Guest Post - Crepe Paper Pumpkins

I'm excited to have my first guest host today!!  It's my little sister from Mom of 4, who is super talented and super creative.  She does photography, sewing, and everything in between! 

Thanks to my older sister for having me here today! Like Lorie, we love reading and doing projects at our house. We started by reading The Night Before Halloween. It's written from the monster's view point as they get their haunted house ready for Halloween. Wing's "The Night Before..." series is one of our favorites. They are poems set to the same pattern as the real "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem.

For the project, I drew a pumpkin shape on a piece of paper and they painted watered down glue onto it. Next, I cut a strip of orange crepe paper for each child, but you could also use tissue paper or construction paper. They cut the strips into little squares and stuck them on. A simple project, but it kept them busy (and more importantly, quiet) for quite a while!

 I also used this for a Sunday School project so I added this Pumpkin Carving Poem to it.

My 8 year old even wanted to do it. He chose to cut his out....and make it into a Frankenstein pumpkin, with, um, blood.

You can come visit it me at Mom of Four where I blog about everything from kid's craft projects to photography to reviews of the books I'm reading.

Thanks, Donna!  Here are some of my favorite posts over at Mom of 4:

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