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17 Harvest Activities & Crafts For Kids.
Who can recall crafting corn dollies as a kid, gathering canned goods, and going to church for the harvest festival?
The purpose of this ceremony is to honour the food that was saved to sustain communities over the winter. On the Sunday that is closest to the harvest moon, usually in September, the harvest festival is customarily observed. Even though we still celebrate the harvest festival today, the emphasis is now more on giving back to the community, usually through food banks, as well as on activities and crafts. Why not make your own snacks for baskets during the harvest festival?
There are many new harvest activities you may attempt with your kids in addition to the time-honored traditions of scarecrows and homemade corn dollies. We have some entertaining craft projects, ideas for harvest-themed games, and additional ways to commemorate the harvest festival. So gather your crafting materials and the kids, and enjoy some autumnal fun.
Cardboard Tube Scarecrows
Image © Red Ted Art
Without a couple of scarecrows, it wouldn’t be harvest season. Here’s how craft-obsessed children may create their own scarecrows without destroying your clothes.
You needs.
cardboard cylinder
Colourful paper
squinty eyes
Step one: Making a cap for their scarecrow may require assistance from younger children. 10 x 15 centimetres of brown paper should be cut out. Fold the paper in half twice. The paper should be positioned with the folded edge at the top after unfolding the second fold.
Step two: To make a point, fold the upper corners down towards the centre. The top piece of paper is folded up at the bottom to match the triangle’s base. Then, repeat the process.
Step three is to draw your scarecrow face on the top of the tube and, if you have them, add googly eyes.
Step 4: Create a coat for your scarecrow by wrapping a piece of coloured paper around the bottom half of the tube. Use glue to secure at the back.
Fifth, attach a little square cut out in a different colour to his coat. Create black lines to give the impression that it is sewed to his jacket.
Sixth step: Attach the hat after adhering your straw or yellow strips to the top of the tube. If you want to create a special scarecrow, you can add extra elements like a tiny flower or a button.
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Fun Pumpkin Balloons
Decorate the area you’re utilising if you have a lot of games and activities scheduled. Blow up some orange balloons, and then let the kids have some fun making them into pumpkins by putting black lines on them. They might enjoy playing with these when the games and activities are over.
Sweetcorn Footprints
We adore this harvest activity because it allows your toddler to have fun while creating it and uses their hand, foot, and fingerprints to create a wonderful souvenir for the harvest festival.
Image © Meaningful Mama
You needs.
Blue card
black card
a yellow colour
Brown and orange paint
Paint your child’s hand with yellow in the first step. Ask them to place a hand on the white card and press firmly while keeping their fingers together. Place aside to dry.
The second step is to have your child stand on the green card, trace their feet, and then gently cut them out.
Step three: After your yellow handprint has dried, have them add the brown and orange dots over the yellow to resemble corn kernels by dipping their fingertips in the paint and doing so.
The next step is to adhere the green footprints with an angle to the side over the yellow handprint.
Corn Cereal Picture
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Activities involving maize are among the easiest options for harvest festivals!
You needs.
Blue card
a warning sign
Glue
hula hooping
First, cut out an oblong form from the green card. Next, cut out an oblong shape from the yellow card, but make the yellow shape longer and narrower.
A stalk should be drawn at the top after adhering the yellow card on top of the green card in step two.
Third step: Have your child cover the yellow card with glue before attaching the cereal hoops. Young children can use this as an excellent opportunity to practise their pincer grip.
Wool Wrapped Pumpkins
Image © Red Ted Art
Here is a terrific harvest activity for young children that is both easy to do and appropriate. Although wrapping the wool can be challenging, this project is a great way for kids to practise their fine motor skills.
You needs.
coloured wool
Cardboard
Green colour
String
On your cardboard, first draw a little pumpkin shape. Don’t forget to put a stalk at the top.
The second step is to paint the stalk green and let it dry. Kids who lack patience can use colouring books.
The third step is to carefully make a little snip on the edge of your pumpkin and thread the end of your wool through it to keep it in place.
Step four: Continue wrapping the wool around the pumpkin, covering the entire form as you go. By tying the wool’s end around the stalk, you can create a loop.
Leaf Wreaths
As harvest craft ideas go this one could not be any easier – you won’t even need to empty your craft box. Kids can head outside in autumn to find additional craft supplies.
Image © Happiness is Homemade
You needs.
a paper plate
Card with a variety of autumnal tones
Ribbon
Glue
Cut out the interior of the paper plate in the first step, leaving only the rim so you can create your wreath.
Step two is to cut out various leaf shapes from the brown card; you can add details with black ink.
The third step is to adhere your leaves to the wreath’s shape with glue before adding a looped ribbon to the top.
Alternative: You may also go on a fall foraging stroll and gather leaves to glue to your wreath.
Pumpkin Prints With Apples
Image © Made To Be A Momma
With just an apple, your kids will have a blast making designs that repeat. There aren’t many simpler kid-friendly activities, and it’s perfect for crafts for the harvest festival.
You needs.
Orange colour
pipe cleaners in brown and green
squinty eyes
Cut your apple in half as a first step. On a paper plate, paint orange.
Second step: Have kids press the apple’s sliced side into the paint before stamping it on paper.
Three: Add two googly eyes and a leaf and stalk made of short pieces of green and brown pipe cleaner.
Autumn Leaf Crown
Image © Ladyland
Harvest-themed crafts effectively utilise the local natural resources. You might use another natural material for the flower crown in this enjoyable harvest festival craft.
You needs.
substantial new leaves
Step 1: Remove the leaf stalks.
The bottom of your first leaf should be folded up approximately two thirds of the way in step two. A second leaf should be obtained and slid in the same manner so that it sits inside the first leaf but to one side. Add a third leaf and repeat. Next, weave one of the stalks in and out of the leaves to secure them together.
Step three: Continue to attach additional leaves in the same manner, adding stalk pins as necessary, until the length of connected leaves is large enough to accommodate your head.
Step four is to finish your crown by pinning the two ends together with a stem.
Corn Dollies.
Image © Nurture Store
The classic corn dolly is unquestionably one of the most inventive concepts for a harvest festival. One of the top autumn activities for tweens and teens to make, it can be challenging for small hands.
You needs.
Bread Raffia
Ribbon
Step one: To make three lengths of wheat more pliable and manageable, soak them in water first.
The second step is to arrange them so they cross over one another beneath the corn ears and bind. The wheat should now be braided like hair. Ten centimetres should be left unplaited.
Step three is to shape your braid into an oval at the top and knot it together with a piece of raffia. The un-plaited ends of your corn should now be towards the bottom, with the braid looping up above.
Fourth step: To complete, wrap a ribbon around the raffia.
Harvest Food Basketed
In more recent years, giving food to people in need has been a way to celebrate the Harvest Festival. Give older kids some money to spend and tell them to be frugal with it. Include pasta, canned goods, jams and marmalade, some biscuits, and other foods that younger kids may assist you load up the basket with. Younger children may go on a foraging autumnal stroll to collect a few conkers and pine cones to use as decorations for the basket.
Books Ideas
Make kid-friendly harvest-related activities. One of the best activities you can do with your children is reading. So get some autumn and harvest-themed novels, then start telling stories. We adore Hello, for the harvest season, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher and Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Harvest Sensory Bin
Image © Adventures and Play
This farm-themed harvest sensory play for toddlers will be enjoyable. A huge, box with low sides should have some astroturf at the bottom of it. On one side, place cardboard tubes to resemble hay bales. Include some toy tractors, followed by a choice of cereals, such as Weetabix, Shreddies, or Cheerios. Transporting the harvested crops (cereals) with tractors can be enjoyable for kids.
Autumn Trees
Image © Arty Crafty Kids
This craft is easy enough for little hands to complete and will be a hit with kids.
You needs.
black card
Paints
Glue
First, spread out your child’s fingers and have them press down on the white card while holding hands painted with brown paint. Finishing the trunk may require additional free-hand painting.
Step two is to have kids paint the branches with their fingertips to create little leaves.
Corn Music Shakers
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This gives you the opportunity to stage your very own musical harvest festival. We enjoy harvest activities and games for youngsters. Ask kids to add varying amounts of popcorn kernels to each empty plastic bottle to create a variety of noises. After that, collect the children and start rhythmically shaking the corn.
Harvest Notes Of Thanks
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for everything we have. Ask older kids to compose a note of thanks, emphasising what they are especially appreciative for during this harvest season. Give them some suggestions for ideas, such excellent health, a loving family, and adequate food, but give them time to come up with their own.
Treasure In A Harvest Haystacks
With entertaining games and activities for youngsters, celebrate fall and the harvest festival. A few sizable, empty crates, wheelbarrows, or buckets are required. Then, bury some ‘treasure’ for kids to discover after filling them with hay. Small toys, an apple, tiny chocolates, and stickers are some examples of treasure.
Harvest Festival Breads
Try baking a loaf of handmade bread with kids to commemorate the annual harvest if you’ve gotten your fill of crafts. One of the most important skills that children should acquire is baking. When you celebrate harvest festival, it’s not just enjoyable—you get to consume what you make as well.