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These pumpkin mummies are a super cute craft for Halloween that your toddlers and preschoolers can do!
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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.
- 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 in 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.
This is one of the 40 pumpkin activities for kids to try this Halloween! Get creative, have fun, and learn a little too!
What pumpkin mummy do you think is who?
Henry has them all named…
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Pat Jansen says
mummy pumpkins are so cute-will be making them, thank you.
Huong says
Love these ideas. Thanks.
Tyleia says
Was the 1 roll of gauze enough to make several pumpkins or just a few! We are trying to plan a Halloween party for about 25 kids!
Jamie Reimer says
It was plenty for these 4 that we made.
Nithya says
Really a very easy and enjoyable activity for Halloween … Just finished making out little family of pumpkin mummies !! Thank you for sharing this.
arthurwears says
I love the way you have combined two halloween traditions and figures in one! lovely post (although i did struggle to get through it as there were so many pop ups blocking my view of your hard work!) #brilliantblogposts
Jamie says
Those are adorable!!! I always see the mummy candles, but never pumpkins – I love it! Thank you for sharing with us at the #Home MattersParty
Karen says
My children are too little to carve pumpkins so I’m always looking for no-carve options. These Mummy pumpkins are adorable and easy to make. My boys will love making their own Mummy pumpkins. Thank you for sharing at the #Made4Kids Link Party! Your post will be featured at next week’s party!
Jae says
I really love this activity! I featured this in our Learn & Play Link Up, thank you so much for sharing!
Natasha says
Wonderful pumpkin mummies. Best part about them is you can take them apart and make a pumpkin pie afterwards.
Brandi francis says
We like to do pumpkin bowling. We decorate rolls of toilet paper like ghosts and stack them up then roll our pumpkin to try and knock them down.
Alexa says
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!
Sonia Barton says
Those are cute, and look super easy, I avoid the pumpkin carving. But these I might just make.
stacey says
Oh my! Too cute! will have to do something like this at my house. Thank you for sharing
Stacey @gluedtomycrafts.blogspot.com
Rachael says
I’m not crafty AT ALL, but I think I could handle those! Thanks for the simple and adorable idea.
Kathy Penney @ Pinner Takes All says
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!
Laura @Art For Little Hands says
PS: I am sharing this post tomorrow.
Laura @Art For Little Hands says
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!
Emma @sciencesparks says
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
Dana Craft says
hey, your pumpkins are fantastic! great idea, thanks for sharing ☺ regards, dana
von Hand zu Hand says
that's great. and so easy to do with the kids!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog – thanks for sharing!
doro K.
Aimee from Classified: Mom says
What a fun idea! Hmmmm…. we still have one pumpkin uncarved! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
JDaniel4's Mom says
Thank you for linking to Halloween Traditions and sharing your idea with my readers!
This is such a cute idea!
Katie says
These are TOO CUTE!! I joined your play network and posted but I just realized I wasn't following you! Now I am :)
Grumpy Grateful Mom says
What a fun idea! I know my kids would love making these. :)
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Brooke @ Let Kids Create says
So adorable, we just carved our pumpkins last night. This looks like more fun though :-)
Toddler Approved says
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!
Krafty Max Originals says
These are just toooo cute! I will be sharing your post on my blog tomorrow, please come check it out! ~KM
http://kraftymax.blogspot.com/
JDaniel4's Mom says
These are super cute! I love that they are a family!
Anna @ The Imagination Tree says
haha those are ridiculously cute! love it :-)
Angelique Felix says
So funny! You all look in great shape ;) Lovely activity.
Angelique