Halloween Craft For Kids-Funky Pumpkins/Jack-O-Lanterns

Funky Halloween Pumpkin Craft

As many of my fellow blogging mommas know, in order to actually have an awesome seasonal or holiday post out and floating around the internet in time for people to find it, view it, and make it useful; we have to get a head start and be planning WAY early!

Well, that is the plan...

I had been jumping around Pinterest, the web, and other blogs, trying to find a few great craft ideas for Halloween.

I have found several, but finding the time and getting my little actually interested in wanting to do them is another story.

We did manage to find one that she was pretty excited to get started on.

It was the using scissors part!

 I'm not sure if I should be proud that she does so well and wants to practice, or terrified that my new five year old has a scissor obsession?!?!

Anyway, the craft is a simple cut, decorate, and glue project aimed for toddlers and younger kids.

You can find the original post and give a shout out here to:

@LorieK~ ReadingConfetti

Funky Pumpkins

materials

• construction paper
• stick or bottle glue
• scissors
• old magazines or newspapers

optional decorations

• googly eyes
• beads
• pipe cleaners

You will need to take your construction paper and cut out "pumpkin"(orange) shapes and the stems(green), then glue stems to back of pumpkins

I worked on this part while she cut out eyes, noses, and mouths from magazines.

This seemed to keep her busy and also reduce her glue use. LOL

Once everything is cut out, we decided to see how silly we could make them. The point was to not "match" eyes, nose, and mouth that typically looked normal. The funkier the better...and cuter.

After you allow them to dry, you can glue to a solid sheet of construction paper or use them individually however you like.

A fun idea is to use them as cards for friends. Write a spooky message on the back and give them out.

Here are a few we made. They turned out so silly and the little really had fun deciding which eyes or nose to add to which pumpkin.

You can always use different colors or make your pumpkins into different shapes.

I hope you enjoyed our quick craft. Be sure to check out our other craft ideas

Fun Crafts

If you are looking for some spooky books for your littles, be sure to check out my post here

Halloween and Fall Books for Kids!

Enjoy and Happy Halloween! Be sure to share your ideas or post pics if you try our craft!

Homeschool/Preschool Week #8 More Halloween and ABCs

Super excited!

We hit our

Two Month Mark

Today!

That's right! We have completed a full 8 weeks of our little preschool! I couldn't be more proud of Little E...or myself. We have really worked hard to get here and it is paying off!

If you'll remember back over in Week #1 of Preschool , we were both pretty lost and trying to find our way, anyway to make this work! Wow, we've came a long way baby!

I have found so many wonderful Momma's and resources out there, and I know I keep mentioning them but, I seriously couldn't have gotten this far without all the help!

A couple of my favorites for awesome resources are:

FastSEOGuru~ For alphabet printable worksheets

Planning Playtime~ TONS of worksheets, activities and games

This Week....

We are still working on the letter T.

Here is our:

Letter T tracing worksheet

I've had her do a few worksheets. Mostly, tracing and learning to write the actual letter. I also am having her try to think of words that begin with that letter and really emphasize the T sound. She did catch on that Tuck(Wonder Pets character) sounds like Trema(me). She got really excited that she knew that was right! 

I can't forget the Youtube Letter T song!

Halloween(cont.)...

I am still printing off the Halloween tracing worksheets. She is working her way through those on and off this week.

We also have the pattern and mix-match pages. All of these printables can be found online, mostly for free. Be sure to follow my Pinterest board all about: Preschool Activities and Resources!

I have found so many wonderful, fun, cheap and always educational ideas.

Here is one of the great ones I found over at Planning Playtime:

Little E hasn't done this one yet, but it is in her folder!

This week seems like we didn't get much done...or at least nothing new. We seem to be working over things a little longer. I want her to really "get" it(whatever that is) before we move ahead. I don't want her to feel rushed or have her trying to learn too much at once. And also, I'm trying to keep it fun and stick to the theme.

I hope y'all have had an awesome and productive week. Blessing for a great weekend!

Keep checking back to see what we've been up to! 

Are you ready for Halloween? or just over it and ready for Halloween to be over?

I'm sort of in the middle. I love the kids excitement but it's really just a Hallmark holiday around here.

Costumes, cookies, candy and done!

See ya next week!

Homeschool/Preschool Week #7~ Halloween Printables

Preschool and our Halloween/Fall Theme

Are you ready for Halloween yet? We are finally getting there! Costumes have been bought and anticipation is mounting around here! Little E has really gotten into all things orange, black, fun, and creepy this year. Although, the final costume of her choice,(Finally!) is Pinkie Pie(My Little Pony).

We have still been busy working on so much with school. I'm still learning to be more organized and really keep files, check lists, and folders of what we have been doing. How well she did or how she struggled with something. We are still attempting to introduce one new letter each week(mostly capitol) but she really struggled with A and now she seems to be forgetting what she did so well on with the letter C. (I'll keep up with those and reintroducing through out the week)

This week we started letter T....

At first, I said "Oh, Ele. That is Momma's letter. My name is Trema." Then I said, "Like, train and tree."

I started thinking....oh crap, not TR, I need T, just T words....

I seriously laughed out loud at my caffeine induced mind that drew a complete blank as she sits at her little desk giving me this look! I swear her face was saying..."Do you know this letter at all Momma???"

I think I finally managed to come up with top and turtle...or something close to those.

I should her on her alphabet board which letter was T and had her repeat it and say the T sound(without the R after, LOL).

Then I had her do a tracing paper and tried to find words that begin with that sound in pictures.

She seemed to catch on pretty easily and the tracing went well.(across the top, not down the middle)...you get it.

Now our Halloween stuff...

I found some great Halloween printables(free). I printed off coloring pages, tracing sheets, match up games and a few other fun ones. She really needed practice with just basic control and following lines. I have been really getting on to her about holding her crayon or pencil correctly. She does great for a day or two and then goes back to what I call the "baby grab" sort of hold.

I am going to attempt to include the free printables I found. I have never added one to a blog post, so if it turns out horrible or won't load, I will also include links.

You can also, always check out our HOMESCHOOL/PRESCHOOL BOARD over on Pinterest, where I store all the great ideas and resources I come across! Be sure to follow so I can share more great finds with you!

Free Halloween Printables

Our books for the week are...

My Baby Brother is a Little Monster

Room on the Broom

We really enjoyed these cute little "Halloween" stories. I hope you have enjoyed reading about our week and continue to follow us on our journey!

Happy Learning!