5 Little Pumpkins

Even though I’ve switched to mostly digital scrapbooking, I was still pretty excited when BzzAgent sent me an invite to try out some Elmer’s Craftbond and X-ACTO products.  I’ve been trying to do some preschool activities with Ty so I figured I’d kill two birds with one stone.

What we used:

• X-ACTO zig zag scissors
• Print out of 5 pumpkins and a gate
• Elmer’s Craftbond Glue Spots
• Elmer’s Craftbond All Purpose Glue Stick
• Green paper
• Scissors
• Crayons

1. We talked about how pumpkins are orange squash and counted the strip of 5 pumpkins.
2. Then the kids colored their pumpkins orange.
3. After I drew cutting lines in between the pumpkins, Ty learned how to hold the scissors properly and practiced by cutting apart his pumpkins.



4. I drew 5 dots above his gate and had him put glue dots on each dot.  Mia just used a glue stick.



5. Then he put each pumpkin on a glue dot.  It was so much less messy than real glue.



6. We used the zig zag scissors to grass out of green paper and the glue stick to glue it down.



7. Voila!

Then we did one of my favorite fall finger plays.

5 Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late!”

The second one said, “There’s a chill in the air.”

The third one said, “We don’t care.”

The fourth one said, “Let’s go for a run.”

The fifth one said, “We’re having so much fun.”

Then woosh went the wind and POP! <Clap> went the light,

And all five pumpkins rolled out of site.