Pumpkin Hand and Memory Craft

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.

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

• Available on Amazon

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Instructions:

1. Find a comfortable place to sit with the child. Read Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz with them.
2. 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.
3. When dry, cut out the handprint and place onto the front of a card. You can add a stem and vines if desired.
4. 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.
5. Send the card home to parents for them to enjoy. 

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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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