INSIDE: Straw pumpkin is a fun and easy fine motor craft for preschoolers and kindergartners. It is a un quiet time activity for Fall or Halloween.
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How to Set Up Straw Pumpkin
Grab your supplies.
Cut the straw into pieces about 1 cm long. Wrap four orange pipe cleaners together by twisting the centers together.
Start to thread the straws along the pipe cleaner pumpkin.
Continue threading until there is about 1 inch left at the end of each section of pipe cleaner. Twist all the together.
Take the green pipe cleaner and twist that around the orange end. Curl the end of the green pipe cleaner with your finger or a pencil.
Age Suitability
This activity is good for kids 2.5 years and up. My kids are 3.5, 3.5, and 7 year old.
Supplies for Straw Pumpkin
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- 4 orange pipe cleaners
- 1 green pipe cleaner
- Orange paper straws
- Scissors
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