Son # 4 lovingly referred to this as his ‘Mommy’ pumpkin. I, of course, was tickled pink. It took some practice, but this year he’s having no trouble pronouncing the word ‘mummy’. I’m thinking to celebrate we will be seeing multiple Mommy, err Mummy, themed crafts this October.
When I found this easy, fun pumpkin craft on Martha Stewart’s website I knew we had to do it. I love carving pumpkins with the older boys (I spend a shameless amount of time scouring the web for the lates and greatest pumpkin template for them to choose from), but I wanted something different to do with the youngest son. Let’s save carving, you know pumpkin guts, tools, knives and all that, for at least a few more years. Please? That and if he needs a quick sensory lesson he can always stick his hand in his brothers’ pumpkins. Which he did…repeatedly.
While my version may not be as pristine, or authentic looking as Martha’s, it did the trick. I used what I had on hand in the house so it was budget friendly, and it was a quick craft to fit in before nap time.
The Mummy Pumpkin
- roll of gauze
- googly eyes
- black cardstock
- glue gun
Directions
- Starting at any point on the pumpkin glue a starting edge to the pumpkin.
- From their wrap the gauze around the pumpkin, continuing until you feel like it’s sufficiently covered.
- When satisfied with the ‘look’, cut the gauze and hot glue down the end piece.
- Glue two googly eyes on.
- Cut a mouth out of the black cardstock and glue on.
- Voila, you now have a pumpkin mummy.
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