I came across a really cool
website with 40 fun preschool pumpkin activities. We bought 4 mini pumpkins, and I let Ian select how he wanted to "decorate" them.
Not surprisingly, the first choice involved hammering nails into a pumpkin
... and then "weaving" white and green yarn in a pattern on the nails.
I was very curious about the second one. Ian helped unwrap old crayons and hot glue them to the top of a pumpkin. (Ian used the hot glue gun and Kim attached the crayons so that Ian stayed far away from the hot glue!)
The best part was using a hair dryer to melt all of the crayons.
The pumpkin turned out very cool!
I didn't get a picture of Ian decorating the third pumpkin. He wanted to paint it using tempera paints. Turned out sort of like a patchwork quilt. For the last one, Ian chose another one that involved hammer and nails ... nailing buttons to the pumpkin.
He was especially excited to nail a "propeller" to the top of the pumpkin ...
... and meticulously nailed nails through all four holes on some buttons. What a fun idea this was!
Just yesterday, Ryan and Ian worked together to gather a gazillion acorns in our yard. On some website (I think Imagination Tree??), I had seen an idea to use the acorn "caps" to make prints. Both boys could do this, though Ryan was only interested for a few minutes. :)
After Ryan was all done, Ian and Kim also dipped whole (capless) acorns in paint and blew them across the page to see the paths they would make.
Fall (even in warm Texas!) is wonderful. :)
1 comment:
What great ideas! My favorite is the melted crayon one. I'm sure it gave the pumpkin an interesting texture, and Ian looked like he enjoyed all the steps. Maybe Ian is all "pumpkin-ed out" but I saw one more idea online too... Paint with tempera that has baking soda mixed in. Then drop vinegar on the pumpkin to create a chemical reaction. Apparently this "fizzle painting" can be done on other surfaces too.
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