This wonderful, children's, Halloween craft project was kindly contributed by Mamalee.  Please email Mamalee directly with any questions regarding this project at: Mamalee59@aol.com

 

1. Have the children paint pumpkin seeds ( or they can be prepainted by you).

2. Place them in a bag.

3. Have the children scatter them all  around a specific area. Then water them.

4. Once the children are sleeping or off to school, pick up all the seeds and replace them with small real pumpkins that they can paint or carve.

I had read the story of "Jack & The Bean Stalk" thus setting a magical theme. I also improvised by changing some of the items (such as the pumpkin seeds) instead of the beans, etc.. We also watched the Charlie Brown classic "The Great Pumpkin".