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.
If your little one is learning his or her name, this is such a fun Halloween preschool craft to get the ball rolling … or the pumpkin rolling …
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
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- 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 on to.
Creating a Pumpkin Name Puzzle!
This very simple Halloween Preschool Craft has little ones practicing three skills: cutting, matching (or spelling), and gluing
As you likely know, I highly recommend starting your ABC teaching with your child’s name letters. After that, we move through the alphabet in a very special order. I chat all about that here: The order for teaching letter recognition.
So this Halloween name puzzle craft is absolutely perfect for that first step to teaching the ABCs.
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 little 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. And perhaps a bit of a rest.
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.
If you enjoyed this activity, you will love these Halloween Games for Little Kids!
Thank you so much for reading, sweet friend!
xo
Sarah
Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest says
October 1, 2013 at 11:20 pmI 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!
Sarah says
October 1, 2013 at 11:38 pmGreat 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!)
Amie M says
October 2, 2013 at 1:50 amI love this activity and I can’t wait to do this with my three little munchkins 🙂 So much fun learning in one activity. Pinning!
Sarah says
October 2, 2013 at 2:07 amThank 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!
Debs says
October 7, 2013 at 4:01 amFun 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 🙂
Sarah says
October 7, 2013 at 11:14 amThank you so much for the feature! Very glad you liked it … so did Sammy!
Meredith @ Homegrown Friends says
October 23, 2013 at 4:39 pmThank 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 🙂
Sarah says
October 23, 2013 at 6:53 pmThank you for opening your page to me Meredith! So glad you found the puzzle useful 🙂
jackie says
October 26, 2013 at 9:07 pmSuper idea! We love making name puzzles here. I got a kick out of the shot of him on his back cutting out the stem!
Sarah says
October 26, 2013 at 9:14 pmThanks Jackie! Yes, give Sammy a pair of scissors and he will happily snip, snip, snip!!!
Sheri says
October 29, 2019 at 12:26 pmThis was a wonderful activity! My three year old granddaughter cut the pieces and we worked on her letters and sounds, as she was flying it together. My two year old grandson really enjoyed flying the pre cut pieces on in order of his name. Bother kids loved the experience!! Thank you!!
Sheri says
October 29, 2019 at 12:27 pmSorry… auto correct !! I meant to say Gluing!!?
Sarah says
November 16, 2019 at 4:27 pmWonderful!! Thank you so much for letting me know Sheri!