin geoboard is so much fun and also great for working on fine motor skills, math, and creativity. My children love creating on their pumpkin geoboard! So what exactly is a geoboard? A geoboard is a square board with pegs where children can attach rubber bands to. They can create different shapes, such as various polygons. Geoboards are typically used in math lessons. … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Window Craft
I love pumpkins! They are so cheery and festive for this time of the year. Today I'm sharing with you a fun pumpkin window craft that will look great on your windows! And a bonus is that it's very easy to make! This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here's what you need for this pumpkin window craft: clear Con-Tact paper black construction paper fall glitter (We used glitter found at Michaels. The link shows similar glitter, just different … [Read more...]
Five Little Pumpkins – Free Rhyme Booklet
When October comes around, my boys love to chant the Five Little Pumpkins rhyme. It's such a cute little rhyme for Halloween. My 2-year-old learned it this year and it is the cutest thing to hear him recite the whole poem! Today I am sharing with you a fun little booklet I created using this poem. For those of you who have never heard the poem, here is how it goes: Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late!" The second one said, "There are … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Fluff Sensory Activity
I am so excited to share with you my latest sensory play activity! I came up with this play activity that is great to do during fall because it uses pumpkins! Your kids are gonna love it and the best part is, is that Pumpkin Fluff only uses 2 ingredients! Yes, this is a messy play activity. But you know what? I actually love planning messy sensory activities for my children. This type of play encourages using the senses and lets them be creative and have fun without me telling them "no" … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Decorating on a Light Box
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure for details. Have you heard of or used a light box? I've seen these all over blogs and Pinterest, but had never made one myself. I have wanted to make one for a while, so when I thought of this pumpkin decorating idea, I decided to try it out. To make it, I took a clear storage box and filled it with clear Christmas lights. Then I covered the top with white tissue paper and taped it down on the sides. (The tissue paper helped … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Craft for Toddlers (Using Shaving Cream!)
My kids are obsessed with shaving cream. We use our shaving cream bath paint ALL the time. Any time I bring out shaving cream for a project, they are super excited. I was just thinking of a craft idea and experimenting when I came up with this pumpkin craft for toddlers. I thought it turned out so cute and I can't wait to show it to you! To make this activity, you'll need to spray shaving cream on a large surface, like a cookie sheet. Then drop orange food coloring onto the shaving cream. … [Read more...]
Letter ‘P’ Craft
We're adding to our alphabet book with the letter 'P'. We first painted the pumpkin seeds orange from the pumpkin we explored last week and glued them inside the letter 'P'. Before glueing them down, we counted them and put them into groups of ten. Troy only lasted to 3 groups of ten, but it was still good counting practice. Here's the letter 'P'! We are going to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch this week, so this is good prep for that! … [Read more...]
Melted Crayon Pumpkin Craft
This is a fun activity to do any time of the year. I will admit that I couldn't find a good tutorial online, and it took me 3 times to get it right. So, I'll be explaining the RIGHT way to make shapes with melted crayon. Here it goes! First, find old crayons, peel off the label, and either shave them with a vegetable peeler or use a chopper to chop them into fine pieces. I started shaving the crayons, but it took way to long and I was impatient and started using the food chopper. I would use … [Read more...]