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Materials:

• Empty half-pint milk carton
• Orange Paint
• Beans
• Stapler
• Green Curling ribbon
• Green construction paper

What to Do

• Paint an empty half-pint milk carton orange. When the paint is dry, place a handful of dried beans inside the container. Cut several lengths of green curling ribbon; then tape one of each length inside the carton top. Curl the ribbon to resemble vines. Staple two construction paper leaves to the top of the carton while stapling it shut. Have fun shaking the pumpkins while you sing pumpkin songs.

Cut open a pumpkin and have your children separate the different parts- seeds, skin, inside strings

(to the tune of: Did you Ever See a Lassie)
Did you ever see a pumpkin a pumpkin a pumpkin?
Did you ever see pumpkin with no face at all?
With no eyes, no nose, no mouth, and no teeth?
Did you ever see a pumpkin, with no face at all?
So I made a Jack O-Lantern, Jack O-Lantern, Jack O-Lantern.
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face!
With big eyes, a big nose, a big mouth, and big teeth.
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.

Show your class a bag of pumpkin seeds and tell them you think they are magic pumpkin seeds. Take you class outto the playground and have them toss the pumpkin seeds onto the grouns. The next day, before your children arrive place small pumpkins where the seeds were. Take your class outside to see their magical pumpkins.Let your children take the pumpkins home with them.


From Seed to Pumpkin

Jan Kottke