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10 Easy Pumpkin Ideas Kids Love for Fall Fun

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Ingredients

  • Assorted pumpkins
  • Non-toxic paint
  • Craft scissors
  • Glue (non-toxic)
  • Metal cookie cutters
  • Pom-poms, sequins, or buttons
  • Faux flowers, twigs, leaves
  • Hot glue gun (adult supervision required)
  • Hairdryer (for melting crayon wax)

Instructions

  1. Prepare Your Workspace: Start by laying out all of your supplies within easy reach. This will make the crafting process smoother.
  2. Select Your Pumpkin: Allow the children to choose their pumpkins.
  3. Fairy House Pumpkin Idea: Cut small paper doors and windows and let the kids decorate them with markers.
  4. Create the Handprint Keepsake: Have the little ones paint a pumpkin outline on canvas.
  5. Craft the Lollipop Bats: Help the kids to tape bat wings onto lollipops.
  6. Make Cookie-Cutter Shapes: Using metal cookie cutters, press fun shapes into the pumpkin’s skin.
  7. Crayon-Melt Pumpkin: Glue unwrapped crayons around the stem and melt them.
  8. Nature Collage Pumpkin: Gather twigs, leaves, and seeds from outside.
  9. Chalkboard Pumpkin: Paint your pumpkin with chalkboard paint.
  10. Pom-Pom or Button Pumpkins: Stick pom-poms, sequins, or buttons onto their pumpkin.
  11. The Mummy Pumpkin: Wrap the pumpkin loosely with gauze and add googly eyes.
  12. The Floral Pumpkin: Poke faux flowers or create a crown around the stem.

Notes

Always supervise children when using hot tools or scissors. Keep completed pumpkins in a cool, dry place.

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