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    Halloween Activites: Candy Corn Counting

    Published: Oct 7, 2013 · Modified: Sep 19, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    Since my kids are so excited about Halloween, I thought I would try and incorporate some Halloween activities into our learning activities. This Candy Corn Counting game takes little time to set up and can played using any variety of candy you happen to have around. If your little ones are counting down the days until Halloween, you can also have some fun with a Halloween Invitation to Play and Black Glue and Watercolor Pumpkins.

    Halloween activities - Candy Corn Counting. A tasty way to learn math!

    You will need:

    • 10 Foam sheet pumpkins
    • Candy corn
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    candy corn and foam pumpkins on tray

    We found these foam pumpkins at the dollar store. They have a jack o'lantern face on one side and the other side is blank. We used the blank side. If you can't find these pumpkins you can make your own using sheets of orange craft foam.

    I used 10 foam pumpkins and I wrote the numbers 1-10 on them. Then I filled a cup with candy corn and explained how we would be placing the correct number of candy corns on each pumpkin.

    candy corn math game

    This yummy math game is a great opportunity to practice counting and even fine motor skills as little fingers pick up the candy corns.

    candy corn counting

    Sometimes my daughter would place her candy corn on the pumpkin so fast that she had the incorrect amount. I had her count when she done with each pumpkin to check her work.

    child counting candy corn

    If you do candy corn counting, you will probably have your child asking if they can eat some candy corn. I promised my daughter a few pieces when she was finished with the activity.

    child playing a math game using candy corn

    When she finished all her candy corn counting, I let her pick one of the pumpkins from the top row (1-5) to eat the candy corn from. She of course picked 5 since she noticed that it has the most candy corn.

    halloween math game

    GET THESE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLES

    Kids will love these Halloween I Spy printables. This printable I Spy is fun for kids of all ages. Kids will look and find each Halloween item and then write down how many of each item they find. This helps them with visual discrimination skills as well as writing and counting. So many skills to practice with these kids printables. Great for the classroom or for home use. Kids will love doing these to celebrate Halloween.

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    Here are some more Halloween activities fun:

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    1. Boy Mama Teacher Mama

      October 28, 2013 at 1:48 am

      Great idea! I am featuring this post on the After School Linky this week!

    2. SMMART ideas

      October 21, 2013 at 6:06 am

      Loving your fun ideas! Mind if I put you on my blogroll? Let me know SMMARTideas@hotmail.com. I host a learning activity blog S.M.M.A.R.T is an acronym for Science, Math, Music, Art, Reading and Science..
      http://SMMARTideas.blogspot.com. Thanks!

    3. Misty

      October 21, 2013 at 12:23 am

      So super cute, candy is always a motivator.

    4. Louanne

      October 08, 2013 at 2:38 am

      Love the costumes - happens in our house all the time during school.

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    Hi, I'm Vicky, the founder and content creator at Mess For Less. If you are looking for family-friendly recipes, recipes that kids can make, and play and learning activities for kids, you will find them at Mess For Less. I invite you to learn more about me. Thanks for stopping by!

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