Fun Pumpkin Activities to do with your kids (including experiments!)
One thing I miss about my pre-school teaching days are all of the fun activities! So I thought I would start putting together fun activities that you can do with your children – whether you home school or are just looking for something fun to do together! And since some of us have some older children (sniff sniff…I know I can’t believe it either!) I tried to get a pretty good range of activities for all ages! Let me know if you have any other ideas or if you try any! J
Fun Pumpkin Books:
It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (If You Give…)
Pumpkin Town! Or, Nothing Is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins
The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin
The Peculiar Pumpkin Thief (Geronimo Stilton, No. 42)
Pee Wee Scouts: Grumpy Pumpkins (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Ninjas Don’t Bake Pumpkin Pies (Bailey School Kids #38)
The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Humongous Pumpkin (Berenstain Bear Scouts)
(Photo from Luckeyfrog’s Lilypad)
Make sure to check out these really awesome Pumpkin Book Reports too! How fun do they look!?
Language Arts:
Using descriptive words
Write a how to carve a pumpkin report (using words like first, second, then, after and last)
Art Projects:
Tissue paper pumpkins from Smashed Peas & Carrots
Glue Line watercolor pumpkins from A Faithful Attempt
And of course carve, paint, cover your pumpkin with stickers!
Math Ideas:
Roll a Jack-O-Lantern Game from Oopsey Daisy
Estimate height, weight, circumference, how many seeds are inside, what is heavier/what is lighter than
Science:
Pumpkin Life Cycle (a good sequencing activity!)
Glowing Erupting Pumpkins from Growing A Jeweled Rose
Sink or float
Rotting Pumpkin experiment from Kids Activities Blog
Preserving a pumpkin experiment from My Science Project
Games:
Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Board Game
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Uno Edition
Fisher Price Little People Pumpkin Party Playset
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