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Pumpkin Garland
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Materials:
Construction Paper
Hole Puncher
Raffia
Curling Ribbon
Ruler
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These paper strip pumpkins make
for a fun decoration in your
homeschool, classroom, or even
around the house.   Make yours
into Thankful pumpkins by having
children write things they are
thankful for on the paper strips.
Teach:
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Step 1
Use your ruler to mark out strips on
your paper horizontally.  This is
where you will cut
Step 2
Cut a variety of colors.  We used
Orange and light brown.
Step 4
Punch a hole near the ends of the
stacks of paper. Place a brad in the
hole
Step 5
This is how the strips will look.
Step 3
Stack the strips, alternating colors in
piles of eight.  Ten would work too
for a fuller pumpkin.
Attach a few pumpkins to the same
yourself a  beautiful somewhere
where it will be adored!
Step 6
Slowly open out each strip until you
have a circular shape for your
pumpkin.
Step 7
Wrap some raffia around the brad.
Step 8
Tie your curling ribbon around the
Step 9
Use your scissors to curl the ribbon
to loo
k like a curly vine.
  • Talk with children about how
    pumpkins grow.  Do they grow on
    trees?  Bushes?  No, pumpkins
    grow on vines.
  • What kind of care do they need?
    (Here are some great tips for kids)
  • The Pumpkin Parable shows a
    great representation for children to
    read.