Easy Handprint Sponge Pumpkin Arts & Crafts for young kids to enjoy the fall season. It’s perfect for creating a pumpkin or Jack-O-Lantern while getting some sensory play.
Easy Pumpkin Handprint Halloween Craft
The best part is you only need a few materials that you most likely have at home already.
Materials Needed For Halloween Pumpkin Craft:
- Orange and Green Paint
- Construction Paper if you want to make a Jack O Lantern face
- Sponge pieces or cotton balls
- A large piece of paper (we used finger paint paper)
- Paintbrush
- Glue if making Jack O Lantern
How To Make A Giant Pumpkin From Handprints With Kids
- I set out a plate with orange paint and the girls used cotton balls to dab on their paper. I usually would use a square sponge, but we didn’t have any so we used the cotton balls instead and it worked out just the same.
- The girls freely sponged their paper until they thought it looked like a pumpkin.
- Using a paint brush I painted their hand green and handprinted it on the top of their pumpkins as the stem. I absolutely love using their hands to make artwork!
My oldest really wanted to make hers into a Jack-O-Lantern so I gave her some construction paper and a pair of scissors to cut out eyes and a mouth. I was quite impressed with her cutting and she did a wonderful job gluing down the pieces to make her Jack-O-Lantern.
My youngest wanted to keep hers simple by creating a fun pumpkin. I love that they both created different Handprint Sponge Pumpkins! Now they hang on each side of our entertainment center as Halloween decorations alongside our 3D Pumpkins!
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*First Published October 15, 2015.*
Cute! I love how big they are too! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Thank you for stopping by and letting us share 🙂