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Pumpkin Crafts

Find the Letter on the Pumpkin – Hands on As We Grow

For younger kids who are learning their alphabet, try this “find the letter” pumpkin activity.

Pumpkin Patch Preschool Printable – Homeschool Preschool

Homeschool Preschool is known for their adorable free printables. Here is a pumpkin patch inspired printable.

Easy Rice Krispie Pumpkins – Embark on the Journey

If you’ve made Rice Krispie treats before, this should be a breeze!

Pumpkin Science Exploration – Pre-K Pages

Introduce kids to science the fun way – hands-on activities. Get messy with this hands-on pumpkin exploration activity.

Big Pumpkin Storytelling Paper Plate Craft

Inspired by the book Big Pumpkin, create a pumpkin paper plate.

Describe a Pumpkin Using All 5 Senses – Gift of Curiosity

Describe a pumpkin using all five senses – what does it feel like? Look like? Smell like? This can easily be adapted for older children as well, as it requires some interesting thought!

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I like to call these better-for-you because you can use healthier ingredients to make them more like breakfast, and less like dessert. It’s just like eating a muffin, but better!

Pumpkin Donut Recipe

To make these pumpkin donuts, instead of buttermilk I use Yoplait Greek 100 Yogurt that I got at Walmart. It makes them puff up nicely.

To mix up the batter, I enlisted my little donut Emma to help Actually she asked to help and how could I say know to such a sweet face!

To make them healthier, in place of refined or brown sugar, I like to use honey or another natural sweetener. Instead of butter, you can substitute apple sauce or apple butter for a more intense flavor. In place of regular flour, try whole wheat pastry flour.

After you make your pumpkin donut batter, you can put it in a gallon ziplock bag and cut the tip off of one end to make it easy to put in the donut tin if you have one. I don’t have one, so I use a mini muffin tin and put about a tablespoon in each mini muffin cup. You can also double the recipe and freeze half of it for later. Just defrost it in the fridge before baking.

You can also try cooking them in a cake ball maker. I’ve tried that too and it works great. Just cook them for 10-12 minutes.

These little babies are versatile! You can also freeze them after they are cooked. To reheat, just warm them from freezing in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.

Healthier Pumpkin Donut Recipe with Greek Yogurt

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

This pumpkin donut recipe uses greek yogurt to make them light and fluffy, plus reduced sugar and natural ingredients make them more of a breakfast food and less like a dessert.

Author: True Aim

Recipe type: Dessert, breakfast

Cuisine: American

Serves: 2 dozen mini donuts

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter, apple sauce, or apple butter
• ½ cup honey or brown sugar
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 egg white
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 container Yoplait Greek 100 Yogurt (about ½ cup)
• 1 cup All purpose flour or whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare your donut pan or muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. Beat together butter, sugar, pumpkin, egg, vanilla and yogurt until smooth.
3. Add in dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
4. Put batter in a gallon ziplock bag and cut the tip off to help you fill your donut pan or scoop 1 tbsp of the batter into your mini muffin cups.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

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My kids prefer the powdered sugar though! Besides, just a little bit of it goes a long way.

Have you tried to make donuts at home? Share your experience below!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills. The opinions and text are all mine.

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For this activity you will need:

• Brown, green and orange felt
• Orange pompoms of different sizes
• A glue gun or fabric glue
• Tweezers

How to make it: 

Cut orange felt “pumpkins’ that match the size of the pompoms. Glue it down randomly onto the felt ‘pumpkin patch’. Add stems.

Cut a strip of green grass and glue down too. Easy!

How to play

Let your child use tweezers(or pegs) to place the pompom ‘pumpkins’ on the right spot, thus matching the size of the pompom to the size of the cut pumpkin.

Extend this activity to counting the pumpkins, and even do simple math equations! For example, add 2 pumpkins, ask your child how many pumpkins are left. Or add all the pumpkins and take some away, asking how many pumpkins are left etc.

Place this activity in a small container or bag and use it as a busy bag activity while traveling!

You might like to see these fun fine motor activities too:

40 Fine Motor Activities
Rainbow Words
Fine Motor Play with Recyclables

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Free Kindergarten Printables

Money Fractions and Probability – Life Over C’s

Learn probability and fractions through money!

Autumn Animal Lacing Cards – Living Life and Learning

Practice fine motor skills with these adorable animal printables.

Fall Leaves Sudoku – Gift of Curiosity

Sudoku is my favorite puzzle. Here is a kindergarten version of that classic game.

Ezra Jack Keats Author Study – Embark on the Journey

Here is a free unit study inspired by Ezra Jack Keats, author of The Snowy Day.

Pumpkin Shapes – Life Over C’s

Memorize shapes with these adorable pumpkin shapes.

Pumpkin Preschool Pack – Homeschool Preschool

Review math, language and fine motor skills in this pumpkin pack.

Johnny Appleseed Activities

Bring the story of Johnny Appleseed to live with hands-on fun and these free printables!

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I first learned about this cake from my aunt Julie.  She tries to stay away from gluten, which I had forgotten before she came to visit us last month.  Pretty much everything in my house has gluten in it.  I felt so bad!  Good thing Julie is a sweetheart and decided to cook up something we could all enjoy!

You would never guess by the taste that this doesn’t have flour in it.   It really puffs up like a cake and is nice and moist.  Because of the low sugar content, I’ve served this for breakfast too.

Healthy Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake

Recipe modified from Be Better, Period.

Ingredients:

1 Cup Pumpkin Puree

3/4 Cup Almond Butter (I used Adam’s All Natural Peanut Butter because Almond Butter is expensive!)

2 Tablespoons Honey (use more if your aren’t adding Chocolate Chips)

2 Large Eggs

1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda

2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract

2 Teaspoons Cinnamon

1/2 Teaspoon Ground Ginger

1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg

1/4 Teaspoon Cloves

Handful of Chocolate or Cacao Chips (Optional)

Directions:

I preheated the oven to 350 degrees and enlisted a helper to mix all the ingredients in.  Here’s how we did things:

Pumpkin was first in the bowl.

Next came the eggs and vanilla.

The peanut butter went in after that.  Emma wasn’t sure about peanut butter and pumpkin tasting good together, but this cake is now a regular request.

Finally the dry ingredients and spices went in.

Time to mix it all up!

I greased my 8×8 pan with a little butter, poured the batter in and topped it with a handful of chocolate chips.  It cooked for 25-30 minutes and then suddenly it disappeared before my very eyes!

So, if you’re hosting for friends or family and aren’t sure about your guests’ diets, mix up this quick and easy Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake and everyone will be very pleased!

Are you gluten free or paleo?  If you have any recipe suggestions, I would love to hear about them in the comments!

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The post Cooking with Kids: Healthy Pumpkin Gingerbread Cake first appeared on True Aim.