DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids Jack-o'-Lantern Faces Cut and Paste Crafts by Leanne Guenther Paper crafts make terrific and simple Halloween decorations that even toddlers can help put together.  Children can design their own paper pumpkin faces to hang on bulletin boards or the refrigerator There are options for "design your own" faces with different noses, mouths and eyes to mix and match or three pre-designed faces for children to cut and paste (for those with only one child who want to save a bit of time and paper).  My girls and I like the "design your own" option! These are not intended to create patterns for carving out real pumpkins.  For ideas and templates for pumpkin carving, check out our Pumpkin Carving Patterns.

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• scissors,
• glue,
• something to colour with. .

Instructions:

• Print out the template(s) of choice (there's a "design your own" option and a pre-designed faces option)
  • the eyes and noses templates have 10 different sets each
  • the mouths/eyebrows template has 5 different sets (so you may want to print 2 of it if doing the craft with more than one child).
• Colour pieces, as necessary.
• Cut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance.  I usually let young children cut out the large pieces (like the pumpkin) and I cut out the smaller pieces.
• Set all the pieces out on the table and allow the children to design their pumpkins.
• Once the child is happy with their face, they can glue their project together.
• Options:
  • use the pumpkin template, but instead of the face pieces, provide each child with a piece of black construction paper and allow them to cut out their own eyes, nose and mouth.

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

Design your own Pumpkin Faces

Template - tall pumpkin              color    or    B&W

Template - short pumpkin         color    or    B&W

Template - 10 eyes                      color    or    B&W

Template - 5 mouths & eyebrows   color    or    B&W

Template - 10 noses                    color    or    B&W

Pre-designed Pumpkin Faces

  Template - easy shapes       color    or    B&W

  Template - sort of spooky     color    or    B&W

    Template - my husband's favorite color    or    B&W