Category: Pumpkins

Painting a Pumpkin Patch with Marshmallows

10/27/2016

During circle time the children were excited about our trip to the pumpkin patch and carving their pumpkins with their family. We decided to extend their curiosity and excitement by making a pumpkin picture. Children love to recreate what they see in real-life.

Our snack arrived and it included marshmallows and pretzels. An idea was born when Sally put her pretzel into the marshmallow and we decided it would make a great pumpkin stamp.

We set aside some of the pretzels and marshmallows and let the children put their stamps together themselves. It is a good idea to have some extra marshmallows and pretzels on hand for children to nibble on, so they don’t eat the ones they are using for their art project.

Each child was given a plate with orange paint and one with green paint. The children could pick which color of paper they wanted to use for their pumpkin project.

Lightly press marshmallow into orange paint and then stamp paper with marshmallow to create pumpkins. Use fingers or end of pretzel stick to add stems and/or vines to the pumpkins.

Use caution with young child as they may try to eat the marshmallow and pretzel with the paint on it.

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It is this little pumpkins debut on our website. She is 10 weeks old, and is being a good sport about having her hand painted orange.

A lesson plan is available for this project at www.Lessons4Learners.com.

Suggested book "Where Is Baby's Pumpkin?" by Karen Katz

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Instructions:

Find a comfortable place to sit with the child. Read Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz with them.
When finished, begin the memory craft by painting the child’s hand. Press it down on the paper to leave a stamp behind. Wash the infant’s hands.
When dry, cut out the handprint and place onto the front of a card. You can add a stem and vines if desired.
On the inside of the card, write “Happy Fall from your little pumpkin!” along with the child’s name and date that you completed the activity.
Send the card home to parents for them to enjoy.

Another option for this project.

Hand print art is an easy way to illustrate how children are constantly growing and changing. You can make several different art projects using little hands.

For this project we used two orange hand prints, and turned them into a pumpkins

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