These 20 Experiments and Crafts with Real Pumpkins will keep your kids busy fall after fall with new fun things to do while learning and making memories!
So, you have been to the pumpkin patch and now need to do something with these pumpkins! These 20 Experiments and Crafts with Real Pumpkins will give you plenty of ideas. Some are just for fun and others are crafty or educational.
You can learn STEM from your pumpkins with cool explosions, volcanoes, engineering and geoboards.
Use them to write reasons to be thankful or as a centerpiece to help your family to remember to pray for those you are thankful for.
There are several different ways to decorate them with paint, melted crayons and flowers.
Be a pumpkin investigator!
There is enough variety here to interest most ages and levels of ability.
Hopefully you bought enough pumpkins! 😊
Let us know in the comments which ones you did! If you send a picture and would like, I will make a bulletin board and add it so everyone can see! Won’t that be fun! 😊
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20 Experiments and Crafts with Real Pumpkins
These 20 Experiments and Crafts with Real Pumpkins will keep your kids busy fall after fall with new fun things to do while learning and making memories!
Exciting Fall Science Experiments for Kids
Use your pumpkin for more than just decoration this fall with this exploding pumpkin experiment! Create a love of learning and science with this exciting experiment.
Pumpkin Volcano DIY
A fun craft and experiment to try with your kids- make a DIY pumpkin volcano!
Thanksgiving Pumpkin Craft
A fun way to use your pumpkin after Halloween- a Thanksgiving Thankful pumpkin craft, where you write what you’re thankful for on the pumpkin each day leading up to Thanksgiving.
Prayer Pumpkins
Prayer Pumpkins are a fun way to use a fall centerpiece to help your family remember to pray for those you are thankful for.
No Carve Pumpkin Decorating for Kids
Your littles are going to have a blast this Fall and Halloween with this no carve pumpkin decorating for kids! So easy; any age can do them.
DIY Mini Pumpkin Vase for Your Fall Decor
Are you looking for an easy floral decor project that gets your home fall-ready in a jiffy? You can make a pretty pumpkin vase with this quick tutorial.
How to Make a Mike Wazowski Pumpkin for Halloween
Bring some Monsters Inc. into your Halloween with a Mike Wazowski pumpkin! follow these easy instructions and make the cutest Disney Pixar painted pumpkin around!
Painted Captain Underpants Pumpkin
Skip the mess and create your very own Painted Captain Underpants Pumpkin this Halloween.
DIY Yayoi Kusama Painted Pumpkins
The artist Yayoi Kusama is famous for her bold use of color and polka dot pumpkins. See my step-by-step guide to planning and creating your own Yayoi Kusama inspired painted pumpkins.
Crayon Melted Pumpkin Art; No Carve Pumpkin Craft
Learn how to melt crayons on a pumpkin to create beautiful no carve pumpkin art!
Pumpkin Stamping for Preschool
Use your leftover pieces from making jack o lanterns to make pumpkin stamps for kids!
Pumpkin Investigation Activity | Harvest Time Science for Kids
Explore and investigate pumpkins with this free printable for kids.
Black Cat Pumpkins
With medium mess and difficulty level, less than $6 and less than 60 minutes, you will be able to complete these adorable black cat pumpkins.
The Paranoid Man Pumpkin Craft
Make your own paranoid man pumpkin craft using items you already have at home!
Fall Decor Idea: A DIY Mini Pumpkin Floral Vase
Grab a bag of mini pumpkins to make this simple pumpkin floral vase.
Oozing Pumpkins: Creepy Halloween STEM Fun
Make a spooky oozing pumpkin with science! Get 3 simple (and safe) chemical reactions to make the scariest pumpkin yet.
Pumpkin Geoboard
Make your own spiderweb geoboard on a pumpkin! Fun and pretty.
Pumpkin House: Engineering Project for Kids
Learn the tips and tricks of how to build a pumpkin house for an autumn STEM project with kids!
Paint Pour Pumpkins: A Family-Friendly Painted Pumpkin Idea
Create a fun painted pumpkin with this paint pour technique. Your family will love experimenting with different color combinations.
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