The Preschool Homeschool

Here’s a very simple but extremely fun activity for preschoolers. This is great for a physical activity or a halloween party. You can use this same idea to make Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, too.

Cut out jack-o-lantern face pieces from felt or paper. If you want, you can buy those premade pumpkin faces made from felt or stickers that they sell this time of year. Blow up a bunch of orange balloons. This game is the most fun when there are bunches of floating pumpkins. Blow up the balloons and let the kids stick the face pieces on to make a balloon jack-o-lantern.

Once the faces dry, give each kid a balloon and let them bounce and hit their floating pumpkins. To play a game, have the kids stand in a circle and hit their balloon towards the person next to them without letting it drop. All the balloons should rotate around the circle and then the kids can have fun finding their pumpkin from the “patch.”

For a 2 person game, stand across from each other and hit the balloon pumpkin back and forth. For more fun, use 3 balloon pumpkins and make sure they don’t hit the ground.

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