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DLTK's Holiday 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.
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| You can add a Halloween jack-o'-lantern face with black paint, marker or
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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
Directions:
- 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).
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