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Home » Blog » Halloween Art Projects for Kids: Design a Pumpkin

Halloween Art Projects for Kids: Design a Pumpkin

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halloween art projects for kidsHalloween art projects for kids don’t have to be so time consuming in terms of prep work, set up, and clean up. I talk to a great deal of regular education teachers daily. They tell me they would like to do an art project in class but don’t feel like they have the time amongst all the other demands. If they’re going to do an art project, it had better be simple and require minimal set up, especially around Halloween when the kids can be rather amped up. I get it!

I’ve released a roll-a-dice drawing game that’s super simple for all teachers to implement and fun for students. The game includes the game board, step-by step photo directions, and a pumpkin tracer.

Basically the way the game works is, the students roll a die to collect 5 designs that they’ll use to decorate their pumpkin. A few of the designs have a Halloween theme to them which adds to the fun!

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Once they have the patterns, they can do one of two things:

  1. Trace the pumpkin tracer onto a piece of white drawing paper in preparation for “painting” with markers or…
  2. Use the tracer as their final paper in which they skip the “painting” and just use dry media like markers and crayons to color.

Designing the Pumpkin

If you’re choosing to “paint” with markers, they can lightly draw all their designs in the different segments of the pumpkin. It’s wise for them to consider which pattern might go where.

Now, when I teach this to my students, I have them determine which patterns are shape patterns and which ones are line patterns. It’s far more interesting to space these kinds of patterns out. So a shape pattern next to a line pattern instead of having all the shape patterns together. But I’m an art teacher, so I try to get my students to consider the elements of art in the planning phase.

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When I do marker painting projects, I tell my students to wet all the same colored areas in succession. This is so they don’t have keep wiping off their brush of that same color. Just add a teensy bit of water and move along.

Now, if you’re choosing the skip the “painting” portion, just have them draw and color directly onto the tracer. The colors will be more bold and the final result will look like a Pop Art pumpkin!

Pumpkin Art Projects

Here are some student artworks from first grade. I was very proud of their work!

first grade student drawing a pumpkin

pumpkin art painting by first grade

students marker painting his halloween pumpkin

first grade kid painting a pumpkin with markers

first grader taking her time painting her pumpkin art project

Watch it in Action!

 

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  • No prep, fuss-free!
  • More than a coloring worksheet
  • Interactive and engaging
  • Hands-on learning
  • Low cost, minimal materials
  • Easy to implement

There’s no reason to drive yourself crazy trying to plan Halloween art projects for kids when you can have it all in one convenient download. Just print and go! And let the kids do all the work making fun art work that they will be proud to see hung up on your classroom bulletin board. You can check out this “Design a Pumpkin Game” art project in my shop. 

Tags: art lesson, art sub plans, halloween, pumpkin Categories: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Projects for Kids, Arts Integration, Blog

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  1. Carla Courtney says

    09/27/2016 at 11:36 PM

    Is this pattern available as a freebie or for sale? Or is it an idea and create your own patterns to go on the pumpkin sections?

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    • ClipArtGal says

      09/27/2016 at 11:42 PM

      Hi Carla, you can find this activity in my TPT store here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Design-a-Pumpkin-Game-Bulletin-Board-Ideas-Art-Sub-Plans-Art-Lesson-2727801

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