Everywhere you look at the super markets and country convenience stores there are pumpkins for purchase. Most of the pumpkins are now on sale, sitting prettily on display stands and waiting for someone to take them home. Have you ever wondered what to do with a pumpkin besides carve funny faces on them for Halloween? Look no further... Enjoy Pumpkin Sensory Play with 15 awesome ways to use the WHOLE pumpkin - everything from pumpkin goo to delicious recipes!  In this round up you are sure to find something that will fascinate and inspire you to learn and play with pumpkins. 

1. Learn, Play, Imagine - Pumpkin Slime Recipe - Fall Sensory Play

2. Inspiration Laboratories - Pumpkin Oobleck Made with Real Pumpkin 

3. Little Bins for Little Hands - Pumpkin Guts Oobleck Sensory Science

4. Stir the Wonder - Pumpkin Guts Exploration

Little Bins for Little Hands

5. Using the Whole Pumpkin: Pumpkin Sensory Play

(Please keep scrolling all the way to the bottom for several
yummy pumpkin recipes using "real" pumpkins!)

 6. Toddler Pumpkin Gut Exploration

Last week, I cut the top off one of our fall pumpkins and let Little Bee explore the insides. He was fascinated with lifting the pumpkin top up to reveal the "guts" hanging down. He squished the guts around and enjoyed the whole gooey mess!

When it was time to clean up, Little Bee helped me place the pumpkin guts inside a plastic bag for further "mess free" exploration while playing indoors. Little Bee took his job of filling the bag with pumpkin guts very seriously. This was his favorite part of our entire day!

7.Pumpkin Guts "Mess Free" Exploration

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Learn & Play with Pumpkins

8. JDaniel4's Mom - Planting a Pumpkin's Seeds in a Pumpkin

9. Carrot's Are Orange - Montessori Inspired Pumpkin Unit

10. Creative Connections for Kids - Pumpkin Guts!

11. Teach Preschool - Pumpkin Seed Soup

Ideas for the Pumpkin Seeds

12. Feels Like Home - Caramelized Pumpkin Seeds

13. Teach Preschool - Exploring Pumpkin Seeds in the Preschool Classroom

14. Mess for Less - 3 Ways to Roast Pumpkin Seeds

15. Pumpkin recipe ideas :

• Mom Endeavors - Must-Try Pumpkin Recipes
• Child Led Life - Fall Pumpkin Soup with Children
• Delicate Construction - Fall Recipe {Roasted Pumpkin Spaghetti Risotto}

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