DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Jack-O'-Lantern
(Pumpkin) Crafts
Get ready for a Jack o' Lantern-packed Halloween with these fun and creative pumpkin crafts and printables!
From paper strip pumpkins and mini books to treat bags, wreaths, and stained-glass designs, there’s something for every child to enjoy. Kids can practice scissor skills, try pumpkin lacing, or make spooky and silly decorations without sharp tools. These crafts are perfect for hands-on fun, decorating, or giving as festive gifts.
Five Little Pumpkins (felt board fun) (mini book) (poem)
If you are planning to decorate pumpkins with young children
here is an alternative that does not involve any sharp tools.
One year we found and bought these mini pumpkins at the grocery
store (they were about the size of a baseball). We
dove into our craft cupboard and pulled out tacky glue, wool, pom poms,
felt, foam, wiggly eyes and markers then put all the items
on the table and let the children have at it. (Dad isn't
really one of the children but he still had fun making the three
eyed pumpkin on the right.)
I think they turned out pretty
cute!!