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Pumpkin Crafts | Autumn Harvest | Halloween Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets

During these activities children will have fun and explore pumpkins, practice letter P or J, listen to a wonderful story online and more! There are many activities, so these can be done over a number of days.

Note: It would be wonderful to have real pumpkins for the children to see, touch and smell for these activities and try to wear orange during the activities.

Activity >  Alphabet > P is for Pumpkin  or J is for Jack-o'-Lantern printable activities

Activity > Pumpkin theme Autumn or Halloween printable activities
Select educational printable activities, such as mazes, calendar, and more.

Activity > Online Jigsaw Puzzles > Pumpkin | Scarecrow pumpkin
Skill:  problem solving, use of computer mouse. Here are fun 6-piece online puzzles the youngest child can enjoy. To increase the number of pieces, click on the 'change cut' button on the left.

Activity > Nursery Rhymes and Music > Nursery Rhyme: Peter, Peter Pumpkin-Eater

Activity > Pumpkins > Social Studies | Nutrition | Math/Measuring

Activity > Online > Nutrition and Math >  
Focus on the orange color of pumpkins to help children remember that this color is representative of nutritious content (beta carotene-Vitamin A) , and compare to the carrot, a vegetable that is also orange.

Science / Social Studies & Math: For this activity slice the pumpkin so children can see, touch and smell the pumpkin and see the seeds. Graph on a board their comments about their sensory experiences. A complete set of separate activities can be conducted to explore pumpkin growth and harvest.

Activity > Coloring and More > Halloween | Autumn and Thanksgiving Coloring Pages 
Many of these coloring pages feature pumpkins or jack-o'-lanterns, and can be used as a separate activity. The images can be cut out to make window or bulletin board decorations, hand puppets, dress a plain lunch or small shopping bag to make trick or treat bags. Add some lines to the inside of the pumpkins to make fun practice writing paper for emergent writers or to make large greeting cards, reward certificates or just to write or type a note or small newsletter to parents.

Activity > Art Appreciation > A Still Life > Use real pumpkins to make a still life painting still life painting with this related activity.

Activity > Pumpkin Patch > Visit a pumpkin farm in your area or recreate a pumpkin patch by placing pumpkins the children can find outdoors and take home.  For preschool & child care facilities:  Every family can donate the pumpkin (or the money to purchase them at a local farmer's market), ahead of time for the activity.  A separate activity can be done for the children to decorate them.		 *Dress in something orange today - both educator and children.