This week we will spend a little time each day talking about different ways you can incorporate the pumpkin season into your family’s play life.
One of our favorite pumpkin activities is best done outdoors and is fabulously messy! (Go figure, I’m recommending something messy and outside!) We like to call it Pumpkin Mad Science and it has held the attention of kiddos from one year old all the way up to fourteen years old and adults as well!
To set up for this activity, open up a decent sized pumpkin. Don’t clean it out though because part of the fun is all the gunk inside. Add a few drops of food coloring to vinegar and get an ample supply of baking soda. The really big bags of baking soda from your local wholesale retailer are great for this activity, I promise you are going to want to have quite a bit on hand.
Provide eye droppers, buckets, scoopers, spoons, and sticks. After that, sit back and watch the experimentation ensue. Better yet, get in there with your kiddo and and experiment along side them!
What are some ways your family incorporates pumpkins into your fall play life?
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