Candy Stuffed Pumpkins Craft

Ready to add some extra sweetness to your fall festivities? This candy stuffed pumpkin craft is the perfect blend of creativity and fun! Not only will your little ones love making these adorable pumpkins, but they’ll also enjoy the surprise inside—candy!

This craft is easy to set up and ideal for various pumpkin activities for preschoolers. Whether you’re preparing for a classroom party or a fun family afternoon, this project will surely be a hit.

Kids can practice fine motor skills while stuffing their pumpkins, and you’ll have an adorable fall decoration when you’re done. Let’s dive into this simple and sweet activity that will bring smiles to your preschoolers’ faces!

Candy Stuffed Pumpkin Craft

Candy Stuffed Pumpkin Craft

The candy stuffed pumpkin craft is a simple and fun activity where kids create adorable tissue paper pumpkins filled with sweet surprises. Perfect for fall or Halloween, this craft combines creativity with fine motor skill practice and a tasty reward!

Prep Time 2 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes

Materials

  • Orange tissue paper
  • Green tissue paper
  • Green pipe cleaners
  • Halloween candy

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

1. Cut your orange tissue paper into squares. Each square should be large enough to hold a small handful of candy in the center (around 10x10 inches works well).

2. Place a small handful of candy or treats in the center of each tissue paper square. Make sure to leave some room around the edges to gather the paper.

3. Gather the edges of the tissue paper around the candy, pulling it together to form a small pouch. Be careful not to tear the tissue paper as you shape it into a round pumpkin form.

4. Wrap a green pipe cleaner around the gathered tissue paper near the top to secure it. Twist the pipe cleaner tightly to hold the candy inside and create the pumpkin's "stem." You can leave some extra pipe cleaner at the top and curl it to resemble a vine.

Educational Benefits of This Pumpkin Craft

Crafting is fun and offers valuable learning opportunities for young children. With these candy-filled tissue paper pumpkins, preschoolers develop fine motor skills. As they stuff the pumpkins, they also practice coordination, hand strength, and dexterity. These are essential skills for writing and other hands-on tasks.

This craft can easily incorporate early math concepts into your day. Have your child count the candy pieces they place in each pumpkin. They can also sort the candy by color or size. Practice simple addition and subtraction as they distribute the treats.

Finally, arts and crafts like this pumpkin activity encourage creativity and give children the freedom to express themselves. Let them choose the colors, decorate the pumpkins, or even create their own fun designs!

Candy Stuffed Pumpkins

Let’s prepare to create something fun and festive with this candy-stuffed pumpkin craft! This simple project combines creativity with a sweet surprise inside, perfect for fall or Halloween. Gather your materials, and let’s dive into this easy tutorial that your preschoolers will love!

What You’ll Need

What to Do

Cut orange paper into approximately 10 inch squares and stack 3 squares for each pumpkin.

Cut green paper into strips about 13 inches long and about 2 inches wide.

Stack 2 green strips on top of each other and lay on top of each stack of orange squares so that the ends will stick out past the orange paper edges.

Put a handful of candy in the center of the paper and pick up each corner and start bringing the paper together in a ball shape hiding the candy inside.

Be sure the ends of the green paper stick out at the top of the orange ball you have made.

Take one of the pipe cleaners and wrap it tightly around the top of the pumpkin to hold it all together.

Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner to look like vines, and trim off excess green paper to make sure it looks like a pumpkin stem.

These candy-stuffed pumpkins make a fun and easy Halloween project for kids!

Variations

There are endless ways to add your own twist to this candy pumpkin craft! Try using different colored tissue paper to make a variety of pumpkins—orange for classic pumpkins, white for spooky ghosts, or even green for fun monster faces. You can also let your preschoolers decorate the pumpkins with googly eyes or a sprinkle of glitter for some extra sparkle.

To incorporate learning, turn this activity into a sorting game by having kids separate the candy by color, size, or shape before filling their pumpkins. Practice counting by seeing how many pieces of candy fit inside each pumpkin.

You can even extend the fun by creating a pretend “pumpkin patch” where kids can “pick” their candy-filled creations, encouraging imaginative play and hands-on learning!

Pumpkin Books for Preschoolers

Pair your crafting fun with some delightful pumpkin-themed stories! Reading together is a great way to extend the excitement of this candy pumpkin craft while building early literacy skills. Here are a few of our favorite pumpkin books for preschoolers that perfectly complement your fall activities.

Big PumpkinBig PumpkinPumpkin JackPumpkin JackToo Many PumpkinsToo Many Pumpkins

 

Big Pumpkin is a fun Halloween story about a witch who wants to bake a pumpkin pie but grows a pumpkin too big to move. With the help of some friendly characters like a ghost, vampire, and mummy, they work together to solve the problem. This tale teaches cooperation and the importance of teamwork in a fun, seasonal way.

Pumpkin Jack tells the story of a boy named Tim, who watches his jack-o’-lantern rot and eventually turn into a sprouting pumpkin plant. As Tim observes the full life cycle of his pumpkin, children learn about nature, decomposition, and growth in a beautiful, relatable way. It’s a great book for teaching the concept of life cycles in a simple and engaging format.

Too Many Pumpkins follows the story of Rebecca Estelle, who hates pumpkins but finds herself surrounded by them after a pumpkin vine unexpectedly grows in her yard. Through this funny and heartwarming story, Rebecca learns to embrace the abundance of pumpkins and turns them into pies, breads, and jack-o’-lanterns to share with her neighbors. It’s a charming tale of making the best of an unexpected situation and the joy of giving.

Crafting, reading, and learning all come together in this fun and festive candy stuffed pumpkin craft! Whether you’re creating sweet treats for a Halloween party or just enjoying some seasonal fun with your preschoolers, this activity offers so many opportunities to spark creativity and learning.

Don’t forget to pair your crafting session with a cozy read-aloud from the pumpkin books for preschoolers list to complete the fall experience. Happy crafting and learning this fall season!

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  1. These are the perfect Gifts for the children in my sons classroom so this weekend I will see if some of Charlies friends would like to come over and make these cute pumpkins with us. Also, I will share this craft with his teachers and my step daughter as they might like to make them as well.