Pumpkin Template (Great for Halloween and Fall Crafts)

Pumpkin template for Halloween and Fall Crafts

Hereโ€™s another Halloween resource โ€“ a simple pumpkin template.

These templates are like blank outlines which you can cut out if you wish and use as the base for loads of crafts or just as coloring pages.

Itโ€™s up to you what you decide to do with them but thereโ€™s a few ideas below.

What Skills Can Your Children Learn And Practice?

Printable pumpkin template for preschool and kindergarten crafts - Halloween and Fall

Which skills your little ones will develop depends largely on how you plan to use this pumpkin template. Hereโ€™s a few that they could improve if you decide to get all crafty with them:

  • Cutting Skills โ€“ if you feel theyโ€™re ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the template all by themselves โ€“ theyโ€™ll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the template neatly
  • Fine Motor Skills โ€“ if theyโ€™re going to use the pumpkin template as a base for a collage, theyโ€™ll need to use their pincer grip to pick up the pieces and carefully put them where they want them to go
  • Creativity โ€“ as the template is basically a blank canvas, your children will have a lot of space to exercise their creativity and decide how they want to personalize it
  • Hand-eye coordination โ€“ to be able to understand what they are seeing and get their hands to go where they want them to go
  • Hand and finger strength โ€“ the ability to be able to apply enough pressure to make marks on the page and hold the pencil firmly
  • Pencil Control โ€“ they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring this template in

This template will also give them a chance to practice their concentration and perseverance skills as they may find it tricky to make their creation look exactly as they want it to and may be practicing skills they are not completely confident with.

How To Prepare This Pumpkin Template

First youโ€™re going to want to download the template by clicking on the download box at the bottom of the page.

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Materials you May need:

  • Safety scissors
  • Card Stock or Craft Paper
  • Glue
  • Some coloring pencils or pens

Once youโ€™ve downloaded the template, youโ€™ll need to print it off onto paper or card depending on what you plan on using it for.

After that youโ€™re all done!

Let your childrenโ€™s creativity run wild!

A Couple Ideas For The Pumpkin Template to Get The Creative Juices Flowing

I expect you have an idea how youโ€™d like to use this template, but why stop at just one idea? You can print out as many copies as you like so hereโ€™s a few extra ideas:

Coloring

You can obviously just give your kids the template and let them use it as a coloring page.

Itโ€™s good to just let them experiment sometimes and marvel at what they can create.

Sometimes though, it might be nice to give them a few ideas. Can they make their pumpkin spotty? How about stripy or patchwork? Are they going to โ€˜carveโ€™ a face and make it into a spooky Jack Oโ€™ Lantern?

So now theyโ€™ve colored it in, how about adding in their own background? Maybe have a look at some farm scenes in a book or online for inspiration and to teach them some researching skills.

Maybe itโ€™s just one pumpkin with a patch stretching off behind it.

Or forget the pencils and crayons altogether and crack out the paints and let them practice brush control while carefully painting the pumpkin. You can make some really nice backgrounds by mixing a few water colors.

Crafts

They could obviously also use the pumpkin template as the base for crafts.

Theyโ€™d be great to do some collaging with. Just rip up some tissue or colored paper, get out the glue and get sticking.

You could also add googly eyes if your turning it into a Jack Oโ€™ Lantern. Or you could go outside and scavenge some natural materials. Sticks, grass and leaves could all be used to make an awesome background!

Thereโ€™s so much you could do with this template so let your little learners get creative (maybe a little messy) and have fun!

You could also use the pumpkin template as a base for a Halloween greeting card โ€“ decorate the front and write on the back or print it our twice and stick them together to create a card which stands up.

Whatever you do with them, have fun and Iโ€™d love to see what your little ones create!

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