Pumpkin Craft with Free Template

It's almost fall and that means pumpkin season!  Today I am sharing with you a pumpkin craft that is great for helping to build those fine motor muscles by tearing paper!  This pumpkin craft can make a great student created bulletin board, door display or hallway display!  Each pumpkin will turn out unique as each child creates the pumpkin in their own way.

This craft is great for toddlers up to kindergarteners.  Toddlers may need some help tearing the paper, or paper squares can be provided for them to glue to their pumpkin.  Kindergarteners can be given an extra step of adding a face to their pumpkin to create a jack-o-lantern.

First, you need to gather your materials.  You will need the pumpkin template (get it for free at the bottom of the post), orange paper, scissors, glue and something to color the stem with.

Each child will get a copy of the pumpkin template.  You will need to prep strips of orange paper for students ahead of time, or you can have the students cut their own strips for extra practice with scissor control.  I cut mine about a half an inch wide.

The next step is to let the students tear the strips of paper into small pieces.  Each student will need 5-6 strips of paper to fill their pumpkin.  You can also have them practice scissor skills here by snipping the strips into squares.

After tearing their paper, the students will glue them to their pumpkin.  They can place them in any way they want to create their own unique fall pumpkin craft.  

Pumpkins can be cut out and displayed as decorations for a pumpkin patch bulletin board, a pumpkin patch door decoration or a fun fall hallway display.

An optional step is to add a face to the pumpkin.  Students can cut their own shapes for their jack-o'lantern or select from precut shapes.  These jack-o'lanterns will also make a great bulletin board, door and hallway displays for Halloween.

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More Pumpkin Freebies

Pumpkin Subitizing and Addition Worksheets (The Chatty Kinder)

Pumpkin Color Matching (Live Love Motherhood)

Pumpkin Shapes (Crafty Curriculum)

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Winter Freebies for Preschool

It's winter time and time for some new FREEBIES!  There are 4 freebies in this winter freebie series.  To get your freebies, just sign up below for your weekly freebie email.  You will only receive the 4 emails containing these freebies unless you choose to join the main mailing list.  

This label the snowman freebie allows students to practice labeling skills with a cute snowman theme!

These number seek and find mats are a fun winter themed math center that can be used a variety of ways.  Students can simply draw cards then color the number, they can hunt for numbers in a sensory bin then color the numbers.  Students can use number magnets, number tiles, or other manipulatives to cover the numbers.  This set is a small sample of a larger product series that also includes alphabet mats.  

The full sets are found here:

Penguin Alphabet and Number Seek and Find Activities

Snowman Alphabet and Number Seek and Find Activities

These winter themed alphabet puzzles will make a great fine motor center.  This set includes letters a-z in both capital letters and lowercase letters.

These number mats are a great math center for number recognition.  Students will cover each number that matches the number on the snowman.  Students can use bingo chips, mini erasers or other manipulatives to cover the numbers
 

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Christmas Freebies for Preschool!

Christmas is right around the corner and I have some freebies to share with you!   Let me show you what you will get if you sign up!

WEEK 1 FREEBIE:  These number mats are festive and fun!  Students will search and fine every number that matches the number on the Christmas tree!

WEEK 2 FREEBIE:  These alphabet puzzles come in capital and lowercase letters and make a great center activity or morning tub set.  You can also place the puzzle pieces in a sensory bin for students to find before matching the pieces.

WEEK 3 FREEBIE:  These counting number cards work well as a morning tub or sensory bin activity.  Hide the number cards in the sensory bin for students to find to match to the correct card.  You can also use number magnets, number blocks or number shaped erasers to fill in each card.  This set has a counting to 10 ornament set and one counting to 10 stocking set.

WEEK 4 FREEBIE:  This is a fun following directions activity for students to practice letter recognition and handwriting.  There is one page for capital letters and one page for lowercase letters.

All you have to do is sign up below and a new freebie will be sent to you each week!  The first email will come right away, and then you will receive a new freebie once a week for 3 weeks for a total of 4 exclusive freebies!

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