Oh, pumpkin season, how we’ve missed you! It’s that special time of the year when the humble pumpkin gets to be the star in a myriad of crafts, adding that cozy autumn vibe to our homes and hearts. But what if we told you that you don’t need to wait for the pumpkin patch visit to bring home the perfect pumpkin? That’s right! Our versatile pumpkin templates are here to kickstart the festivities a bit early this year. Whether you’re a craft wizard or just starting out, there’s a pumpkin waiting to take shape through your creativity. Let’s explore some delightful craft ideas you can conjure up with a simple pumpkin template.
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Pumpkin Craft Ideas
Pumpkin Story Stones
Story stones are a fantastic way to ignite young imaginations. Use the pumpkin templates to create vibrant story stones. Paint or draw different expressions on each one – happy, sad, surprised, or sleepy, and let your child weave tales around the pumpkin characters, promoting narrative thinking and linguistic skills.
Pumpkin Garland
String up the festive spirit in your home with a pumpkin garland. Color and cut out various pumpkin templates, punch holes on either side, and thread a beautiful ribbon or yarn through them. Hang it across your living room and watch the space transform with a splash of fall colors.
Kindness Pumpkins
Encourage a spirit of generosity and warmth this season by creating kindness pumpkins. Have your kids write down kind deeds or warm wishes on the back of colored pumpkin templates. Then, place these kindness pumpkins in different corners of your home to discover and carry out the kind acts noted on them throughout the season.
Pumpkin Lanterns
Bring a gentle glow to your autumn evenings with pumpkin lanterns. Use the templates to craft paper lanterns, cutting out the eyes, nose, and mouth of a jack-o’-lantern. Insert a battery-operated tea light, and voila, you have a set of adorable pumpkin lanterns to adorn your space.
Pumpkin Suncatchers
Light up your windows with the delightful colors of fall using pumpkin suncatchers. Utilize the pumpkin templates to cut shapes out of contact paper. Let your little ones decorate them with tissue paper pieces, capturing the different hues of autumn. Once ready, stick them onto windows and watch the sun play beautifully through the vibrant colors.
Tips for Crafting with Pumpkin Templates
- Versatility is Key: Feel free to resize the templates to suit different crafts. A larger template works wonders for a lantern, while smaller ones are perfect for garlands.
- Material Matters: Explore different materials like card stock, construction paper, or even fabric to bring a fresh texture to each craft.
- Personal Touch: Encourage your little crafters to add a personal touch to each pumpkin, be it through colors, additional decorations, or innovative facial expressions for the jack-o’-lanterns.
Pumkin Templates
By delving into crafts centered around pumpkin templates, you not only set the stage for a vibrant celebration of fall but also foster creativity, fine motor skills, and a collaborative spirit in young minds. So grab those scissors, a splash of colors, and let the pumpkin party begin! Remember, the best pumpkin is one filled with love and shared laughter. Let’s create some pumpkin magic together!
Age Suitability
This activity is good for toddlers aged children 3 years old and up with adult assistance.
Mess Level
The mess level for this activity is low.
Difficulty to Create
Low.
Skills Developed
Language development, shape recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.
Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids
Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.
Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!
Shop our ready made play kits here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
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