Pumpkin mummies!
These are a super cute craft for Halloween that the preschoolers can do!
I chose four pumpkins that I thought resembled our family from our heaping pile of pumpkins on our front porch. [Ha. Hmm... Not something I thought I'd be comparing to my family...]
I decorated a couple first to get figure out what had to be done.
[I didn't have any directions, only a picture of these pumpkin mummies from bhg.com as a fresh idea for decorating pumpkins.]
Also it was nice to have something to show to Henry.
He doesn’t even know what a mummy is!
The smaller pumpkins are much harder to do than the larger ones, so I let Henry try wrapping up the larger pumpkin [Dad Pumpkin] that was left.
What you need to make a Family of Pumpkin Mummies:
- I used 4 yards of a gauze roll [1 roll].
- 2 googly eyes per pumpkin, in corresponding sizes [courtesy of CraftProjectIdeas.com]
- And a little piece of black sticky back foam for the mouth [or you could use black construction paper, I just didn't have any].
Creating a family of Pumpkin Mummies is easy :
- Cut the gauze in half, lengthwise. [And half again for the smaller pumpkins.]
- Hot glue one end of the gauze to the pumpkin [in the back].
- Wrap away. [Henry enjoyed spinning the pumpkin while I held the gauze.]
- Hot glue the other end of the gauze, or tuck it in. [The smaller pumpkins, I had to hot glue a couple times while wrapping... it wouldn't stay!]
- Hot glue on the googly eyes, tucking it under the edge of a piece of gauze to have it peeping out.
- Stick on the black sticky foam as the mouth. [I just cut a small triangle shape and tucked it in. I also found if you completely cover the mouth with the gauze and just cut a slit, it leaves a cute opening!]
Our pumpkin mummy family. Mom, Dad, Henry and George.
What pumpkin mummy do you think is who?
Henry has them all named…
Henry is 3 years old.
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So funny! You all look in great shape
Lovely activity.
Angelique
haha those are ridiculously cute! love it
These are super cute! I love that they are a family!
These are just toooo cute! I will be sharing your post on my blog tomorrow, please come check it out! ~KM
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Seriously adorable Jamie! Love that you compared them to your family
Such a great activity for language building! Heading over to share this on our Facebook page right now!
So adorable, we just carved our pumpkins last night. This looks like more fun though
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What a fun idea! I know my kids would love making these.
These are TOO CUTE!! I joined your play network and posted but I just realized I wasn't following you! Now I am
Thank you for linking to Halloween Traditions and sharing your idea with my readers!
This is such a cute idea!
What a fun idea! Hmmmm…. we still have one pumpkin uncarved! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
that's great. and so easy to do with the kids!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog – thanks for sharing!
doro K.
hey, your pumpkins are fantastic! great idea, thanks for sharing ☺ regards, dana
WOW!! That is a great idea! So simple and so effective.
Thank you so much for linking to Fun Sparks, sorry for the late comment.
Emma @sciencesparks
I love this idea Jamie. I sometimes hate carving pumpkins. It can be such a mess. This is a great alternative. Thanks for sharing on Monday Madness!
PS: I am sharing this post tomorrow.
Those look adorable and easy to do! I don’t think my toddler knows what a mummy is but he’d have fun helping and looking at them. Stopping by from SITs!
I’m not crafty AT ALL, but I think I could handle those! Thanks for the simple and adorable idea.
Oh my! Too cute! will have to do something like this at my house. Thank you for sharing
Stacey @gluedtomycrafts.blogspot.com
Those are cute, and look super easy, I avoid the pumpkin carving. But these I might just make.
Oh I love it! This is something that even I, one of the most arts and crafts challenged people out there!! can do with my kids! Thanks! Visiting from SITS, love your stuff!