If you love pumpkins and want to do more with them than just carve them or make pumpkin muffins, check out our totally awesome real pumpkin STEM activities below. Our pumpkin activities are easy and don’t require specialty items, just pumpkins and a few pantry ingredients or craft supplies.
Awesome Pumpkin STEM Activities
Whether you want to fill an afternoon, a week, or an entire month with pumpkin STEM activities, you’ll find plenty here. Grab the free guide and printable pumpkin STEM challenge cards to get you started.
Start Here: Get your FREE printable Pumpkin STEM Guide
FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS STEM CHALLENGE
Can you get five little pumpkins to sit on a gate? Design and engineer a gate to go along with this classic counting book.
PUMPKIN SEED INVESTIGATION
Set up a fall seed investigation to explore the inside of some favorite fall fruits—like apples, pumpkins, and cranberries—to find out just how many seeds they have!
PUMPKIN MATH ACTIVITIES (FREE WORKSHEETS)
Try these fun pumpkin math activities, measuring the weight and circumference of your pumpkin. Free pumpkin math worksheets are included for you to download and print.
PUMPKIN CLOCK STEM PROJECT
Who knew a pumpkin could power a clock? Build your own pumpkin clock with a kids’ clock kit and learn how batteries work with this fun STEM project.
PUMPKIN VOLCANO & MINI PUMPKIN VOLCANOS
A classic baking soda science experiment with a pumpkin, either one big one or a few small ones!
PUMPKIN INVESTIGATION TRAY
Explore the insides of a pumpkin with a pumpkin investigation or observation tray for real pumpkin STEM! Then throw the leftovers from your observation tray into a zip lock bag for a fun Pumpkin Sensory Bag.
PUMPKIN SLIME IN A PUMPKIN
This is an easy to make slime recipe, and for even more fun you can make it inside a pumpkin!
PUMPKIN OOBLECK
Whether you call it goop, gunk, or oobleck, this non-newtonian fluid is great science and easy to make. Why not make it in a pumpkin!
PUMPKIN LEGO BUILDING
Turn a pumpkin into a new LEGO world. It’s a must see! Grab our printable Fall LEGO STEM Challenge cards for more building ideas!
PUMPKIN SINK OR FLOAT
Do mini pumpkins sink or float in water? Explore buoyancy with this simple fall experiment.
PUMPKIN JACK EXPERIMENT
A carved pumpkin will rot. Why does it? Pumpkin Jack is a great book to pair with your rotting pumpkin.
PUMPKIN PULLEY
Design your own simple machine for hauling pumpkins. Check out these ideas for designing and setting up a pulley system.
PUMPKIN CATAPULT
Design and build a simple Popsicle catapult and see how far you can throw your mini-pumpkins.
PUMPKIN GEOBOARD
Check out how you can make a geoboard out of a pumpkin. We used a white pumpkin but of course you can use an orange one too!
ROLLING PUMPKINS
Set up your own ramps and investigate the simple physics of rolling pumpkins.
Printable Pumpkin Worksheets
Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin
Learn about a pumpkin life cycle with these fun life cycle of a pumpkin worksheets! Find out how many stages there are in growing a pumpkin and the parts of a pumpkin.
Fall Would You Rather Questions
Have some fun with your kids with these printable would you rather questions for Fall. Great for conversation starters or small group activities.
Pumpkin Coloring Page (Science Theme)
These fall coloring pages explore the anatomy of fall and make the perfect addition to either your next science or art lesson! Learn about the parts of an apple, pumpkin, and leaf with these free printable fall coloring pages. Great for preschoolers as well as elementary age kiddos.
Bonus: Pumpkin Art & Crafts
Click on each image below to enjoy pumpkin art and craft projects this season. Each pumpkin activity includes a free printable too!
- Try mess-free pumpkin painting in a bag.
- Make pumpkin bubble wrap prints.
- Create texture art with yarn wrapped pumpkins.
- Explore black glue art and pumpkins.
- Make pumpkin dot art.
- Create 3D paper pumpkins.
- Explore mindful art with our printable zentangle pumpkins.
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.
The kids will have a blast trying 100+ pages of “totally doable” projects! Read more here.
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