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Halloween Activites: Candy Corn Counting

This Candy Corn Counting game is a fun Halloween activity that takes little time to set up and can played using any variety of candy you happen to have around. 
Author: Vicky

Materials

  • Candy Corn
  • 10 Foam Pumpkins
  • Permanant Marker

Instructions

  • Get 10 foam pumpkins and write the numbers 1-10 on them. Fill a cup with candy corn.
  • Children will be placing the correct number of candy corns on each pumpkin.
  • Have kids count when they are done with each pumpkin to check their work.

Notes

  • This game but be a little tempting for kids, so you can set aside a small amount of candy corn for them to enjoy.
  • You can extend this math activity by asking kids questions: which is the biggest number? Smallest? How many do you have if you add the candy from 2 pumpkins together?