A pumpkin patch playdough game that enables players to celebrate the autumn, fall, harvest time and Halloween all whilst getting to know numbers! Have lots of fun counting these seasonal fruits with your youngest turn-takers as they roll a dice and then model that quantity of pumpkin balls from orange playdough. Position each on a patch of straw on the numbered game board you chose and then finish off by inserting a plain or written tendril stalk into the top of each pumpkin ball, stamp a Jack 'O' Lantern face into the surface as play continues onto the next pumpkin artist! Deciding on a game play objective Ideas could be: Fill the game board with 10 or 20 pumpkins   Fill the game board then play in reverse to empty it Use a number of throws on the dice to ask the question 'How many ..'  Pumpkin playdough recipe or Play-Doh on amazon.co.uk     Printables for the pumpkin patch game large pumpkin straw patch playdough mat pumpkin patch 1-10 game board pumpkin patch 1-20 game board   blank pumpkin stalks and tendrils numbered pumpkin stalks 1-20 Dice face printable made to fit 30mm blank dice, most easily attached by printing to label paper cutting out, peeling and sticking on. Early years mathematics work with division by exploring how the mound of playdough a player receives at the start of the game can be separated into the quantity needed to fill the playing board. Use knives, scissors and a rope or sausage rolling technique to divide the dough into roughly equal parts. Use the laminated surface of your printables with chalk pens or white board markers, helping preschool children to develop their mathematical skills by creating number formations for matching, sorting, ordering, labeling and counting the pumpkins as they're made. The large pumpkin patch printable is nice for role play and lessformal activities. Add seeds, twisty green craft stems and small world figures to inspire the imagination. Making the pumpkin playdoughstampers Gather together a selection of pumpkin themed craft buttons, corks, and a sharp knife. Push the tip of the knife down into the top of a cork, making a small incision that the button shank can be pushed into. Buttons are held firmly in place by the elasticity of cork which means that unless gluing is required for safety, the buttons can be swapped out at any time and the corks repurposed for other activities. Pumpkin themed activities    Pumpkin spice playdough recipe  Pumpkin playdough shape sorting  5 orange pumpkins counting rhyme on silkysteps.com  How many seeds in a pumpkin  and Five little pumpkins counting book on amazon.co.uk     Playdough Recipes    Edible playdough recipes     Not for eating  playdough recipes        An alphabet of playdough   Aa - Bb - Cc - Dd - Ee - Ff - Gg - Hh - Ii - Jj - Kk    Ll - Mm - Nn - Oo - Pp - Qq - Rr - Ss - Tt - Uu      Vv - Ww - Xx - Yy - Zz     Seasonal playdough activities            Winter      Spring    Summer    Autumn    Playdough books    Colour themed playdough activities    Mixed - metallic rainbow and duos     Red playdough    Pink playdough    Orange playdough    Yellow playdough    Green playdough    Blue playdough    Purple playdough    Brown playdough    Black playdough    Grey playdough    White playdough  Home  Contact    About this website        Buy playdough products      In the playdough tool box      Playdough activities by age              Benefits of playdough    Sensory playdough activities