Make Your Own Pumpkins

Materials

• Pumpkin template – click on the image to download
• Markers, crayons, etc
• Craft materials – buttons, pipe cleaners, paper scraps, etc

Print the template on coloured paper or trace around it and then cut out the pumpkin shape.  Then, work with your child to design as many different pumpkins as you want!  You can make five, just like in the song, or even more.

Don’t feel like you have to limit yourself to drawing faces!  Use whatever craft supplies you have around to make unique jack-o-lanterns.  Give them button eyes, pipe-cleaner moustaches, or cotton-ball hair. Cut eyes, noses, and mouths out of magazines.  Make eyeglasses out of paperclips.  There are so many options for your five little pumpkins!

When you’re done, hang your pumpkins on the wall, the fridge, or even in a window for trick-or-treaters to see.

This is a fun activity for the classroom, as well.

Learning outcomes:

Creative Arts

Visual Art: Children engage in artistic expression to formulate their feelings, emotions and their version of the world around them using two- and three-dimensional art.