Pumpkin Fine Motor Mats | Letters Alphabet Morning Tubs | OT SPED Autism PreK

Build fine motor skills and letter formation with these hands-on Pumpkin Fine Motor Mats! Students make each letter using candy pumpkins, orange pom-poms, or orange buttons — whichever works best for your students — building hand strength and alphabet skills in one engaging fall activity. Perfect for morning tubs, fine motor centers, and independent work stations.

📦 What's Included

Two complete alphabet sets:

• Capital letters (A–Z)
• Lowercase letters (a–z)

Students fill in each letter with candy pumpkins, orange pom-poms, or orange buttons. Simply print and laminate (or slip into plastic sheet covers) and go — no prep, no assembly. Print-and-go PDF.

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Fine motor strength and precision
• Pincer grasp (placing pumpkins, pom-poms, buttons)
• Letter formation and recognition
• Capital and lowercase letters (A–Z)
• Alphabet knowledge
• Hand-eye coordination
• Bilateral coordination
• Following a visual model
• Pre-writing readiness
• Attending to a task

📚 How to Use

• Provide candy pumpkins, orange pom-poms, or orange buttons and have students fill in each letter
• Use the capital set and lowercase set to match each student's level
• Set up at a fine motor center, morning tub, or work station
• Add tongs or tweezers for an extra fine motor / grasp challenge
• Use during a pumpkin, fall, or Halloween unit
• Use as an early finisher or calming sensory activity

💛 Perfect For

• Occupational therapy (fine motor)
• Special education classrooms (SPED)
• Autism classrooms and ABA programs
• Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten
• Fine motor centers, morning tubs, and stations
• Alphabet and letter-formation practice
• Pumpkin, fall, and Halloween units
• Early childhood, ECSE, and early intervention
• Homeschool fine motor practice
• Early finishers

🌟 Why Teachers & OTs Love This Resource

• Two complete sets — capital AND lowercase letters (A–Z)
• Combines fine motor AND alphabet skills in one activity
• Flexible materials — candy pumpkins, pom-poms, or buttons
• Builds the hand strength and control students need for writing
• No prep, no assembly — print, laminate, and go
• Works for morning tubs, centers, and independent work
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🎃 More hands-on pumpkin, fall, and Halloween favorites:

• Hands-On Pumpkin Activities
• Hands-On Fall Activities
• Hands-On Halloween Activities