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It’s almost Halloween! And that means plenty of pumpkin activities for kids and grown ups. One of our favorite Halloween themed activities is carving pumpkins. This year we did it with a sensory play twist.

Easy-Clean Pumpkin Sensory Activity

Materials Needed:

• Pumpkin for each child
• 1 knife
• Spoon for each child
• Sturdy table (try our In & Out Activity Table)
• Adult Supervision

Step 1

The adult helping with this activity should cut out the top of the pumpkin in a pentagon shape. This will help your little to match up the corners easier.

Step 2

Have your child(ren) remove the top and take a look inside. You can talk to them about what’s inside a pumpkin - seeds, guts - and what they can be used for - planting more pumpkins, making pumpkin pie, or roasting seeds to eat.

Step 3

Use a spoon to loosen up the guts and seeds from the sides of the pumpkin, this will make it easier to remove for the kids.

Step 5

Give each child a spoon to dig out the insides of the pumpkin. You can use a spoon or hands depending on your child’s level of comfort.

Tip: Using our In & Out Activity Table is ideal for multiple kids. It gives each child their own working space where they can remove and store their pumpkin.

Step 6

Once the insides are out let the kids play with the different textures while the adult helping cuts out the jack-o-lantern face or whatever each child has requested.

Tip: if the child likes drawing have them draw a face to cut out on the pumpkin for you to cut out.

Step 7

Set up the final product for the kids to enjoy their work. 

Using a plastic product makes clean up even easy! Just hose it down and set it out to dry.

What activities do you do to bring the season into play?