Thankful Pumpkin Craft
This thankful pumpkin craft is a creative Thanksgiving activity where kids fill their pumpkin with thankful leaves.
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Thankful Pumpkin Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the eye pieces onto the pumpkin face, below the eyebrows.
- Glue the cheek pieces below each eye.
- Glue the stem to the top center and back of the pumpkin.
- Glue the pumpkin leaf beside the stem, on the back side.
- Cut short slits along the top edge of the grass piece.
- Glue the pumpkin onto the center of the grass piece and push the grass pieces to cover the edge of the pumpkin.
- Have the child write something they're thankful on each leaf.
- Finally, glue the thankful leaves onto the open space on the bottom of the pumpkin.