Category: 6 Years & Older
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Mr. Pumpkin Head
Of all the pumpkin decoration ideas this one is the best. By far. Like WAY far. Landon had so much fun with this (and so did I)! Mr. Pumpkin Head Small Pumpkin Mr. Potato Head parts Ice Pick, Nail or other sharp cylindrical object Take your small pumpkin (about the size of the potato for…
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Pumpkin Prints
Painting using non-standard painting objects is a lot of fun – give it a try. When you think boredom has struck, pull out the paints but no paint brushes then look around for random things that won’t be ruined by paint and have a blast! Pumpkin Prints Paper Paint Mini-pumpkins Imagination We used some of…
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Pumpkin Craft
I don’t quite know what to call this pumpkin creation. It’s really like the starched snowflake Christmas tree ornaments, but not with starch. Sort of like paper mache, but not paper. I think I’ve used up the last of my creative juice for today, so pumpkin craft it is… maybe pumpkin mache? This is messy and…
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Pumpkin Pie Playdough {gluten free!}
I love this time of the year. The leaves are starting to change color, the weather is starting to cool off. I love the fact that we can go to the park in the afternoons and it’s not too crazy hot. I love the atmosphere of the coming holidays – the imagination of Halloween, the…
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Spider Counting Game
Landon has been chugging away at learning numbers. He’s able to count to the mid twenties except he ALWAYS skips 15. It’s ok – when he was 2-ish he would always count: 1-2-3-4-9-10, and be SO excited that he could count to 10. This is a great Halloween themed game and only costs $1.00 to…
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Leaf Stamps
A few days ago we made some leaf creations and did some rubbings of them. Since we’re “officially” in fall now I wanted to do a variety of fall crafts and activities. Landon’s friend Mackenzie was coming over in the afternoon so I saved this project for when she would be here! We started the project…
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Leaf Creation Rubbings
If you live in an area where the leaves are starting to change colors talk a walk and gather several of those leaves. Spend this time to talk about the seasons and how some trees look different in different times of the year. The boys and I walked down our road to Bidwell Park, it’s…
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Cotton Balls and Shaving Cream
The other day we were practicing shearing a sheep. Part of the fun little activity involved shaving cream. If you’ve never sprayed your table with shaving cream and let your child explore you should. It’s hours of fun. Since the table was covered in shaving cream from the sheep shearing anyway, I figured we’d end…
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How To Shear a Sheep
In talking with Landon about the different farm animals and how we use products from each of the different ones we moved the discussion on to sheep. We talked about how clothes are made – how material is made – and that some material comes from sheep. He looked at me kind of funny at…
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Farm Letter Matching
I came across this GREAT resource for farm themed activities. Today we just did the letter matching game to practice letter names and upper and lower case matching. But there is a TON of other things to do in the pack. I totally suggest you head on over to 2 Teaching Mommies and download it!…