We have really been into white or ghost pumpkins this year! I think they are so pretty and a little different from the traditional orange pumpkins! Here we enjoy pumpkin STEM activities all season long. Check out this cool Pumpkin Geoboard for a hands-on Math activity to enjoy this October.

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Explore Pumpkins For Fall STEM

Last year I saw this fun pumpkin geoboard activity from Fun-A-Day and knew I had to keep it in mind for this season. Hers is a bit different so please do check it out! We kept it simple with loom bands and small finishing nails. The white pumpkin makes it a little different and very cool looking when finished!

This is an awesome, creative STEM activity that gets kids thinking! Shapes, patterns, and colors. Using engineering and building skills with hammers and nails are a fun component for older kids. Younger kids will just love putting the bands on the nails.

Have you seen our DIY Wooden Geo Board?

Make sure to check our list of pumpkin STEM activities!

What Is STEM For Kids?

STEM sounds complicated, but it isn’t! Once you get how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) mingle, you can see how it applies to so many of the science and STEM activities you already love.

The best STEM activities encourage your kids to use at least 3 of the 4 pillars of the STEM acronym (science, technology, engineering, and math) to tackle their projects head-on, challenge what they know, and build character. The lessons STEM can teach our kids are priceless!

Have you played around with science with your kiddos? If you haven’t, you are in for a real treat. And if you have, you already know how much fun STEM activities are…

Unlock your kids’ curiosity, and spark their inner inventor! The world of science and STEM is AMAZING with these hands-on science experiments and STEM activities!

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to share STEM with your kids. We have everything you need: simple-to-follow activities, low-prep ideas, easy-to-digest science information, and inexpensive supplies.

Helpful STEM Resources To Get You Started

Here are a few resources to help you introduce STEM more effectively to your kiddos or students and feel confident when presenting materials. You’ll find helpful free printables throughout.

Get your FREE printable Pumpkin STEM Activities

How To Make A Pumpkin Geoboard

Your kids can use a small hammer if appropriate. We found you can stick the nails in easily too. Either way, your kids have the perfect opportunity to work on fine motor and practical life skills with this pumpkin geoboard.

Materials Needed:

  • White {or orange} pumpkin
  • finishing nails
  • loom bands
  • small hammer {optional}

TIP: Loom bands are perfect for fine motor skills and great for a small pumpkin. They stretch great. You can find them at your local craft store for $1. They worked perfectly for our pumpkin geoboard. Plus they can be reused.

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Instructions:

STEP 1. Add small nails to your pumpkin evenly spaced apart.

STEP 2. Then add loom bands to make a variety of shapes.

At first we made shapes on our pumpkin geoboard like squares, triangles, rectangles, diamonds, and more. Hands-on math with fine motor skills! As the pumpkin geoboard filled in with loom bands, the designs looked so cool.

Check out 25 engaging shape activities for kids.

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There are tons of fun ways to make geoboards. Try our geoboard styrofoam idea.

You can always add more nails and more bands. at one point he tried to count all the triangles he made. There were tons on our pumpkin geoboard.

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We used orange, green, purple, and black loom bands on our pumpkin geoboard but go of any color.

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Such a simple hands-on math activity with loads of play time. This will keep everyone busy!

More Fun Pumpkin STEM Activities To Try

Printable Pumpkin STEM Pack

Perfect for K-2/3rd Grade and homeschool! Many activities can be modified for preschool and older kiddos as well.

Pumpkin is a festive and classic theme for fall and this pack is perfect for exploring pumpkins with a non-Halloween theme! Includes science, STEM, engineering, early math, and art projects.

100+ pages of “totally doable” projects the kids will have a blast trying! Read more here.

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7 Comments

  1. As in rotting? You can salvage the nails and bands when you are finished with the project and then you can let it rot and observe the changes that take place. Pumpkin Jack is a great book for kids on this subject. Plant your pumpkin and see what happens.

  2. We loved the Geo-board – thanks for the terrific idea! The white pumpkin looks real cool. My daughter loved the slime idea too. I would never have thought of using starch in such an interesting way. We tried a pumpkin activity and it worked out quite well, but we did it out in the garden by our front door. http://www.jumpstart.com/common/tower-of-pumpkins-view. Also we drove the stake straight into the soil. Again thanks, for all the ideas – love your website!

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