Pumpkin carving goes hand-in-hand with trick-or-treating as one of Halloween’s best known and most fun traditions. Today I want to share with you some fun pumpkin carving ideas for kids that will help you make the most out of this holiday season. From using resources on the web to making your own stencils, we’ll cover the full spectrum of pumpkin carving fun. So are you ready to get into the Halloween season and help your kids make a jack-o-lantern that they will never forget? Alright! Let’s get started.
The first thing I want to make note of is that you shouldn’t buy your pumpkin until you have decided what kind of design you are going to put on it. Or, if you are planning to do several designs, be sure to include pumpkins in a variety of sizes so that you can be more creative with your stencil selections.
There are quite a few places online that provide some great stencils that you can use when carving pumpkins with your kids. I won’t go into exactly how to carve the pumpkin, since there is a plethora of resources online about that. However, there are two sites that I have found that provide excellent stencils for your pumpkin carving pleasure.
Smaller children will enjoy the first one more. On DLTK’s Growing Together website, there are quite a few patterns that younger kids will recognize, such as Blue’s Clues, Sponge Bob, Scooby Doo and more. They have excellent directions to get you started in case you aren’t familiar with the ins-and-outs of transforming a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern for this creative season.
Another site that is very popular and provides a great resource of pumpkin carving ideas for kids is FamilyFun.com, run by Disney. This site features more carving ideas than the first site, but not as many that the kids will recognize from popular culture and television. Again there are great tips on pumpkin carving, with an exceptional section on whole-pumpkin projects that involve more than just carving, but transform the pumpkin into a real delightful display.
Finally, if you’ve checked out these recommendations but still don’t see something that really makes you excited about getting your groove on with pumpkin carving, then why not try making a stencil of your own? You can be creative and use various body parts like hands and feet, or items around the house such as glasses, hats, coins and other circular items to make a variety of shapes on a template. Another resource that can generate many templates and is easily overlooked would be comic books. After all, you’ve probably already got a ton of these in your home (especially if you’ve got younger kids). Just leave spaces where the pumpkin can remain connected and almost any coloring book image can be transformed into an excellent and fun pumpkin carving adventure!
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