Jack-o'-Lantern Collages Preschool Craft

My preschooler really looks forward to carving pumpkins every year. Since it seems a little early for that, we made a jack-o'-lantern collage craft instead. It was a fun, easy craft that had the added bonus of him not begging me to use a "real knife" the entire time we were doing it.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers



We raided our craft drawer for supplies. These little jack-o'-lanterns are a great way to get creative and use up odds and ends.The basic supplies we used were construction paper, scissors, and glue. I started by making pumpkins from construction paper.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

After the kids glued their pumpkins down, we started looking for things that would make good eyes, noses, and mouths.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

Paper clips can make great glasses, an upside down heart sticker makes a cute nose, and pipe cleaners work nicely for making a mustache.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

We also searched through old magazines to find features for our jack-o'lanterns.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

The kids loved how silly the faces turned out.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

Best of all, no pumpkin guts.

Easy jack o' lantern collage craft for preschoolers

To extend the jack-o'-lantern fun, a great Halloween book for preschoolers is The Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler. Little Nell finds the perfect bumpy little pumpkin for Halloween. Her sisters tell her it's too small and ugly to make a good jack-o'-lantern, but with a little help from her friends, Little Nell creates a jack-o'-lantern to be proud of.





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11 comments:

  1. These are adorable! I like that you can use just about any craft scraps you have around the house to add a cute face to the pumpkin!

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  2. Oh my word Lorie! Those are too stinkin' cute. I am totally doing these this week. Love it!

    I'd love for you to come share this at our Pinning for Play link party!

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  3. This is adorable! How do you get the bigger craft items (paper clips, buttons, googly eyes) to stick to the pumpkins? The regular glue sticks that I use never hold!

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    1. We used liquid glue for those. My kids like to use LOTS of it.

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  4. What a fun and creative Halloween kids' craft, Lorie! Can't wait to try it out with my boys. Thanks!! -Malia {Playdough to Plato}

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  5. These are so cute! I love the magazine faces.

    I've featured this on The sunday Showcase this week: http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/10/05/pumpkin-activities.html

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  6. I love this activity! I am featuring this as one of our best Halloween Literacy Activities on the Weekly Kids Co-Op this week over at Triple T Mum!

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  7. These are so cute! I hope to do something like this with my toddlers next Halloween! I featured this post here http://sowsproutplay.com/activities/ten-halloween-activities-for-tots/

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  8. These are so so so cute! I loved them so much that I did them with my kids (they turned out differently, but still pretty cute!) I featured them on my blog and gave you a shout out! Check it out! http://www.themommytalks.com/mini-paper-pumpkin-collages/

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  9. Great ideas, easy and fun! I'm going to do this with my two boys later this week. Thanks for the ideas!

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