We loved trading in our paintbrushes for sponges to paint apples, so we decided to repeat the process and make a sponge painted pumpkin craft. We then turned our sponged painted pumpkin craft into a jack 0′ lantern.
With just a few basic supplies and easy to follow directions, this is an easy, inexpensive, and fun pumpkin craft for fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving.
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Supplies
- Paper plate
- Orange paint
- Sponge
- Brown paper
- Green pipe cleaner
- Black paper (if making a jack o’ lantern)
- Scissors
- Glue
Directions
To this prep this craft, start out by cutting a long piece from your sponge to act as the paintbrush. It helps to use sharp scissors for this.
1.Dab the sponge into the orange paint and then dab onto the paper plate until the plate is covered in orange paint. Allow to dry.
3. Cut a stem from the brown paper and blue to the back of the pumpkin craft. Cut a small piece from a green pipe cleaner and bed it so it resembles a pumpkin vine. Attach to the back of the pumpkin craft near the stem. (We added the pipe cleaner vine to the pumpkin, but removed it when making the jack 0′ lantern.
4. If you are making a jack 0′ lantern cut pieces for the face from the black paper and glue to the pumpkin craft.
Extend the Activity
- Visit a pumpkin patch and complete this pumpkin patch scavenger hunt.
- Try one of these pumpkin activities/worksheets from The Kindergarten Connection: Pumpkin Counting Cards, Mini Pumpkin Decorating Worksheet, Pumpkin Emergent Reader, Pumpkin Alphabet Match
- Read books about pumpkins. One of my favorite’s is The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
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