Pumpkin Cut Out Craft

Here's a craft for kids 4 and older.  Joseph (5) loved it but needed a great deal of assistance.  Older kids could probably do it all with some instruction.  This took us about an hour but we did it in stages, since five year old boys aren't known for their long attention spans (and neither is this mama).


Joseph cutting out pumpkins

1. Find a template for a pumpkin.  I found mine in a Halloween book from the library but I'm sure there are plenty online. 
2. Trace onto printer paper, cut out the pumpkin shape, and trace onto orange and black construction paper. Have your little one cut the pumpkin shapes out.
3. Draw some jack-o-lantern faces on orange, black and yellow construction paper.  You or your child can cut those out and glue them to the pumpkins
4. Use a hole punch to cut a hole in each pumpkin, use some string or twine and hand the pumpkins up.  Of course, if you prefer you can put them all on one string and hang it like streamers.  We hung ours by the plantation shutters around the kitchen table since we spend so much time there.

Glue the faces on

The finished product!