Pumpkin Printables for Kids

September 15, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

I covered a bunch of apple printables (as well as crafts and sensory activities) so now it’s time to talk pumpkins! If you ask me, pumpkins are a little more fun (probably because of the carving, let’s be honest) but they’re both great symbols of fall and the theme for many learning activities, so let’s dive in!

Simply Sprout Educate has a great printable for kids to use to record findings about a specific pumpkin such as its weight and diameter, as well as whether kids think it will float or sink and why, and whether its a fruit or a vegetable. Kids can do this activity alone or in pairs/small groups depending on how many pumpkins and measuring tools you have on hand.

Life Over Cs has a pumpkin investigation printable for younger kids that includes a lot of the same information as well as weather the pumpkin is big or small, smooth or bumpy, and a place to draw a picture.

Work on sequencing with younger kids by sorting the steps for carving a pumpkin with this printable from The Keeper of the Memories. Or you can build a paper jack o’lantern with the printable from Sunny Day Family.

Homemade Heather has a nice collection of pumpkin learning printables including the parts of a pumpkin, life cycle of a pumpkin, pumpkin facts and another float or sink experiment.

Homeschool Preschool has a great collection of pumpkin-themed printables, including tracing, graphing, puzzles, work with the letter P and more. There’s another fun printable pack at 1 Plus 1 Plus 1 Equals 1. It includes counting, shapes, letters, sorting and more.

And if you just need a simple and quick activity to fill time, grab this printable pumpkin pie maze from Let’s Do Puzzles and start looking forward to Thanksgiving! They also have a word search and other fun puzzles for kids if you need them.

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Fall Sensory Ideas for Kids

A few years ago I shared some pumpkin themed sensory activities for kids, but I wanted to get a little more general and do some fall sensory ideas that can take you from Halloween al the way to Thanksgiving.

Playdough is a classic sensory activity, especially if kids can help make it, too. These playdough recipes from The Montessori Twin Mama are fall colored and scented with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice (I honestly don’t know what the difference is!). Or try this fun maple playdough from Happy Toddler Playtime.

Throw together some cookie cutters, googly eyes and other fun things to make an easy fall playdough tray (similar to what I did on this Halloween playdough activity).

How about some fall themed slime? Natural Beach Living gave a basic slime recipe a fall twist with food coloring and glitter. Leaf shaped sequins make it even more fun. Little Bins for Little Hands also has a cinnamon slime, which is great for fall but can also carry you all the way through Christmas.

Raising Wild Things Sensory has some great easy to make fall themed sensory bottles, which you can add fall things to, or pompoms or whatever kind of I spy items you might want to include. They also have a fun apple moon sand sensory bin that has me wondering if you could add something scented to moon sand (I always hated the smell!).

And of course there are all kinds of sensory bins you can make for fall. I like this apple picking one from Happy Toddler Playtime that uses fake leaves and little apple toys. It has the added challenge of trying to pick the apples up through a mesh of branches — kind of like a low-tech game of Operation!

You can also do a short-lived sensory bin with real leaves, or use any kind of beans, brown rice, oats or lentils to make your base. Some more great ideas can be found at Fab Everyday. Their post includes some specific Halloween and Thanksgiving themed sensory bins, too.

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