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DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle

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DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

Fall has arrived here in Texas and there are no words to explain exactly how happy I am about this. Once the cooler weather arrives, I always love pulling out my fall decorations. My kids love it. When I bring out the decorations, I love to start fun fall themed activities. My oldest daughter, Molly, loved this DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle. Are you looking for more fall ideas, activities, and printables to do at home or in the classroom? If so click here. Have fall on your brain? Here are all things fall.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

What You Need for DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle

  • orange construction paper
  • butcher paper or large manila paper
  • marker

Getting DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle Ready

First, you will want to make little pumpkins on the orange construction paper. I used die-cuts at my kids’ school. If you have access to a die-cut machine, that would be easiest. If not, click here and look at options of pumpkin templates that you could easily print out and trace onto the orange paper.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

 

Next, the focus for the puzzle should be written on the pumpkin, whether it be a letter, number or sight word. Look below for different ways you can do this in your classroom.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

Using one pumpkin as a template, trace pumpkins on the white butcher paper or manila paper. You will want the number of traced pumpkins to match the number of pumpkins you cut out originally.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

Lastly, you will need to write what you wrote on each orange pumpkin onto the pumpkins you traced on the white butcher paper or large manila paper.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

Doing DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle

This is an activity that can easily be implemented from preschool to second grade, while also being used in a variety of subjects. If you want your students to practice the alphabet, make an alphabet pumpkin matching puzzle.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

If you want your students to practice numbers, make a number pumpkin matching puzzle.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

If you want your students to practice sight words, make a sight word pumpkin matching puzzle.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

If you want your students to practice addition or subtraction facts, make an addition and subtraction pumpkin matching puzzle.

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

What is great about this activity is that it can easily be done during your toddler’s quiet time or during a center at school. I made an alphabet puzzle for my three year old and she had a blast with it. It makes my heart happy when she has not a clue she is learning because she is having fun! That is our ultimate goal, right?!

DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle is a fun, hands-on game for children of all ages. Toddlers and preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students will be having so much fun that they will not even know that they are learning. 

Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.

I hope that you and your students enjoy DIY Pumpkin Matching Puzzle!

Filed Under: Alphabet, Fall, Numbers and Counting Tagged With: Fall, Literacy, Math, Pre-K, Preschool, Pumpkin

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6 Comments

  1. Isabel Tetter

    April 24, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    Sweet website , super pattern, really clean and use genial.

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  2. Marisol

    October 22, 2022 at 7:29 am

    Super great ideas. Thank you

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