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4 Simple and Fun Pumpkin Activities for Preschoolers

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Mini pumpkins are so much more than decorations. These four pumpkin activities for preschoolers will allow preschoolers to safely play with the fall staple through engineering activities for kids.

Last week, I bought a bag of eight mini pumpkins. The idea was to come up with a clever STEM activity for Bo and Monkey to do that was simple, fall-themed, and fun.

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Instead, I got busy. I wasn’t able to come up with an activity for them.

So, I opened the bag and let them play with the pumpkins on their own.

Much to my surprise, Bo (and Monkey some, too), came up with several fun pumpkin activities for preschoolers on her own. Truthfully, they were just as good as anything I could come up with!

It just goes to show that you don’t have to always have a plan in mind, sometimes when kids are allowed to have free play, they come up with amazing things on their own!

Mini pumpkins are so much more than decorations. These four pumpkin activities for preschoolers will allow preschoolers to safely play with the fall staple.

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Pumpkin Activities for Preschoolers

Bo is 3 1/2. She thought these activities were suitable for mini pumpkins.

Mini pumpkins are so much more than decorations. These four pumpkin activities for preschoolers will allow preschoolers to safely play with the fall staple.

Pumpkin Roll

In this activity, Bo simply rolled the pumpkins around. This kept her busy for about 20 minutes.

Pumpkin Hop

Bo turned the pumpkins upside down and spread them across the room. She then proceeded to jump from pumpkin to pumpkin. Balance practice! This kept Bo busy for about an hour.

Pumpkin Curl

This activity reminded me of curling or shuffleboard. Bo threw the pumpkins down the hall, where, after landing, they slid down the hall. She then proceeded to throw the other pumpkins down the hall. Some hit other pumpkins and pushed them aside, while others simply traveled farther. This kept her busy for about 30 minutes.

Pumpkin Stack

This activity Monkey and Bo did together. They tried to see if they could stack all of the pumpkins into one stack, similar to our apple stack activity. The stems made this one a challenge. However, after about 20 minutes, the kids had figured how that by sorting the pumpkins by size and flipping some of the pumpkins upside down, they could get all eight pumpkins to stack without falling over.

Mini pumpkins are so much more than decorations. These four pumpkin activities for preschoolers will allow preschoolers to safely play with the fall staple.

If you need to keep your kids busy this fall, just give them a bag of mini pumpkins!

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About Brenda Priddy

Brenda grew up thinking she hated science. But when her 4-year- old daughter was more interested in reading science facts than fairy tales, Brenda realized she had to learn more. Through simple at-home science experiments, Brenda developed a passion for science and now works as a STEMed advocate with a team of science educators to create hands-on STEM projects and curriculum for kids.

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