Ideas to Create a Storybook Pumpkin with Your Children for Home or School

Creating a storybook pumpkin for your home or your child's school is a lot of fun. Choosing a children's storybook to base your pumpkin on is both challenging and exciting. For decorating ideas try to think outside of the box. Perhaps you can add a gourd for a nose or hat.

Here are some great ideas for creating a pumpkin based on a children's book for Halloween:

• Rainbow Fish pumpkin
• Little Miss Spider pumpkin
• Cat in the Hat pumpkin
• Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
• Clifford pumpkin
• James and the Giant Peach caterpillar pumpkin
• Carol from Where the Wild Things Are
• Cow from Click Clack Moo
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Wilbur from Charlotte's Web
• Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz
• Owl pumpkin inspired by Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
• Horton pumpkin inspired by Horton Hears a Who

When creating a pumpkin based on a book, it is better to paint a pumpkin than to try to carve it. With craft supplies you can achieve much greater detail. A painted pumpkin can last weeks instead of days. The only downside is the pumpkin will not be illuminated at night time.

Materials that may be useful for creating a pumpkin based on a children's book:
- paint (acrylic paint works well for painting a pumpkin)
- tissue paper
- construction paper
- craft glue (Aleene's Tacky Glue works very well)
- glue gun
- googley eyes
- Golf balls can be used for eyes
- feathers
- smaller pumpkins for additional body parts
- glitter
- alcohol to clean pumpkin before painting

Creating a special storybook pumpkin with your children will surely create memories that will last a lifetime.

Sources:
Associated Content "Rainbow Fish Pumpkin Decorating Instructions and Photos" by Colleen Starr
Associated Content: "Rainbow Fish Activities for kids" by Colleen Starr