![]() ![]() Put the pumpkin seeds in a jar and practice your estimation skills or count them all.Ĭlean out two different size pumpkins and see if they have more or fewer seeds. Project: Clean out a pumpkin and dry the pumpkin seeds. Tiffin and his students explore skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment! ![]() Project: How can you design and build a square pumpkin-like Spookley? Check out our LEGO Spookley and Friends activity.īook: Mr. All the other pumpkins teased him until Spookley proved that being different can save the day! The Legend of Spookley The Square Pumpkinīook: One day in the pumpkin patch the strangest little pumpkin hatched… Spookley the Pumpkin was different. Project: Can you make a fence for your 5 little pumpkins? Check out our Five Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge!Ģ. We have you covered… -> FREE Pumpkin STEM Activitiesīook: Roll along with the pumpkins and their spooky friends as they get into some spirited Halloween fun. By leaving our kids' art as is, we show them that their art doesn't need to "fixed" to be beautiful.Looking for easy to print activities, and inexpensive problem-based challenges? Try not to change or add anything to make it look more like your vision for the pumpkin. Once it's dry, they can peel off the tape (which happens to be a wonderful fine motor skills activity) to reveal the face they made. Next kids get to paint over the tape and all around the pumpkin before waiting for it to dry. Then, tape a face onto their pumpkin (or better yet have them do it). Use blue painters tape to discuss shapes and your kid's vision for the Jack-o-lantern. This is a SAFE way to get your kid pumpkin "carving." Let's face it, carving is a lot of work, and my kids want in on the fun. ![]() However, if we emphasize effort and the process more than product, kids are more likely to enjoy creating art.įor more colorful fun discover my ultimate mom hack for mess free painting! Pumpkin Painting - Kid Safe "Carving" Many kids get discouraged when it comes to creating art because their drawings/paintings don't look like what they wanted. When kids create on their own, it might end up wonky, we empower them as artists. If we help them, they begin to think their version wasn't good enough. My one tip for Halloween crafts for preschoolers (or really any craft/art) is to really be as hands-off as possible. ![]() For example I include googly eyes, green leaves, maybe a little stem cut out, and other shapes. I love to create a "buffet" of choices for decorating our pumpkins. Squirt some WASHABLE orange paint onto a plate and you're ready to go. It never seems to amaze the little ones that an apple cut in two makes the perfect pumpkin stamp. Hats off to this teacher mama, Christine, for sharing! I'm thrilled to easily print, cut, and play along with my kiddos this Halloween! Arts and Crafts Halloween Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten Pumpkin Stamping Halloween Art Activity You'll also need a kid-safe hammer, golf tees, and a Sharpie.į or preschoolers: write letters on the pumpkin to practice letter identificationįor kindergarteners: write CVC words or sight words on your pumpkin to practice decoding and sight word skills.įor kids already reading, try this FREE SCAVENGER HUNT. Grab a pumpkin pie or sugar baby pumpkin for this literacy activity. Reading Halloween Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten Read and Hammer Pumpkins To help your little one really master counting and number identification you want to make sure you check out another one of our favorite activities: Punch Math. This easy Halloween activity for preschoolers teaches number identification, and counting with one to one correspondence. Whether you're looking for math, STEM, reading, or just arts and crafts - We've got you covered! Math Halloween Activities for Preschool One to One Candy Corn Counting The Big List of Halloween Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten:
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