Looking for a fun and festive way to get your kids excited about fall? Try an art project that celebrates the season!

Your little pumpkins will be excited to create this pumpkin paper plate craft. With a little paint and our free template, they’ll turn ordinary paper plates into cheerful autumn decorations.

And when you’re ready for more fall fun, check out our other pumpkin crafts for kids. You’ll find plenty of seasonal inspiration to keep the creativity flowing all autumn!

Paper Plate Pumpkin Idea

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This is a fun project to get creative with either at home, in the classroom, or at daycare. It’s perfect for young artists because it combines painting, cutting, and pasting, which are all fantastic activities for developing fine motor skills and encouraging creativity.

Ready to get started? Download our free template and grab a few everyday paper plates to make these adorable pumpkins. It’s a simple and fun way to bring extra cheer to your fall season!

Supplies

• Paper plate
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• Black marker
• Bold & Bright Crayola markers
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Pumpkin template (unlock the free template at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this pumpkin to life!

First, encourage your child to paint the paper plate with 1-2 thin coats of orange paint. Let it try completely before moving on to the next step.

Trace the pumpkin shape on the paper plate and cut it out.

Draw the vertical lines on the pumpkin with an orange marker.

Next, help your child glue the stem to the back and top portion of the pumpkin.

Glue the eyes in the middle portion of the face.

Now, glue the mouth below the eyes.

Place the tongue on the bottom portion of the mouth and glue it in place.

Next, glue the cheeks below each of the eyes.

Finally, guide your child to draw the eyebrows on top of the eyes.

Be sure to check out our Fall crafts while you’re here! Your kids will love creating more fun DIYs like this one!

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Fall Kids’ Ideas

Keep your kids both learning and having fun all season long with more fall ideas for them to do. Whether you’re looking for engaging DIYs or entertaining educational activities, we have a pumpkin patch full of ideas to make autumn a blast.

Keep reading below to discover new seasonal books to snuggle up with and hands-on activities that are sure to be a hit with your little ones this fall.

Fall Books For Kids

Next time you’re looking for fun storytime activities with your little one, grab a book from your shelf and read to them! Below are some of the top fall-themed books for kids.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves: The mischievous old lady swallowed a handful of leaves! Her tummy started to rumble. So she swallowed some more items. Then, even more. But as her stomach grew full, the leaves began to poke out through her mouth… when suddenly – poofffff! – it turned into a scarecrow!

Pete The Cat Falling For Autumn: Pete is not a fan of fall. But he decides to do some detective work and finds out that there are many things about this season he loves, like corn mazes, hayrides, wearing scarves, and apple picking! This story helps kids learn that even though they might not love every season of the year, there are still good parts to each one.

We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt: The seasons are changing, the days are getting shorter, and children everywhere are starting to make plans for their favorite outdoor adventures – and what could be more fun than a Leaf Hunt?!

Kids’ Fall Crafts

Pumpkin Name Craft – This personalized pumpkin is a fun way to celebrate the season and have kids practice spelling their names. Use our editable template to spell each child’s name on the pumpkin seeds.

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Scarecrow Gnome Craft—This adorable gnome scarecrow will add a bit of whimsy to your fall decor. It’s a fun way for kids to use their imaginations, create, and hone essential skills at the same time.

Acorn Paper Bag Craft—Get those little hands busy creating and acting out stories with their new acorn friend. Once kids complete their cute new puppet, this cute fall DIY will be fun to make and play with.

Yarn Apple Craft—With a bit of paint, a dab of glue, and a string of yarn, kids can make this adorable apple! Each step is a great way to practice fine motor skills and result in the cutest fall decorations they’ll be proud to show off.

Preschool Fall Printables

Our fall connect the dots are the perfect no prep activity your kids will adore. As they connect the dots numerically, they’ll reveal seasonal images like a hedgehog, a fruit basket, and a gourd. They can then bring them to life by coloring them in.

These worksheets are fantastic for practicing number recognition, sequential counting, enhancing fine motor skills, and having a blast while learning. These pages make learning fun and engaging, so download our printable fall dot to dots and grab the crayons!

Grab these fall counting worksheets for a fantastic way for kids to learn numbers and counting with a seasonal twist. These worksheets will keep your little ones engaged and learning as they count apples, acorns, and leaves, then find and count fall treasures.

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Each activity, like cutting, counting, and pasting, is designed to build math skills and fine motor abilities. Grab these printables and watch your kids enjoy counting their way through fall!

Your little nature lovers will enjoy keeping the fun of a cute fall book going with these Because of an Acorn activities. They’ll build their essential skills by tracing lines, matching flashcards, recognizing the letter Cc is for chipmunk, labeling the bird, and finishing patterns.

Each printable sheet is packed with fun and learning and is the perfect complement to the book that shows how nature is connected in the circle of life.

Encourage your little ones to build their scissor skills with this fall cutting practice for preschoolers! These worksheets are perfect for preschoolers to develop fine motor muscles and hand-eye coordination. Just print and go—no prep required!

For extra fun, let kids color the images before cutting, or use colored paper for some fall colors. Start them off with simple shapes like squares and rectangles, then move on to stars and circles. Print as many as you need and watch their cutting skills flourish this fall!

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