Oodles of Pumpkins
How did jack-o'-lanterns become Halloween symbols? Use Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils to "carve out" a contemporary version of these traditional orange delights.
1. If possible, begin your pumpkin project in the spring, when fields of pumpkins are being planted. Every week or two, visit the fields to see how the vines, blossoms, and then pumpkins are growing. Make sketches of the changes (size, color, shape) you see with Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils.
2. Find out how Halloween and its pumpkin customs originated. For hundreds of years on All Hallows Eve, the Irish hollowed out turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes, and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits.
3. On paper, use your erasable colored pencils to draw a field full of large pumpkins. Color in the colorful pumpkins.
4. Erase jack-o'-lantern faces or other designs inside your pumpkins. Use your imagination to make each one unique.
5. Color in a night sky with your erasable colored pencils. Then erase sections to show ghosts, stars, and a moon in the sky. Color in erased areas. Complete your drawing by adding vines and soil around your pumpkins. Happy Halloween!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
- Provide younger children and students with special needs samples of different sizes, colors, and shapes of pumpkins to encourage variety in their drawings.
- Draw and cut out jack-o-lanterns in various sizes and shapes. Use them for fall window decorations.
- Create unusual greeting cards with erasable colored pencils. Color the entire card, then erase your message.
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