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- orange and green construction paper
- child sized scissors
- one brass fastener per pumpkin
- crayons
- glue
Draw two identical circles on orange construction paper, for the children to cut out. We traced ours around the lid of a sugar dish.
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Cut one small rectangle from green construction paper, for the pumpkin stem.
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Glue the stem to the top of the Mrs. Pumpkin Eater circle.
Cut the remaining circle in half.
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Use a hole punch, to make a hole through the overlapping part of the circle, and the circle underneath.
Place a brass paper faster through the hole, so that it opens on the back of the first circle. Watch little ones with the fasteners - they are a choking hazard.
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Recite the Pumpkin Eater rhyme, opening the shell to reveal Mrs. Pumpkin Eater, at the end.
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It's great to be a homeschooler.
2 comments:
That is so creative and totally cracks me up! I'll be linking.
I love this so much!! I came across it on a google search for extension activities for nursery rhymes. Thank you so much for posting this, and I will definitely be doing this with my kids. :)
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