Category: Pumpkins
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Tape-Resist Pumpkin Painting
This is a fun and quick pumpkin craft! Tape-Resist Pumpkin Painting Large piece of white construction paper Painters tape Orange paint Draw and outline of a pumpkin on your white construction paper. I just “free” handed a pumpkin. Using painters tape cut different shapes to make the face of your jack-o-lantern. Landon insisted on wanting…
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P is for Pumpkin
Since this month is all about pumpkins we can’t pass a month worth of also talking about the letter P! We had a ton of left over pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin seed pumpkin craft we did so I made a letter P on the computer with a cute picture of a pumpkin and let…
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Pumpkin Seed Pumpkin
Pumpkins come from pumpkin seeds. Pumpkins have seeds in them… why not make a pumpkin from pumpkin seeds?! Pumpkin Seed Pumpkin Pumpkin Seeds (washed and dried) Orange and green paint Pumpkin Outline (I reused the one from doing the pumpkin “mache” craft) Glue Paint a large handful of pumpkin seeds orange (enough to cover the…
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Punching Pumpkins
I had grand plans with the project, which turned into an epic fail for an activity with kids. My initial plan was to follow what we did, but add a step of putting Christmas lights in the holes. It didn’t turn out that way – but what we did was fun and had some great…
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Decorating Pumpkins
A great way to celebrate the fall season with out carving pumpkins (ya know 3 year olds and sharp knives don’t jive well) is to simply decorate them with craft supplies. Pull out the glue bottle, paint, beads, stickers, feathers, etc…. and let them use their imagination! The mini pumpkins were less than a dollar…
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Mr. Pumpkin Head
Of all the pumpkin decoration ideas this one is the best. By far. Like WAY far. Landon had so much fun with this (and so did I)! Mr. Pumpkin Head Small Pumpkin Mr. Potato Head parts Ice Pick, Nail or other sharp cylindrical object Take your small pumpkin (about the size of the potato for…
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Pumpkin Prints
Painting using non-standard painting objects is a lot of fun – give it a try. When you think boredom has struck, pull out the paints but no paint brushes then look around for random things that won’t be ruined by paint and have a blast! Pumpkin Prints Paper Paint Mini-pumpkins Imagination We used some of…
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Pumpkin Craft
I don’t quite know what to call this pumpkin creation. It’s really like the starched snowflake Christmas tree ornaments, but not with starch. Sort of like paper mache, but not paper. I think I’ve used up the last of my creative juice for today, so pumpkin craft it is… maybe pumpkin mache? This is messy and…
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Pumpkin Pie Playdough {gluten free!}
I love this time of the year. The leaves are starting to change color, the weather is starting to cool off. I love the fact that we can go to the park in the afternoons and it’s not too crazy hot. I love the atmosphere of the coming holidays – the imagination of Halloween, the…