We decided to do pumpkin carving for our Jack-O-Lanterns this year because I wanted to use this cool, Free Jack-O-Lantern Stencil Kit from Blissfully Domestic and let the kids mix and match their pumpkin faces. Any child who’s ever played Mr. Potato-Head will quickly grasp the concept of these stencils.
“Which mouth do you want on your pumpkin?”
I cut apart the different faces to make it easier for the kids to choose and not all select the same faces.
Micah’s mouth
Picking out just the right mouth. Fun!
Once each child had selected exactly the face pieces they wanted for their pumpkins, they were taped onto the pumpkins for one final look.
You love my pumpkin?
Looks good!
Transferring the stencil design to the pumpkin.
We scored each stencil piece onto the pumpkin through the paper – it left more than enough of a mark to tell where to make our cuts.
Sidney and I did all the cutting for the Jack-O-Lanterns of course, but we had a very interested audience.
Evan’s Jack-O-Lantern.
Ta da! Beautiful pumpkins that were unique for each child without overly complicating things for them. Select a face, get it on a pumpkin. Totally awesome!
Love the customize-able features! My 4 year-old would want to make 11,000 different pumpkins.
Lol! I would definitely say that was the hardest part for our three year old. You get ONE pumpkin honey! Only one. hehehehe
Wow! Great work! Thank you for trying my printables! 🙂