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September 13, 2011 | 10 Comments

Pumpkin Patch Letter Match

It may not technically be fall yet…but fall themed learning has taken over at our house. This Pumpkin Patch Letter Match is such a fun way to dive into a new season of learning and playing with letters. It can be easily adapted to shapes or numbers too. This is a fun circle time activity for a group of children, as well!

  1. Gather your materials. You will need craft paper (or the underside of wrapping paper), painter’s tape,  a green marker, a permanent marker, an orange pool noodle, a bread knife, and a cutting board. I also used a canvas bag to put the pumpkins in.

2. Cut your pool noodle into 26 “pumpkins”

3. Add the lower case letters to the pool noodle pumpkins using a permanent marker. I found all other markers ran too much.

4. Put your craft paper on a table or floor and secure it with tape.  Draw your pumpkin patch. I made vines, leaves… don’t forget to add your uppercase letters too! Mix them around for a challenge or put them in order. * I obviously did this first, I had to wait for someone to wrangle my little one before I could go downstairs to cut the noodle.

5. Time to play.

6. Match the lowercase letters on the pumpkin with the uppercase letters on the patch.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Alphabet activities, Letter Recognition, Letters & Numbers, Preschool Crafts, Pumpkin | 10 Comments

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10 Comments

  1. Aprille says

    September 14, 2011 at 8:41 am

    Great way to use a pool noodle!

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  2. JDaniel4's Mom says

    September 17, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    I love this game! I think I will try to make one for Christmas with a tree.

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  3. Carolyn says

    February 17, 2012 at 8:49 am

    I love this idea and I know my students will too – there are so many ways it could be adapted. Thanks for the inspiration – I’m off to find pool noodles – in February!

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    • admin says

      February 17, 2012 at 9:23 am

      Try online!

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  4. Sara says

    September 1, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Yet another great idea! I think I’m going to use a big piece of cardboard for the pumpkin patch…my kids can get a little rowdy 🙂

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  5. Samantha says

    October 11, 2012 at 5:29 am

    Good Idea!

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  6. Courtney says

    March 28, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    This is great! They will also make a great game when we go swimming at our school pool since they will float!

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