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Jul 07

Pumpkin Activities for Kids and Ideas for Pumpkin Recipes For Autumn Activity Calendar

  • July 7, 2021
  • Jacqueline Wilson

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Kids Pumpkin Activities, Pumpkin Ideas and Pumpkin Recipes

Fun pumpkin activities for kids, including yummy ideas for pumpkin recipes to make with children. Wondering what can I make with pumpkin or what are some fun pumpkin crafts for kids? Check out our fun things to do in fall with family, kids autumn activities, pumpkin festival activities, Halloween activities for children’s church, or to add to your pumpkin theme lessons, and cooking ideas for after your pumpkin patch with kid activities!

Ideas for Pumpkin Recipes and Pumpkin Activities for Kids white pumpkins and orange pumpkins sitting on a tree stump outdoors

PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: PUMPKIN THEME ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOL AND UP

Try these fall pumpkin activities for preschoolers / pumpkin activities for kindergarten ages and pumpkin activities for elementary students and up! There’s something for everyone in these fall activity ideas — even pumpkin activities for adults!

  • No Carve Pumpkins (great for pumpkin preschool activities and a favorite fun pumpkins for groups ideas)
  • Learn: Is Pumpkin a Fruit?
  • Get Printable Gratitude Pumpkin Cards
  • Have fun with a foaming pumpkin experiment (fizzing pumpkin)
  • Learn the Pumpkin Life Cycle
  • Use fall scents and items to make sensory pumpkin activities
  • Make a pumpkin hands craft
  • Play pumpkins hide and seek
  • Watch Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and get some activities to go with the movie
  • Use mini pumpkins like these for pumpkin math for preschoolers
  • Complete Pumpkin Lessons
  • Get free printable pumpkin activities for Halloween preschool cutting practice (free Halloween activities for preschoolers printable)

Get the links for kids activities about pumpkins below! Keep scrolling for more fun with pumpkins!

 
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Wondering what to do with all pumpkin from your garden or farmers’ market? Or, even looking for canned pumpkin recipes to make with kids / things you can do with pumpkins for cooking fun for kids?

Ideas for Pumpkin Recipes and Cooking with Kids Projects

  • Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
  • Dill Pickle Pumpkin Seeds (great pumpkin snacks!)
  • Pumpkin Cornbread (yummy baked pumpkin recipes!)
  • Pumpkin Smoothie
  • Halloween Pumpkin Marshmallow Peeps
  • Pumpkin Cake Pops
  • Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
  • Read Spookly the Square Pumpkin and make square pumpkin pops
  • Use pumpkin centers (pumpkin guts) to make pumpkin cupcakes or pumpkin muffins

*See the links to easy pumpkin recipes and fun pumpkins ideas below!

Grab a kid’s pumpkin carving kit to help with your Halloween pumpkin activities!

 

ALSO CHECK OUT:

Pumpkin Storytime Theme with Matching Halloween Crafts

What To Do With Your Leftover Halloween Pumpkins

 

 

 

PRESCHOOL PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES

Pumpkin Activities Toddlers / Pumpkin Ideas for Preschoolers

Looking for pumpkin activities for kids who are younger or easy pumpkin projects? (These also make great pumpkins crafts and ideas for large groups.)

Pumpkin Activities for Toddlers Ideas:

  • Paint mini pumpkins to go with little pumpkin ideas or pumpkin arts activities
  • Make no-carve pumpkin kittens (great alternative to preschool pumpkin carving)
  • Play with pumpkin felts
  • Make pumpkin pie play dough
  • Play with pumpkin slime
  • Make a toddler fall sensory bin / play pumpkin tray for pumpkin centers (get free pumpkin printable sensory pack)
  • Go on an autumn sensory walk
  • Create fall pumpkin art with finger paints and miniature pumpkins
  • Visit the pumpkin patch and do a scavenger hunt pumpkin activity for outdoor pumpkin activities
  • Make a pumpkin plate pumkin for easy pumpkin craft (or an art and craft pumpkin table at a party)
  • Decorate pumpkin stickers pumpkins using these fun stickers for easy ideas to decorate a pumpkin
  • Play with pumpkin beads (great for Montessori pumpkin activities)

(These are fun for pumpkin activities with preschoolers / October activities for preschool or even pumpkin activities for first grade, too!)

 

Let’s get to the awesome pumpkins activities for kids!

Kids Pumpkin Activities, Pumpkin Ideas and Pumpkin Recipes

Ideas for Pumpkin Recipes and Other Pumpkin Fun For Kids

Here’s a mix of fun pumpkin activities for kids / autumn activity ideas — from pumpkin craft activities for preschoolers and pumpkin non-carving ideas, and even fun fall recipes for kids and family!

These are not just activities with pumpkins, but fun projects for autumn themes or pumpkin themes!

Here are the pumpkin themed activities, things to do with a pumpkin, and kids and preschool pumpkin craft ideas…

DIY Tissue Paper Pumpkin Craft pumpkin made of tissue paper sitting on a table in front a window with fall leaves in the background
Easy DIY Tissue Paper Pumpkin Craft
Easy paper pumpkins are fun Halloween crafts, pumpkin themed activities or fun for fall projects for kids!
MAKE THIS!
How To Make A Pumpkin Fairy House
Make A Pumpkin Fairy House Craft For Fall
If you need fun pumpkin carving ideas, pumpkin decorating ideas, fall kids activities, or fun fairy craft, definitely add this to your autumn ideas!
MAKE THIS!
Make Pumpkin Cornbread
Pumpkin cornbread with honey will quickly become a fall foods favorite! The trick to making this recipe for pumpkin cornbread crunchy is to heat the cast iron skillet with oil before placing the batter in and baking.
MAKE THIS!
Pumpkin Cake Pops for Halloween pumpkin cake pops with faces sticking into a stand
Make Pumpkin Cake Pops
If you want to make these pumpkin cake pops (and not jack-o-lantern cake pops), use pumpkin spice cake mix and leave off the faces!
These are great to go with the Spookly Square Pumpkin book or halloween pumpkin activities for kids.
MAKE THIS!
Is pumpkin a fruit kids doing pumpkin activities in pumpkin patch
Learn About Is Pumpkin A Fruit?
Add learning about pumpkins to your fall fun! Plus, get a free pumpkin life cycle printable for things to do with pumpkins.
MAKE THIS!
Best Pumpkin Cookies line of pumpkin cookies with icing
Make THE BEST Easy Pumpkin Cookies EVER
This is one of my (and my kid's) favorite recipes for pumpkin cookies! These pumpkin cookies are equally as good iced or without the icing. Be sure to try them without the cream cheese icing to see if you want to leave some that way. (You will!)
MAKE THIS!
recipe for toasted pumpkin seeds ideas roasted pumpkin seeds on a brown napkin
Make Salted Pumpkin Seeds
Carving pumpkins as part of your fall fun? You definitely need to save the seeds for a roasted pumpkin seeds snack! And, there are different seasonings flavors, which kids will love to try out as part of their pumpkin fun. (Easy preschool pumpkin activities!)
One of our favorite things to do with a pumpkin!
MAKE THIS!
Pumpkin Cat Mama
Make a No-Carve Pumpkin Cat Family Craft
This is one of my favorite pumpkin ideas because everyone in the family can make their own cute pumpkin decoration to add to the "cat family."
Perfect pumpkin activity for toddlers and preschoolers because it's no-carve!
No mess fall pumpkin ideas!
MAKE THIS!
fried dill pickle roasted pumpkin seeds in air fryer
Make Air Fryer Dill Pickle Pumpkin Seeds
Don't just make toasted pumpkin seeds, make dill pickle pumpkin seeds ... roasted in your air fryer!
MAKE THIS!
Make Pumpkin Marshmallow Peeps
Homemade marshmallow Peeps are fun to make, but these DIY pumpkin peeps are super sweet. (You've been warned!)
MAKE THIS!
How to Make the Halloween Drinks Pumpkin Face
Make a Pumpkin Face Smoothie
This is a refreshing and fun pumpkin Halloween drink. Let everyone make their own pumpkin face!
MAKE THIS!
homeschoolsuperfreak.com
Do Some Pumpkin Lesson Plans
Need pumpkin lessons or pumpkin learning activities? Check out this pumpkin list of ideas!
MAKE THIS!
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Get FREE Thanksgiving Printable Gratitude Pumpkins
These free printables are perfect for Thanksgiving activities. Do the printable gratitude pumpkins to talk about being thankful for the holiday season.
MAKE THIS!

 

Let us know your favorite fun things to do with pumpkins or pumpkin craftivity and we’ll add them to our list!

Hope you enjoy these pumpkin activities for kids, ideas for pumpkin recipes, and activities with pumpkin themes!

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About The Author

Jacqueline Wilson has been creating crafts and making theme recipes for over 20 years. She loves making real food fun and cooking recipes with her daughter Ella, creating recipes based on children's book themes, and also creating fun kids activities! She is also an educator, wife, homeschool mom, #1 Bestselling Author, and Parent Busters podcaster. LEARN MORE ABOUT JACQUELINE'S BACKGROUND AND EXPERTISE ON THE ABOUT PAGE

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