Children will have fun creating a jack-o-lantern this October with this rice sensory play. We are always looking for pumpkin activities that are fun, engaging, and sneak in some learning. This pumpkin sensory bin is great for sensory play, tactile activity, strengthening fine motor skills and pincer grasp, and more. You can use this pumpkin activity for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students to create a happy pumpkin as halloween activities and even trace spelling words or cvc words in it too.
Pumpkin Activities
Get ready for hands-on halloween pumpkin activities that will delight kids of all ages! In this pumpkin activity your child will use the scented pumpkin rice to create a cute jackolantern with common household items. You can create and re-create as children move around the colored rice. This pumpkin activity for preschool, pre-k, toddler, kindergarten, and first graders is perfect for October in pumpkin themes or halloween themes too. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this simple activity for fall and Autumn.
Pumpkin Sensory Bin
To make this play material all you need are a few simple materials you probabaly already have on hand:
- uncooked rice
- liquid watercolors (orange and black)
- pumpkin pie spice
- ziploc bags
- wax paper
- cake pan for play
Pumpkin activity for toddlers
Pour rice and orange watercolor in ziplock bag and shake to coat. Repeat with black.
Halloween Pumpkin Activities
Pour on wax paper to dry. Sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice, toss with spoon and allow to dry thoroughly. Repeat with black rice.
Halloween Activities
Give children a pie pan and the sensory rice and have them create a border with the rice. This allows them to get their hands in and work on pincer grasp and spreading the delightfully fall scented rice!
Pumpkin Sensory Activities
Now use black rice to create a cute jack-o-lantern face. But using a border you can create your own jackolantern activity again and again.
Pumpkin Activities for Preschoolers
Another option would be to use the orange rice as a base and use construction paper cut-outs to make and remake the silly pumpkin face.
Rice Sensory Play
This would be a great activity to help kids think about feelings. YOu can have them make a happy pumpkin, scarry pumpkin, scared pumpkin, shy pumpkin, etc.
Halloween Activities for Preschoolers
This is such a fun, simple activity that will delight early leaners and create and opportunity to play and explore for hours!
Leaf Crafts for Kids
Looking for more fun fall craft projects? Check out these fun ideas:
- Autumn Watercolor Salt Painting Leaf Craft
- Crayon Resist Fall Leaf Art
- EASY Fall Leaf Crafts for Preschoolers
- Stunning Suncatcher Fall Leaves Craft for Preschoolers and Kids
- Lots of Fall Crafts for kids of all ages
- Edible Candy Corn Playdough
Fall Crafts for Kids
- Fall Crafts for Preschoolers
- Printable Hat Fall Craft for Preschool
- Wreath Fall Craft with free printable leaves template
- Fall Leaf Printing Activity for kids with markers
- Cute Cereal Fall Tree Craft for Kids
- Styrofoam Peanut Fall Tree Craft
- 100+ Fall Crafts for Kids
- Kadinsky Inspired Fall Leaf Art Project
Fall Printables
- Scarecrow Printable CVC Word Mats Fall Activities for Kindergarten
- FREE Fall Worksheets for KindergartenÂ
- Printable Scarecrow Pronoun Game
- Scarecrow Worksheets Pack with 50+ pages of math and literacy skills
- Fall Sequencing Cards and Sequencing Worksheets
- Learning Colors Printable Fall Games
- Letter Matching Leaf Printable Activity
- Fall Worksheets Pack with 50+ pages of math and literacy skills
- Fall Theme or Fall Theme Preschool
- Cute Fall Playdough Mats
- Fall Do a Dot Printables
- Color Word Fall Worksheets
- Fall Books for Preschoolers,these fall picture books, or these fall books for kids
- Simple Fall Coloring Pages
Fall Activities for Kindergarten
- Alphabet Fall Printable
- Scarecrow Short O Words Printable
- Fall Sight Words Game
- Alphabet Candy Corn Math Puzzles – Fall Activities for Kindergarten
- Nonsense Words Fall Activities for Kindergarten
- Color by Letter Fall Worksheets
- Squirrel Fall Worksheets for kids
- Cute Fall Worksheets for Preschoolers
- Nature Fall Scavenger Hunt or this Fall Leaf Scavenger Hunt
- Beginning Blends Fall Activity
- Syllable Clip Cards Fall Activity for Kindergarten
- Free Fall Writing Prompts
- Leaf Alphabet Letters Matching Activity
- Color Words Fall Emergent Reader
- Fall Science ideas for kids
- EASY Why do Leaves Change Color Experiment
- Fall I Spy Printable
- September Activities for Kids
 
Fall Math
- Counting Fall Worksheets for Preschoolers
- Fall Playdough Mats – Counting Leaves
- Skip Counting Fall Math Worksheets
- My Fall Counting Book – Fall Activity for Kindergarten
- Fall Nubmer Words Donut Worksheets
- Fall Counting Book for Pre-K
- Acorn Counting Game
- Multiplication Candy Corn Math or Addition/Subtraction Candy Corn Math Puzzles or Candy Corn Fall Math Number Puzzles
- Count and Clip Fall Math Activities for Preschoolers (or this pumpkin set)
- Fall Math Counting Crows Activity
- Addition Fall Worksheets with Stickers (sticker alphabet fall worksheets or number recognition fall worksheets or color recognition fall worksheets)
- Fall Activities sorting pretty leaves by shape
- Printable Fall Number Game for Preschoolers
- Fall Color by Number
- Number Tracing Fall Worksheets
Pumpkin Activities for Kids
- Phonics Printable Pumpkin Activities
- Pumpkin Activities Printable Shape Matching Game
- Parts of a Pumpkin Craft
- Pumpkin kindergarten sight word games online
- Number Bonds Pumpkin Math
- Pumpkin Matching Game
- October Crafts for Kids
- Counting Free Pumpkin Activity Printables
- Candy Count and Trace Pumpkin Activities
- Pumpkin Printables Counting Mats
- Learning Shapes Pumpkin Playdough Mats
- Word Family Pumpkin Activities
- Shape Game – Pumpkin Activities for Preschoolers
- Counting Spider Activities
- Pumpkin Traceable Letters
- Printable Pumpkin Math for Kindergartners
- Letter Find Pumpkin Worksheets
Apple Activities for Kids
- Find the Letter Apple Worksheets
- Number Apple Coloring Pages
- Apple Sight Words Tree
- Apple Browning Experiment with FREE Oxidation Worksheet
- Stunning, Easy Apple Craft for Preschoolers and Kids
- Fun Paper Plate Apple Craft for kids
- Easy Apple Core and torn paper Paper Plate Apple Craft
- Hole-Punching, Count to 20 Apple Activities for Preschoolers – free printable
- Alphbet Puzzles – Apple Activities for Preschoolers
- A is for Apple Printable Book for working on beginning sounds – print in black and white or color
- Skittles Apple Science Experiment for Kids
- Free Printable Apple Experiment Worksheet
- Yellow Fluffy Apple SLime
- Scented Apple Playdough Recipe
- Paper Plate Apple Craft for Preschoolers
- Our favorite 2 ingredient slime is great for any time of the year!
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