DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids Stuffed Pumpkin Finger paint Craft by Leanne Guenther Last Updated: July 18, 2025 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:

• After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
• If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
  • In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
  • Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog

Template      (B&W)