Halloween Preschool Crafts are a fine art … a careful blend of fun, education, and independence. Well this one has it all! Sammy and I made Pumpkin Name Puzzles and we had a lot of fun – cutting, matching, and gluing.
I have mentioned before that I really feel preschool crafts need to take more time for wee ones to complete then Mama’s or Teachers to prepare. And this one fits the bill!
Halloween Preschool Crafts: Materials
- Orange construction paper shaped like a pumpkin. Draw ‘ridges’ and write your wee ones name
- Scissors
- Glue
- One more piece of construction paper to assemble the pumpkin name puzzle onto.
Creating a Pumpkin Name Puzzle!
This very simple Halloween Preschool Craft has wee ones practicing three skills: cutting, matching (or spelling), and gluing
Simply:
Have your wee one cut on the pumpkins ‘ridges’. I always say to my Sammy, “Thumbs Up!” while he is cutting – reminding him to hold the scissors properly.
Lay out your puzzle pieces to show your wee one what their completed puzzle will look like. Then mix them up!
Next, I had Sammy find each letter to his name and place them in order. I reminded him that his puzzle will look like a pumpkin.
After we glued it all down.
Finally Sammy decided we needed a stem.
He had a lot of fun cutting those stems! I think we ended up with 12 to choose from. The boy loves to cut!
Halloween Preschool Crafts can be so much fun for wee ones. It is always wonderful to bring learning to life – and this is done so easily with Holiday crafts.
I love this Sarah! I’m currently on the lookout for play-based name recognition activities and this fits the bill. Plus it involves cutting and gluing?! Oh yes, this will definitely be a hit at my house!
Great Ann! Yes, cutting and gluing – a big hit for 3 year olds!! And I am very excited to let my wee ones smash some pumpkins very soon!!! Bound to be another big hit (haha!)
I love this activity and I can’t wait to do this with my three little munchkins 🙂 So much fun learning in one activity. Pinning!
Thank you Amie – and oh my my my! Triplets! My sister-in-law just had twin boys – and she is very busy! I can’t even imagine triplets! You go Mama!
Fun activity! Just letting you know I’m featuring this post on this week’s Tuesday Tots post on Learn with Play at home. Thanks for linking up 🙂
Thank you so much for the feature! Very glad you liked it … so did Sammy!
Thank you so much for sharing on my FB page. I love this idea and will definitely be using it with my children. Sharing and Pinning 🙂
Thank you for opening your page to me Meredith! So glad you found the puzzle useful 🙂
Super idea! We love making name puzzles here. I got a kick out of the shot of him on his back cutting out the stem!
Thanks Jackie! Yes, give Sammy a pair of scissors and he will happily snip, snip, snip!!!