It’s pumpkin time! Woohoo! I am not a pumpkin carver. Boo, hiss, say what you will. It is no secret that I’m not a craft lover. Thankfully I have creative people in my life who enhance the creativity in my children. For example my mother, who found this activity on Pinterest. Hurray for grandmas! As it is, I have young children not ready for carving themselves. So this is a perfect option, even for last minute too.
What you need:
plastic/cloth or newspaper
pumpkins
glue stick
crayons
hair dryer
Oh, and that secret ingredient: enthusiasm!
Place the plastic or cloth on your workspace. This doesn’t have to be fancy. It could be a garbage bag on your kitchen table. Place the pumpkins in go position (on top of your prepared workspace). Tip:Â Use room temperature pumpkins
Unwrap and break the crayons in half. My kids liked this part best.
Use the glue stick around the top of the pumpkin stem to get a sticky surface for the crayons. Place the crayons around in your own artistic color pattern. And hey, if you want to use a pumpkin with a nicer fuller stem than ours, that’s your prerogative.
When crayons are set, bust out that hairdryer and blow! This could get messy (hence the table cover).
You’ll naturally find that you need to adjust the hairdryer angle to work the drips, mostly from directly above facing down. We also found that working one section at a time seemed easier than letting the wax harden again as you try to go around.
Have fun! Then admire your work Picasso!
Sadie, this is a great idea – Happy Halloween! 🙂
Thank you Terry! Have a great day! 🙂
These are super cute! I have about 5 pumpkins laying around, so if I can find some crayons we may have a fun craft to do today? Thanks Sadie!
You’re welcome! It really is an easy project for little ones. 🙂
Well done Granny! What a marvellous idea – for big girls that aren’t crafty as well as littlies ?
Exactly! ??
This looks like a super fun activity and they turned out really cute!
Thank you! It’s cute how proud the kids are of their pumpkins. Every time we have company they want to show them off!
Wow great idea for us terrible pumpkin carvers! I am horrible at it. My daughter carved the most adorable Snoopy into hers. 🙂 Happy Halloween Sadie!
Snoopy! Wow! I wish I had carving talent… thanks KR ?
What a cool idea! love it
? thanks Lynn! Good morning!
Morning!
Love these! I hope you all had a fun Halloween!
Thanks Antonia! You too!
Thanks!