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    Home » Fun things to do with leftover pumpkins

    Fun things to do with leftover pumpkins

    October 31, 2015 By Emma Vanstone 1 Comment

    If you’re not a fan of Halloween or need some ideas for using up leftover pumpkins we’ve got some fun ideas to help you out!

    Fun things to do with leftover pumpkins

    Make a fizzy pumpkin

    Add baking soda, dish soap ( washing up liquid ) to the middle of a mini pumpkin and then pour vinegar over the top for a fun fizzy mess.

    Fizzy Pumpkin Experiment using baking soda and vinegar

    Weigh and measure pumpkins or make a veggie monster creation.

    Create a pumpkin themed sensory activity or gross guessing game by filling your hollowed out pumpkins with jello or slimy spaghetti.

    Guess what's in the pumpkin game for Halloween. Hollowed out pumpkins filled with spaghetti

    If you don’t want to carve a leftover pumpkin, try one of these fantastic no carve pumpkin ideas from Crafty Morning, could you make a Christmas themed  pumpkin?

    Try this ooey, gooey pumpkin oobleck like Inspiration Laboratories.

    Use the pumpkins for learning with this gorgeous activities from The Imagination Tree.

    It’s never too late to make a pumpkin lava lamp! Although this won’t help you use up leftover pumpkins.

    Pumpkin Lava Lamp for a Halloween science activity

    Hello Wonderful has the most amazing elephant toothpaste pumpkin.

    Another non edible pumpkin idea is these easy pumpkin homemade optical illusions

    Finally, if you’d like to grow your own pumpkin for next year Rainy Day Mum has some easy to follow instructions.

    One particularly gross idea is to place your pumpkin out of reach from other people and check on it each day as it rots away.

    Image of a rotting pumpkin - taken from Gross Science
    Image taken from Gross Science

    Can you think of any more pumpkin ideas?

    Image showing pumpkins filled with slimy spaghetti and a pumpkin baking soda and vinegar fizzy experiment

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    Last Updated on October 20, 2021 by Emma Vanstone

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    These activities are designed to be carried out by children working with a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult. The adult involved is fully responsible for ensuring that the activities are carried out safely.

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    1. Rohit

      November 01, 2015 at 12:31 pm

      Great ideas. Never wasting anything 😉

      Reply

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