The Preschool Homeschool

Here’s a simple, fun craft project for the fall. If you make a bunch of these, you can have your own patch. By stuffing some bags full and some not so full, you get different sized pumpkins. Another fun idea is to get some plastic garden fencing and set it up in a corner of your house. Toss your pumpkins in the corner and add to it a little each day, and watch your pumpking patch ‘grow’.

Supplies:

Brown paper bags

Orange paint

Black crayons or markers

Green pipe cleaners

Leaf cut-outs

Newspaper

Start by stuffing the paper bag with crumpled newspaper and twisting the top closed. Punch a hole into the top of your leaf cut-outs and string them through a green pipe cleaner. Wrap the cleaner around the top of the bag and close it. This is your stem and leaves.

Give your child a sponge or paintbrush and let them paint the pumpkin orange. One idea is to use an old laundry detergent top, glue a piece of kitchen sponge to the opening, and let the kids dab the paint on with this sponge painter. After the paint dries, your child can draw jack-o-lantern faces or leave them plain.

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