Using the small pattern, cut a small pumpkin shape for each
child.
Slightly, fold the pumpkins in half and make two small slits
across the middle of the pumpkins.
Slide a straw in and out of the slits for a festive straw
to use for party drinks.
PUMPKIN
STICK PUPPET
Using the medium pattern, cut a pumpkin out of orange poster
board for your child.
Give her crayons or markers to use for creating a face on
her pumpkin.
Help her to attach a craft stick to the back of the pumpkin
with tape to create a handle.
Encourage her to use the puppet when singing pumpkin songs
or telling pumpkin stories.
FACE MATCH-UPS
Using the small pattern, cut 12 pumpkins out of orange paper.
Take six of the pumpkins and draw a different face on each
one.
Then, take the remaining pumpkins and make a
matching face for each of the first set of pumpkins. You should
end up with six matching pairs of pumpkin faces.
Mix up the pumpkins and let your child find the matching
pairs of faces.
PAINTING
PUMPKIN
Using the large pattern, cut a large pumpkin shape
out of white paper for your child.
Give him some orange paint and a small sponge piece
and let him dob paint onto the pumpkin.
When the paint dries on the pumpkin, let him create
a face on his pumpkin if he wants with a black marking
pen.
NOTE: Ink dobbers also work
great for this activity.
PUMPKIN PUZZLE
Using the large pattern, cut a pumpkin
shape out of orange poster board.
Then, cut the pumpkin shape into
4 - 8 pieces.
Give the pieces to your child and
have her try to fit the pieces back into a pumpkin.
NOTE: Cut
the pumpkin into 2-4 pieces for beginners and 6-8 pieces
for more advanced puzzle makers.
FELT
BOARD, NUMBER RHYME
Using the small pattern,
make four pumpkins out of orange felt.
Place them on a green
felt board.
Recite the following
rhyme, placing different names in the blanks.
FOUR LITTLE PUMPKINS
Four little pumpkins
I can see.
______picked one
That left three.
Three little pumpkins
With nothing to do.
______ picked one
And that left two.
Two little pumpkins
Out in the sun.
______ picked one
And that left one.
One little pumpkin
All alone.
It looked lonely
So I took it home.
