DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Stuffed Pumpkin Finger Paint Craft

Even the youngest crafters can make this project.  It's great for the children in the baby room or toddler room in a daycare to make and hang from the ceiling.

You can add a Halloween jack-o'-lantern face with black paint, marker or black construction paper.
 

Materials:

• paper,
• scissors,
• stapler.
   
• finger paint  (or tempra paint and brush) in orange (and green if you have it).
   
• cotton balls or shredded newspaper,
   
• IF HANGING:  short piece of string, wool or ribbon.
   

Instructions:

• print two copies of the template (or just draw two pumpkins freehand but make them the same size).  Do not cut out yet.
   
• Let the children paint the templates with finger paints or a brush and tempra paint.
   
• Allow to dry.
   
• Cut out the pumpkins (adults will need to help with this).
   
• Staple all the way around the edge of the pumpkins , leaving an opening at the top.
   
• Stuff pumpkins with shredded paper (kids age 3+ love to help with this step).
   
• Finish stapling the pumpkins closed.
   
• Staple a short piece of string to the top to hang from the ceiling.
   

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
   

Template      (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions