This pumpkin fine motor activity is a fun one! 

It not only incorporated a fun craft but it also includes fine motor play! 

Because fall is here (yay), I have become so excited for this bringing for fun pumpkin craft ideas with my LO’s. 

This DIY pumpkins activity is an easy one to put together and I’ll be sharing below exactly how we made it and what fun ideas you can go along bringing forth! 

Let’s get into it! 

Related: Looking for more Halloween activities? Here are over 70 Halloween ideas for kids! 

Supplies: 

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• Cardboard cutout or poster board

• Construction paper

• Uncooked Pasta (Rigatoni)

• Hot glue gun 

And, that is what you will need for this epic pumpkin idea! 

DIY Pumpkin Craft and Activity Video Below 

Pumpkin fine motor activities..

..with a fun art crafts twist! 

So, how exactly did I put this simple pumpkin craft together? 

Here are the steps I took to put this paper pumpkin activity together: 

• Cut out a big circular orange shape out of construction paper. 

• Then, cut out two triangles and a pumpkin mouth out of black construction paper (Making sure that they are small enough to fit on the orange piece.)

• Add the pieces onto a cardboard cutout or poster board. 

• Then, use a hot glue gun (adult-use only) to attach the dried pasta onto the cardboard cutout and around the orange pumpkin. 

• Tip: Separate them apart so that your LO is able to insert a shoe lace through the pasta easily. 

• Then, wait until the glue is fully dry to inster the shoelaces through the pasta. 🙂 

• Enjoy! 

Paper pumpkin pumpkin activities

A couple of different early learning approaches you can bring forth to this activity are to count each pasta as you insert the shoelace. 

You can also talk about the colors orange and black. 

Talk about the shapes of the eyes.. 

Say something like, “The shapes of the eyes are triangles.”

You can also practice tying the shoelace once they come around to the top of the “stem”. 

This is a wonderful way of approaching this fine motor arts and craft with an early learning twist! 

Looking for more Pumpkin craft ideas? 

Here are some DIY pumpkin craft for kids that we have tried out in the past that may also be helpful to you: 

• Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft

• Easy Halloween Sensory Bottle

• DIY Pumpkin Sensory Play

• Halloween Pumpkin STEM experiment 

• Letter Recognition Activity for Kids

• Simple Foam Pumpkin Craft

• Pumpkin Cornmeal Sensory Bin

• Washing Pumpkins Sensory Bin 

• Tissue paper pumpkin activity 

• Craft pumpkin ideas

• Easy pumpkin designs

• Decorate a Pumpkin

These are just some of the many ideas we have tried and were so much fun! 

I hope that they are helpful for you! 

What DIY craft ideas for the home have you tried? Leave a comment below letting me know and maybe we can try it out too!

Related: For more Halloween pumpkin ideas, check out this list of over 70 Halloween activities for kids!