These pumpkin activities are very popular in the fall, but they can be used any time of the year. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you celebrate the fall with your class. Check out all of the pumpkin activities for elementary students below!
18 Pumpkin Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite pumpkin activities for elementary students.
1. Pumpkin Activity Packet
This Pumpkin Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Pumpkin Book Companions
This Pumpkin Book Companion Bundle includes 10 of our Starts With a Story resources: The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, Pumpkin Jack, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Little Boo, Too Many Pumpkins, Pumpkin Town, The Ugly Pumpkin, The Runaway Pumpkin, Stumpkin, and Pumpkin Soup. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Pumpkin Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like:
- The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Jack
- The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
- Little Boo
- Too Many Pumpkins
- Pumpkin Town
- The Ugly Pumpkin
- The Runaway Pumpkin, Stumpkin
- Pumpkin Soup
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4. Pumpkin Book Projects
This Pumpkin Book Book Project is packed with resources to help you facilitate a very memorable and meaningful learning experience for your students. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Pumpkin Color by Code Activity
This Pumpkin Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like stem, heavy, and pick. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. Pumpkin Would You Rather Activities
These Pumpkin Would You Rather Activities include prompts where students are given two options to choose from. They are a great way to increase engagement in your classroom whether it’s during your morning meeting or literacy centers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. Pumpkin Reading Comprehension Activities
These Pumpkin Reading Comprehension Activities are a great way to provide engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your students’ reading and writing skills, but are so quick and easy for you to prepare. Each of the included graphic organizers can be used over and over and with ANY book you choose. Students will love the thematic pages and you’ll love the ease in which they can meet individual student needs. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
8. Pumpkin Rounding Math Activity
This Pumpkin Rounding Math Activity is a fun hands-on way for students to practice rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, or 1000 during the month of October. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
9. Pumpkin Acrostic Poem Activities
The Pumpkin Acrostic Poem Activities include five unique acrostic poem templates, each offering a different blend of structure, creativity, and seasonal-themed fun. Each printable worksheet was designed to spark creativity, reinforce writing skills, improve vocabulary, and give students meaningful ways to engage with seasonal themes – all in a super quick and easy format teachers can use with no prep. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
10. Pumpkin Bingo Activities
Use the Pumpkin Bingo Activities as coloring pages for a calming activity this October and then play the game. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
11. Pumpkin Bookmarks
These printable Pumpkin Bookmarks pair perfectly with other pumpkin activities. Students will enjoy these pumpkin coloring activities that spark creativity while giving them a purposeful finished product to use during independent reading. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
12. Pumpkin Word Search
The Pumpkin Word Search is a fun way for students to celebrate fall while reinforcing spelling, pumpkin vocabulary, reading, visual scanning, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
13. Pumpkin Directed Drawing
The Pumpkin Directed Drawing Activities are a fun and engaging way for elementary students to practice a variety of important skills: writing, vocabulary, focus, fine motor, social-emotional, and more. Both teachers and students love them! Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
14. Pumpkin Writing and Craft Templates
These pumpkin templates are versatile resources that can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom: writing activities, crafts, and coloring pages. Learn more about these pumpkin shape templates below!
15. Pumpkin Writing Pages
The Pumpkin Writing Pages are perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade classrooms. Use any writing prompt based on the pumpkin theme and choose from 3 differentiated paper options (3 pages of each). Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
16. Pumpkin Creative Writing Packet
The Pumpkin Creative Writing Packet helps 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students explore emotions while creating a fun, themed story. Through a step-by-step, scaffolded process, students build vocabulary, plan their ideas, and develop a complete narrative from beginning to end. Designed to make writing feel manageable and enjoyable, this resource supports students in becoming confident, creative writers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
17. Pumpkin Writing and Craft Project
The Pumpkin Writing and Craft Project includes fun and easy activities for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. With differentiated writing pages, printable craft templates, and bold bulletin board letters, this resource equips teachers with everything they need to implement engaging writing lessons, as well as final products that look great displayed on a classroom bulletin board this fall. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
18. Pumpkin Hat Craft
Making Pumpkin Crowns is such a fun and creative activity to celebrate pumpkin picking season in your elementary classroom. Your students can decorate their own paper crowns using markers (or any other craft supplies) and then have the option to engage in a simple, differentiated writing task that can be glued on the back of the the headband to make the project more academic. You get to decide if you want to have students simply color the crowns or turn it into a simple writing lesson too. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
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