Use bottle caps as stampers and and stamp them into paint in fall colors and them onto a paper with a tree for a beautiful Autumn craft for toddlers and preschoolers.  Use a leaf cut stamper for even more effect.

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Easy, fun, and adorable preschool Halloween pumpkin weaving craft!

Fold a piece of orange paper in half.  Draw and cut the outline of a pumpkin.  Then cut slices into the folded edge, not cutting all the way to the edge.  Open up the paper.  Then weave pre-cut strips of black paper through the slits on the orange paper.

Complete the pumpkin with googly eyes and a jack-o-lantern nose!

So you know the song "Do you want to build a snowman? from Disney's Frozen?  Well, changing the lyrics to "Do you want to build a pumpkin?" is a great way to introduce this activity to your preschoolers.  

Add orange playdough for the pumpkins and any other materials that you have around the classroom and invite your students to build their own pumpkins.  Add pumpkin spice to the playdough for extra sensory fun!

Apples-galore.  I hope you all are enjoying your September and some of the preschool apple-themed ideas incorporated into the September curriculum.  Bring the children out into nature or bring the nature to them while the weather is still decent!  Going apple picking is a Fall favorite around my parts.  And this year, we will be picking our first apples ever from our very own apple tree!  And what to do with all the collected apples besides just eating them?  Check out the September curriculum for some great ideas!  And in line with the apple sandwich Cooking Friday option featured, here is another variation of the peanut butter apple sandwich that can also include granola or chocolate chips (carob chips too),Yummers!