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Home » Early Years Science » Guess what’s in the pumpkin

Guess what’s in the pumpkin

Modified: Oct 2, 2024 · Published: Sep 27, 2014 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Autumn is definitely with us, and supermarkets here have filled their shelves with lots of lovely squash varieties. We used them to make a fun ‘Guess what’s in the pumpkin’ game as a Halloween science activity.

I hollowed each pumpkin out and decorated them with a pumpkin face using a crayon pen.

I then filled each pumpkin with something icky, and added a few bugs for effect.

I didn’t tell my children what was inside but covered their eyes and asked them to guess from what they could feel. There were many squeals when they felt inside.

pumpklns filled with coloured spaghetti

Coloured Rice

Place uncooked rice in a bag, add food colouring, mix it all up, and leave it to dry.

Coloured Spaghetti

Cook the spaghetti as normal, but add a fair amount of food colouring to the water, drain and cool. Add some vegetable oil and give it a good mix.

pumpkin with slimy coloured spaghetti inside for a Halloween game

Can you think of other things we could put inside? I’m going to try jelly next.

You could even use the leftovers to make a spooky Halloween sensory tray.

Halloween sensory tray filled with spaghetti and bugs.

More Halloween Science Ideas

Make an eerie sounds device to scare your friends!

Spooky lava lamps are a great decoration for Halloween or how about some creepy shadow puppets?

I love the look of this pumpkin sorting activity from Fun-A-Day too!

This activity is great for Early Years (EYFS ) Science

What's in the Pumpkin!! Fun spooky #HalloweenScience for kids!! Hollowed out pumpkins filled with slimy spaghetti and other things

Last Updated on October 2, 2024 by Emma Vanstone

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