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Halloween is a super fun holiday and one that kids love to celebrate well before and even well after the actual day. If you haven't gotten your Halloween books out yet, now is the time. Board books are my favorite for 2-3-year-olds because at this age they are still developing the hand control to turn pages carefully. Board books give toddlers and young preschoolers the freedom to use books independently without having to be extra careful. This age group should be using books on their own time, not just when an adult chooses to read to them. Here are some of my absolute favorite Halloween board books.

This book list includes affilate links.

Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton is an adorable rhyming book all about a little pig trying to find just the right costume for Halloween. The images are fun and simple, and there is nothing spooky about this book, despite its title. A great little read for toddlers.

Maisy's Halloween by Lucy Cousins is a cute board book for toddlers that follows Maisy's search for the right Halloween costume. There is something about this little mouse that children just love. My daughter will reach for a Maisy book over just about any other if given a choice. The story is also a cute introduction to the fun we have dressing up for Halloween.

Where Is Baby's Pumpkin? by Karen Katz. Is a Halloween favorite at our house and has been for years. I don't think the book has ever been really put away since buying it when my son was a toddler. It went from my son to my daughter and now is a favorite in my classroom. Karen Katz's lift the flap books are more than just cute, the flaps and different textures keep little hands busy and little bodies calm enough to sit for the whole book.

It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (If You Give...) by Laura Numeroff is a Halloween themed book about emotions. Mouse is busy painting his pumpkins and paints different faces representing different emotions on each. This is a great little book that gives parents a wonderful opener to talk about different emotions when things are calm. There is one scary pumpkin, but I doubt it will frighten any readers.

Boo! by Leslie Patricelli is a great Halloween book for 2-4-year-olds who have little to no memory of previous Halloweens. It covers carving pumpkins, finding costumes, and even how scary it can be at first to trick-or-treat. I especially adore the page with all different jack-o-lantern faces with different emotions and when the baby is trying on different costumes how they have all sorts of different costumes from princesses to cowboys, to ghosts. I appreciate this small nod to inclusiveness. I can't wait to read this to my class in the coming weeks.

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell is a great fall board book that isn't just about Halloween. It starts with a family going to pick pumpkins and apples at a local farm and ends with trick or treating. I like how this book shows the process and progression that fall events take throughout the season. It's a great circle time book for 2-3-year-olds.

10 Trick-or-Treaters by Janet Schulman is one of my favorite Halloween books, and both my children love it. We read it leading up to and well after Halloween last year. The premise is simple, a group of trick or treaters are pegged off one by one as they are scared by some Halloween creature. Readers count down from 10 - 0 and enjoy the bright, detailed illustrations as they do. I particularly like the cute costumes and the final page which has another countdown with candy - always fun to count candy right?

Mouse's First Halloween by Lauren Thompson is a sweet and really well-done book. The story follows a little mouse who is easily afraid of the many things on Halloween night, but one by one discovers that things like falling leaves, jack-o-lanterns, and trick or treaters aren't so scary after all. I love the repetition in this book, and the illustrations by Bucket Erdogan epitomize the fall spookiness that Halloween nights are filled with. Thumbs up from my class and me.

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Halloween Board Books For 2 and 3 year olds - No Time For Flash Cards

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Halloween is a super fun holiday and one that kids love to celebrate well before and even well after the actual day. If you haven't gotten your Halloween books out yet, now is the time. Board books are my favorite for 2-3-year-olds because at this age they are still developing the hand control to turn pages carefully.

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Five Little Pumpkins | Halloween Song | Explore Emotions | Super Simple Songs

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From the song...
Use the pumpkin faces from the song.

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Go Away! | Kids Halloween Song | Super Simple Songs

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"Go Away!" is a simple children's song that's great for Halloween or anytime you want to tell those monsters under the bed to "Go Away!"

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Encuentra Halloween Trick-or-Treat: A Colors Book de Running Press, Lydia Nichols (ISBN: 9780762493166) en Amazon. Envíos gratis a partir de 19€.

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The Spooky Smells of Halloween (Scented Storybook)

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Encuentra The Spooky Smells of Halloween (Scented Storybook) de Mary Man-Kong, Viviana Garofoli (ISBN: 9780375832857) en Amazon. Envíos gratis a partir de 19€.

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Creo que basta con decir que a mi pequeño de 20 meses si le decimos por la noche "vamos a dormir", corre despavorido a refugiarse entre sus juguetes, pero si le decimos "vamos a leer el cuento de Spot en la cama", va corriendo sólo a su habitación a tumbarse. No sabría decir exactamente el motivo pero es su cuento favorito con diferencia, ya puede estar jugando o llorando, que si le preguntas por Spot no para de llamarlo hasta que lo leemos.

Sobre el libro en si, son dibujos grandes sobre un fondo blanco en diferentes lugares de la casa con pestañas para levantar y comprobar si se esconde Spot, el perrito al que busca su madre porque es la hora de cenar. Las pestañas son de cartón más blando y pueden estropearse, pero no es motivo para dejar de recomendar este libro.

Sin duda, compra recomendable al 100%

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Spot's Halloween (Little Spot Board Books)

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Encuentra Spot's Halloween (Little Spot Board Books) de Eric Hill (ISBN: 9780399241857) en Amazon. Envíos gratis a partir de 19€.

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Encuentra Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins de James Dean (ISBN: 9780062304186) en Amazon. Envíos gratis a partir de 19€.

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Inside: No Mess Pumpkin Art with Free Printable! This activity is a go-to for toddlers and preschoolers that don't like the feeling of paint, and it's fun!
Our toddlers and preschoolers love to mix colors, and in October we do quite a bit with yellow and red. I love to come up with different ways to do this type of activity.

We've mixed colors with paper tubes and rolling pins and Legos. I recalled our freezer bag painting and that's when I came up with this no mess pumpkin art - with a free printable!

It's super easy to set up and all the mess is contained in the bag. (Not that we care about mess - we make our fair share of messy art and we love it!)

Toddlers and preschoolers who normally have sensitivities to touching paint will love this no mess pumpkin art because their hands stay clean. And yet they can still feel the squishiness of the paint as they move it around inside the bag.
Ready to give it a try? Scroll down to the end of this post for your free printable and get started!
No Mess Pumpkin Art with Free Printable

What we used:

Red washable tempera paint

Yellow washable tempera paint

Sealable gallon-sized plastic storage or freezer bag- we used recycled bags

Pumpkin page (download at the end of this post)

Getting started:
Cut around the pumpkin printable so you are removing the background of the printable. Insert it into the bag.

Then squirt a bit of red and yellow tempera paint. (Our preschoolers wanted to do this themselves. We were very close so we could tell them when to stop, or they would have kept going!)

Seal the bag and invite them to start pressing on the plastic, moving the paint around.

Once they get the hang of it, they are moving the paint everywhere inside the bag!

They will start noticing a third color is being made. Like magic!

When finished, remove paper pumpkin from the plastic bag and let dry thoroughly.

(Note: the design of the printable is a bit different than that shown in the photos.)

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More fun:
Here's your free pumpkin outline printable that can be used with this activity:
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No-Mess Pumpkin Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers - Free Printable

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Inside: No Mess Pumpkin Art with Free Printable! This activity is a go-to for toddlers and preschoolers that don't like the feeling of paint, and it's fun! Our toddlers and preschoolers love to mix colors, and in October we do quite a bit with yellow and red.

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Pumpkin p !
You had to know this was coming! I waited to do this activity until this week because we had a special day out at the pumpkin patch with close friends today. Piggy backing learning on special events like a trip to the pumpkin patch is a wonderful way to peak interest and make multiple connections, from art to book to real life!

1. Gather your materials. You will need a neutral colored piece of construction paper, a green piece of construction paper, orange paint, a paint brush,glue, scissors , green and brown markers and a pumpkin stencil ( cookie cutter) if needed.

2. Start by drawing or tracing a handful of pumpkins with the brown marker.

3. Write a large lowercase p on the green paper.

4. Have your child paint the pumpkins, today we used a tiny fine brush, I like to mix it up for my son but you can use anything, fingers, sponges... it's your choice! Let dry.

5. Hand them the P and draw the vines, this is when going to the pumpkin patch came in handy. At the pumpkin patch today the vines were everywhere, and so my son was able to connect that to art time!

6. When the pumpkins are dry cut out.

7. Cut out the p.

8. Add the glue . Glue stick or white glue , we have made the move to glue stick because my son is finally not eating everything. I was worried he'd bite off a huge chunk and choke before now.

9. Add the pumpkins and let dry.

Books

Jeoffry's Halloween by Mary Bryant Bailey is written in verse that is beautiful and the rhymes are impressive but I could not bribe my son to sit and read it. It was too sophisticated for him and I think probably too sophisticated for most children young enough to enjoy a picture book. I hate admitting that because I think the words coupled with the foggy dreamlike illustrations by Elizabeth Sayles are worth a look. I hope I am wrong , but I would not suggest this book for a preschool circle time , or even to be read one on one with the under 4 crowd.

In The Haunted House by Eve Bunting is the type of story that you aren't sure if you should or shouldn't read to your 3 year old. Well maybe it's just me. I am easily frightened, I can't even watch commercials for scary movies , so I was leary about reading this book to my son. He opened it and scanned it himself and then brought it over to me so I gave it a try. He loved it. The book takes the reader through a haunted house, and each scary thing it houses. While reading it my son would stop look at me and ask " Is that just pretend?" " Is that just a costume?" which made me feel better about reading it since he will see some scary costumes and if the idea that they aren't real is concrete in his mind hopefully come Halloween his resilience will be a little stronger. At the end of the book you see the little girl and her dad coming out of the haunted house, she is exhilarated, but he looks terrified! My son loved that detail, great message about it being ok to be scared!

The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting is a much cheerier look at Halloween than the last two selections. In this book the reader follows a little girl to the pumpkin fair where all sorts of fun things are going on. Pumpkin bowling, pumpkin basket ball and even pumpkin seed spiting contests! There are pumpkins of all sizes to buy but the little girl has brought her own that she grew herself. When awards are given out she is sure that her little bumpy p won't win a thing but .... will it? I really liked this book, I liked the celebration it contained and the message about not having to be the biggest or most beautiful to be worthy and recognized. This was a big hit at our house too.

Get Thee To A Pumpkin Patch!

This time of year pumpkin patches spring up all over the place, in our area they are farms, in many places church parking lots are converted and even many supermarkets have a large enough selection to work in a pinch. Explore the pumpkins, notice the differences, the different colors, textures... My son took a liking to this one small shape of pumpkin and picked as many as could fit in our wagon. We were luck enough to also see some green ones on the vines, which opened up a little lesson about a pumpkins as plants not just Halloween decorations.

Make some pumpkin pancakes!

I made these for dinner the other night and we had the left overs for breakfast today to start off our pumpkin themed day !Check out the recipe over at my other blog don't eat the paint.

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I had the pleasure of having our neighbor over for craft time today and wanted to show how the same craft can be done differently for a toddler, a 4.5 year old and one done by an adult. So often we think toddlers can't do the same things as older siblings, or vice versa but easy little add ons or subtractions make all the difference. This pumpkin printing project is perfect for fall.

Pumpkin Printing for Toddlers

1. Gather your materials. I totally forgot to take a picture! (I am beyond sleep deprived. My son is getting 2-year molars and demanding mommy, and ONLY mommy multiple times a night!) phew, I feel better. Okay back to the materials, a plate, a mini pumpkin, some cool fall colored paint, construction paper, and markers.

2. Cut your mini pumpkin in half. Clean out or have your child help if they are old enough clean out the seeds.

3. Spread a mixture of paint on a plate.

4. Use the pumpkin as a stamp and press onto the paper. Our guest had a great time making prints and carefully pressing the pumpkin down.

5. My toddler had a blast using the pumpkin more like a brush and pressing it all around the paper.

6. After you finish printing, add stems and leaves to the pumpkins with markers. My toddler skipped this step and his masterpiece looked like this but my neighbor added a few to his prints!

Hopefully, this helps illustrate pumpkin printing. Even if the outcome is a little varied, all ages can participate in the same activity and have fun doing it!

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Who doesn't love some cheap seasonal entertainment for toddlers? I know I am not the only one. I love doing a few seasonal / holiday themed activities with my kids especially now that my 3 year old is getting older and remembering holidays from the past.

This simple Pumpkin Fizz activity has been a Halloween WIN for us and I'm so excited to share it with you all.

Making a Pumpkin Fizz bin takes seconds!

Materials:
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Setting up this activity took just a minute. I loaded each mini pumpkin with about 1/4 cup of baking soda (about half full). In the squeeze bottles, I used black and orange food coloring to dye the vinegar festive Halloween colors. I put all this in my under the bed storage container to keep the mess in a nice, tidy area.

My toddlers thought this was amazing!

The baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction is practically magic to toddlers. Even though my son (3) has played with this reaction before, he loves it more and more each time.

For my 20 month old daughter, on the other hand, this was brand new to her and she loved it. She couldn't quite get the aim down to fill pumpkin cups on her own, but I wasn't surprised that she just sat nicely next to brother and watched the fun. It's magic watching these cups fizz and she wasn't about to miss it!

Restart this activity for more playing time!

Once your toddler has gone down the line and has made a fizzy trail behind them, the fun isn't over! Just dump out the vinegar from each pumpkin and have them start the fizzy play all over again.

The baking soda reacts in layers so by pouring off the top layer of vinegar, you "open up" the next layer of baking soda just waiting to be played with.

What learning is happening in this activity?

So much learning is going on in this simple science activity. Here's what my toddlers are learning:

Cause and effect

Basic chemistry

Hand eye coordination

Grip strength

This activity might seem simple (and fun) but it packs a whole lot of learning!

I hope you'll try our Pumpkin Fizz activity this Halloween. I just know your toddlers are going to love it as much as mine did!

What will your toddler think of Pumpkin Fizz?

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Halloween YOGA || FUN Yoga Class for KIDS || TheFamilyFudge

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Please watch: "School Lunch Ideas & What They Ate! || Bunches of Lunches Week 5" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajl_azKwYJU --~-- HALLOWEEN YOGA || FUN Yoga Class for KIDS! Join Kenzie for a new episode of Fun Time Yoga, this time with a fun HALLOWEEN twist!

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We had so much fun a couple of weeks ago setting up a Dramatic Play Pumpkin Patch for our friends at Pre-K Pages. The boys loved playing in the pretend pumpkin patch and having a snack at the pumpkin cafe. But as they usually do, they found a whole new way to play with the pumpkins. This has become one of our favorite fall activities for kids and it's perfect for outdoor play.

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We set up our pretend pumpkin patch in the backyard - you can see the full set up on our post on Pre-K pages here. I love finding new outdoor activities for my kids and they loved this one. We used craft pumpkins because they were much easier for my little guys to carry around. After we were done, the boys loaded up their wagons with the pumpkins and headed across the yard.

They stopped at our slide and started to play. If you don't have a slide, you can do this activity by making a simple incline out of cardboard or wood.

They began with the bigger pumpkins. They were able to get them to the top of the slide with some effort. It was a great exercise in lifting and figuring out how to best get the pumpkin to the top. Then they helped roll it down.

Next they tried some of the smaller ones. We talked about which ones would roll faster - the bigger, heavier ones or the small light ones?

(Sorry that photo is a little blurry. Those pumpkins were really rolling!)

They were so excited to see the smaller pumpkins rolling down the slide. Next they tried the smallest of all - and boy did they fly!

Once they were all at the bottom, it was time to gather them up and do it again!

This was such a simple activity that kept my boys entertained for quite a long time. It was a wonderful way to get outside and play while working on our gross motor skills. We also incorporated some learning on weight, shapes, and a little bit of physics too. And had a lot of fun!

If your kids like Rolling Pumpkins, they will love to read The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin. Set to the rhythm of the Itsy Bitsy Spider, it follows a little pumpkin who rolls all the way home. It's one of our favorites!

Have you tried rolling pumpkins with your kids? Leave a comment below or message me on Facebook and let me know what you think!

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Rolling Pumpkins Activity for Preschoolers

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We had so much fun a couple of weeks ago setting up a Dramatic Play Pumpkin Patch for our friends at Pre-K Pages. The boys loved playing in the pretend pumpkin patch and having a snack at the pumpkin cafe. But as they usually do, they found a whole new way to play with the pumpkins.

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Pretend play is not valued as it should be, research about early childhood classrooms tells us that pretend play has all but evaporated from kindergarten classes and is less frequent than it used to be in preschool as well. The thing is is that this is when kids learn when they are pretending they are constructing new knowledge and applying it. Let's look at the pumpkin patch today since many of you are in the middle of Fall Fun and Harvest themes at preschool.

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For a pumpkin patch pretend play gather some real pumpkins, some scales, a cash register with play money, and some bags or baskets. Of course, you can add anything that will fit with your students. Add more signs like the printable ones below and paper and pencils to write out receipts to add in more print and a focus on literacy.

But what are they learning?

That depends on the child and what they are doing but let's look at some of the typical things. As they play with the pumpkins and the scales they are comparing the weight and learning about size. They are touching the pumpkins and recognizing that they are not all uniform in shape or color yet remain in the category of pumpkins. As a teacher or perhaps another child joins in the play, they may tell them " I like this pumpkin the best because it's the biggest." The teacher can go back saying something like " I like its oval shape and how it's got a smooth texture." and introduce thinking about shapes and perhaps a new vocabulary word ( texture) as well." This back and forth is how teachers can assess as well as differentiate instruction in a playful environment.

When a child is manning the cash register they are learning all about math as they collect money and present change. They are practicing writing when making receipts with paper and pencils but more than that they are learning that what you write down conveys a message. That print translates to spoken words and meaning. The signs ( print them out below) enrich the environment with more meaningful print as well.

As children play together they aren't just learning about friendships, children act as scaffolds for each other, and when we control their play too much we lose out on this. Learning when to observe and when to step in as a teacher is always a leap of faith, but as you watch closely you can see the natural spots where you can do it without changing the play. This comes of course by having enough playtime in your day for ample observation.

Pumpkin Patch Printables

Click the images to print

What are your favorite pretend play themes for fall? In our Harvest Farm Thematic Unit we have more printables for fall pretend play! Check it and our other thematic units out here.

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My daughter gets really bored with plain play dough. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but she'll just play with it for a minute and then be like "eh". So, to make it more interesting, I like to set up fun invitations to play with our play dough recipes, a little "here's something fun" that she can do that's more cool than just a lump of dough on the counter. This week, it was a Super Fun and Simple Muddy Pumpkin Patch Invitation to Play. I know, right. What kid wouldn't love a little pumpkin patch in which to make mud pies?! So, we're having fun with this-probably for a couple of days, she loves it so much. Although, she did discover that the pumpkins are really yummy, so there may not be so many pumpkins left in our pumpkin patch by tomorrow....

Ingredients for a Muddy Pumpkin Patch Invitation to Play

1 batch Hot Chocolate Play Dough (get the recipe here)

12 candy corn pumpkins

Spoons

Bowls

Play mixer (if you have it)

Play colander (if you have it)

Baking dish

Simple enough, right? I like to let my daughter play with kitchen utensils, but if that's not your thing, feel free to get the kiddo play spoons and bowls. I think the idea of her own things being just set-up differently than normal is such a huge motivator for my daughter to play. It's a really unstructured thing, but makes for a longer play time, for some reason. I guess it just captures her attention more. We do this with lots of other things-not just pumpkins and play dough, but those seem to be the most fun...

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If you're required to play with the "invitation" like I am, you can dig around and plant the pumpkins, you can form the play dough into little pies and pretend to bake them, you can do all sorts of fun things. One thing I like to do is let my daughter guide me. I whisper "what should I do now" and let her indicate what I should do. We learned this play technique when in therapy with my son and although he did not seem to enjoy it, she seems to think this is the bees-knees to tell us how to play!

And just a reminder that if you're not putting together this super fun muddy pumpkin patch invitation to play RIGHT THIS SECOND, pin this post so you can remember to make it later! Your kids will thank you, and you will thank me!

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This easy Halloween science experiment features pumpkins! Pumpkins are the perfect lab subject for preschoolers and other young children: they are festive, come in a variety of shapes and colors, look totally different on the inside and the outside, inspire curiosity, are easy to handle, vary in size, and are easy to obtain (at least in the Fall!). They also provide many, many opportunities to investigate and do science projects!

And if you don't celebrate Halloween, this is a fun fall-themed science experiment too!

Your child can measure pumpkins' length and weight. She can compare different colors and count the pumpkins you have available. She can predict what the inside will look like or how many seeds she will find. She can hypothesize about what materials will write, paint, or draw best on the pumpkin's surface. And she can do this floating lab :

** small pumpkins (an assortment is fun)

** a large bowl or bucket with water

1- Ask your child to predict if his pumpkin will float or sink. Let him explain his reasons and, if he is old enough, record them on the report form.

2- Let your child experiment!

3- After he has noticed the results and talked about them with you, he will probably want to play with the pumpkin and the water. This is just fine! (You may want to move outside.)

4- Discuss the experiment and fill out the form.

5- What other questions does your child have? What could you test next? A few ideas: Will the pumpkin float if it is cut in half? Will the seeds float? Use the blank lab report form for any more experiments your child is interested in!

Younger children (including toddlers) love this science experiment. Do not bother with a lab report form for children too young for it. They will still learn from the sensory experience and the science language exposure during the science project. They may, however, enjoy drawing a picture of their pumpkins afterward.

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This easy Halloween science experiment features pumpkins! Pumpkins are the perfect lab subject for preschoolers and other young children: they are festive, come in a variety of shapes and colors, look totally different on the inside and the outside, inspire curiosity, are easy to handle, vary in size, and are easy to obtain (at least in the Fall!).

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What's Inside a Pumpkin Craft | All Kids Network

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What is inside a pumpkin craft for kids. Use some basic materials and follow our simple instructions to make this really cute pumpkin craft that includes the inside of the pumpkin. Find lots of fall crafts at AllKidsNetwork.com.

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Great tool!