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Overhead shot of a DIY board game to help preschoolers count using mini erasers.
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Collect the Pumpkins

Preschoolers practice counting with this easy DIY Halloween board game. This Preschool Halloween Counting Game is fun and quick to make.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Keyword: counting activity, halloween activities for kids, preschool activity, preschool math activitiy

Materials

Instructions

  • Tape the white paper roll to the tabletop.
  • Using a black marker, make a simple path.
  • Add the pumpkins, skeletons, and cat mini erasers to the DIY board game.
  • Leave a few spaces blank.
  • Write start at the start.
  • Write finish at the finish.
  • Write what happens when you land on the mini-eraser figure. (See below.)

Notes

How to play

Each player takes turns rolling the die and moving their place holder the total amount of spaces.
Players can follow the following game rules when they land on a space:
  • Collect the pumpkin when you land on the pumpkin eraser.
  • Take a pumpkin from another player when you land on a skeleton.
  • Get a pumpkin from anywhere on the board when you land on a cat mini eraser.