WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A PUMPKIN?
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PUMPKIN SCULPTURES Show students different shapes and sizes of pumpkins and then give them a ball of self hardening clay and have them "sculpt" their own pumpkin - stem and all! (visual and fine motor skills) When dry, have students paint their sculptures with acrylic paints!
Submitted by: Rosemary Gatti
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Buy miniature pumpkins and put names on them with glitter and puff paint. Use them as placecards at dinner.
Submitted by Rachel
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Line several of them up a couple of feet away from each other and toss rings around them. Be sure to give each pumpkin a point amount, ie. 5 pts, 10pts, 15 pts, etc. It's a fun game for kids to play at a Halloween or Harvest party.
Submitted by Kristen
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Have children guess the weight of the pumpkin without touching it and give the pumpkin to the child with the closest guess.
Submitted by: Andrea
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Cut the bottom off and use it as a hat. Don't forget to clean it out after you cut the bottom off!
Submitted by: Annie
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Have children guess how many seeds are in a pumpkin, then everyone can help scoop out and count.
Submitted by: Rhonda
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Make a counting book out of orange paper in the shape of a pumpkin. One = 1 seed, two = 2 seeds and so on. Optional: glue orange yarn around the seeds to represent the pumpkin "guts".
Submitted by: Nikki Biniaris
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Make a life cycle of the pumpkin project. (Use a real pumpkin seed, a curled green pipe cleaner for the vine, a yellow tissue paper flower for the bud and a paper plate painted orange for the pumpkin!
Submitted by: Donelle Welch
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Stuff a small paper bag with wadded paper or tissue. Paint the bag orange. Let dry. Add eyes, nose and mouth with paint or markers. Tie a piece of green yarn or pipe cleaner around the top and you have a very creative 3D pumpkin
Submitted by: Rae Talbert
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A great pumpkin book is Dr. Pompos Nose by Saxton Freyman. You can use it to demonstrate facial proportions and students can draw pumpkin faces apart from the old triangle and toothy grin. This is a great substitute in a school where halloween is taboo.
Submitted by: Tiffany Glass
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Make another pumpkin by taking a brown paper grocery sack, stuffing it with newspapers, twisting the top to look like a stem (may have to use masking tape to hold it), and then paint the outside orange to look like a pumpkin and paint the stem green. Now you have your own pumpkin patch. Add some grapevines to add realism.
Submitted by: Betty Riley
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