Easy Pumpkin Craft with Jack-O-Lantern Faces

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This super easy pumpkin craft is the perfect activity for celebrating Halloween with your Arty Crafty Kids this Autumn! with a selection of Jack-O-Lantern faces to choose from, kids’ will have a blast designing fun, colorful and cute not-spooky pumpkins!

Our pumpkin activity is a lovely blend of art and craft; children will have an opportunity to explore the scrape painting technique to create new color blends and patterns before crafting their Jack-O-Lantern faces.

Complete with printable pumpkin outlines and jack-O-lantern elements, this is a great craft for both at home or within the classroom, especially if you’re looking for a quick Halloween craft for a group of young children.

Of course, while our featured craft demonstrates the scrape painting technique, your Arty Crafty Kids are free to decorate their pumpkins in lots of different mediums from tissue paper to paper collaging or they could have a go at drawing their pumpkins!

How to Make this Easy Pumpkin Craft with Jack-O-Lantern Faces with your Arty Crafty Kids!

Materials

Download the Mix and Match Jack-O-Lantern Faces and Pumpkins : 

The printable download consists of x3 pumpkin shapes to color in or paint and
x2 pages of Mix & Match Jack-O-Lantern Faces.
The downloads are available to members of the Arty Crafty Kids club. 
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Watch the Step by Step Video Tutorial:

Let’s Make Jack-O-Lanterns!

Our pumpkins are painted using the scrape painting technique, which is a super fun and easy way to fill a large area with vibrant colors and create interesting texture.

The Scrape Painting Technique

As the name suggests, it is the art of scaping paint across a canvas. Scrape painting is such a fun and effective technique for blending colors and creating cool textures.

All you need is paint, ideally acrylic paint and scraps of card/cardboard or an old bank card. Essentially the “scraper” needs to be sturdy with a flat edge. It needs to be easy for little hands to hold and manoeuvre, and strong enough to be scraped across a canvas – in this example, a piece of scrap card stock. 

Step 1: Apply Paint Directly onto the Pumpkin

Select 3 or 4 different colors and apply them in little blots directly to the top of the pumpkin.

Step 2: Create a Paint Scraper

Use a piece of scrap card stock to create a “scraper”, ensuring that at least one edge is straight.

Step 3: Scrape the Paint Across the Pumpkin

Position the scraper behind the blots of paint ( the more the merrier!) and scrape in a downwards motion.

Step 4: Continue Scraping Paint Until the Pumpkin is Covered

Continue scraping the paint across the pumpkin template until it is full with color.

Step 5: Color in the Stalk

Use a marker pen to color in the stalk.

Step 6: Cut out the Pumpkins

Once all the pumpkin shapes are dry, carefully cut them out.

Option: Glue the pumpkins to a piece of black or dark blue card stock and cut around the shape of the pumpkin to create a border.

The contrast helps to define the pumpkin shape and encourages the colors to pop. The additional card stock also reinforces the art and makes it easier for the completed Jack-O-Lanterns to be put on display.

Step 7: Cut Out the Jack-O-Lantern Faces

Cut out the Jack-O-Lantern face elements.

Step 8: Create a Fun Pumpkin Face

Affix a mouth, nose and eye pieces to each pumpkin to create a Jack-O-Lantern.

Step 9: Mix and Match the Jack-O-Lantern Faces

Have fun with the faces and create different expressions.

Once the Jack-O-Lanterns are complete they’re ready for the display board!

As always, we love to Arty Crafty Kids’ creativity in action and if you happen to share their completed makes on social media, please do give us a tag or/and use the #artycraftykids – happy crafting!

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