Today I was entertaining some neighbor children
and we needed a quick craft that would
be easy enough for many ages
and that we could do with
what we had on hand.
Paper lunch sacks are always a solution so I started there.
I gathered the paper where we would later tie a string.
and had them create a jack-o-lantern
face below that “line”.
We colored above the line brown for the stem.
Then we opened the sacks and stuffed them
with paper from the recycle bin.
We tied them with a string to represent the
leaves and vines…
and we had ourselves some pumpkins!
Here is another version done with paint if you have more time.
And other variations would be to make different faces
like ghosts, or monsters…or you could put all of the
jack-o-lanterns together to make
a pumpkin patch!
! Have a Fabulous Day ! – Jenny at Dapperhouse
Laurel Leaf Cottage
Cute and easy!! I love it!
Sandy VanHoey
This is cute. My grandson is always wanting to do things because they just had to collect leaves for school and he always wants to make fun projects. Glad to see this one.
Amy/Sean
Cute. I miss doing stuff like this!
Donna
Adorable! I Will make this with my kids. Thanks for the idea.
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live2save2live
very cute and easy!
ape2016
This is a cute idea for kids that are too small to carve pumpkins. Thanks for the idea.
polly
this will be a fun craft to do with my 4 year old grandson…thanks for the idea!
Jessica B
Very cute! I love all of the different crafts you can do with simple supplies from home!
Colleen Boudreau
so cute and so simple! 🙂
Melanie Schemanski
I love crafts you can do with onhand supplies! How cute!
brandy boone
How quick and simple is this! Such a neat idea!
katklaw777
Luv this craft…I save and reuse all my paper bags. The kids will luv this one…thanks@
Carolyn Colley
this is so cute, you know when I was little, just about everything we had for halloween was home made, we didn’t have the money to spend, 7 of us, but we always came us with great costumes, etc.
LaProfesoraFrida
Cute & Easy and lets kids be as creative as they want to be! 🙂
Jennifer
This is a great idea! I’ll def do this with my little cousins 😀
doodlebug
Very cute!! I don’t have any kids, but I think it’s a good alternative to a real pumpkin.
Marthalynn
What a fun little project! I love that it uses items I already have around the house! My son would really get a kick out of this. Especially if we use paint to decorate it.
willdebbie
Oh too cute, I just love doing all kinds of crafts for Halloween
christal c w
lmurley2000
cute idea
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Charlene
Fun activity for the kids to do.
Kimberly B.
my boys would get a kick out of this! they love doing crafts!
Megan Blumenthal
Cute idea! Very cheap and easy. Thanks for the tip
Emmy Coffee
Finally something I can do with the younger kids! No scissors or glue or pain required!
Gianna
Cute craft for the kids.
Trisha McKee
I’d love to do this with my daughter! what a fun project!