Pumpkin Handprint Craft for Kids

We love handprint crafts – and in this pumpkin handprint craft for kids blog post today, you’ll be able to see our most recent handprint creations!

Handprint crafts always go down well in the classroom, but I’ve also had so much fun doing them with my toddler at home too!

When it comes to my students in the classroom, I like to make up the craft in advance so that they also have a physical finished craft to refer to if they want. This helps my students who aren’t really confident enough to get creative yet. Then I watch them progress with their confidence throughout the year to start to put their own spin on crafts that we do – and that’s the best!

Pumpkin Handprint Craft

Materials Needed

• Orange card. (Or you can use white and just use orange crayons/paint etc.)
• Green card. (Or you can use white and just use green crayons/paint etc.)
• Brown card. (Or you can use white and just use brown crayons/paint etc.)
• Green pipe cleaner.
• Black sharpie.
• Googly eyes.
• Brown sharpie.
• Glue
• Scissors
• Pencil

Instructions

• Have students place them hand onto the orange card. Then, use a pencil to draw around their hand.
• Cut out their hand and round off at the wrist.
• Next, draw and cut out a leaf shape from the green card.
• Draw and cut out a stem from the brown card.
• Stick the stem and leaf at the top of the pumpkin and just behind the pumpkin.
• Cut off a piece of the green pipe cleaner and twirl it around then stick onto the green leaf.
• Use a brown sharpie to lightly drawn lines from the fingers to the stem.
• Stick googly eyes onto the handprint.
• Use a black sharpie to draw a mouth.
• You’re done!

More Pumpkin Activities

If you are looking for more activities to use in your pumpkin unit, you may like;

• Skittle Pumpkin Experiment
• Erupting Pumpkin Experiment
• Free Jack O’ Lantern Play Dough Mats
• Pumpkin Adapted Books
• Pumpkin Task Boxes
• All My Pumpkin Activities

I hope you found this blog post helpful. If so, please consider sharing it with your friends and colleagues on social media. If you and your students/children try this craft, be sure to tag me on social media @teachingautism – I love seeing your crafts!

Nikki

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Nikki