This free printable Jack o’lantern craft is a fun way for young children to practice fine motor skills and handwriting. You don't need construction paper to make this easy pumpkin craft thanks to the the free print and use templates!
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This Jack o’lantern cut and paste activity is a fun craft for preschool students, pre-k students, and kindergarten kids.
Older children may not enjoy the activity as much, but that will depend on your particular child or students.
This easy pumpkin craft printable is available in both color and black and white. It's an no-prep craft for your fall lesson plans, to decorate your bulletin board with, or as a craft at library activities.
This Jack o’lantern craft is also a great accompaniment to cute book like Five Little Pumpkins.
- Used Book in Good Condition
- English (Publication Language)
- 16 Pages - 08/05/2003 (Publication Date) - HarperCollins (Publisher)
If you're looking for fall and Halloween activities for young kids, make sure to check out these additional posts for the fall season here on The Artisan Life:
Art supplies needed to use your free build a Jack o lantern craft
You don't need much to make your cute Halloween craft! Here are the supplies you'll need:
- Your free printable jack o’lantern template (look for the download link further down the post. There's a row of purple arrows pointing the way.)
- Printer access and paper or white card stock
- Child safe scissors
- Glue stick
- Crayons or colored pencils, for the coloring page version
How to make your free printable Jack o lantern craft
First, grab your PDF file from lower down in the post.
Print one copy of the your desired craft page for each of your little learners. All color pieces are on one page and all black and white pieces are on another.
Have your child trace and write "Jack o’lantern" at the top of their worksheet before cutting.
Color the pumpkin pieces before cutting out the pieces (if you're using the coloring page version).
Use child safe scissors to cut out each of the template pieces.
Glue the Jack o lantern eyes and mouth to the pumpkin. Glue the stem on top of the pumpkin. That’s it!
You can also add a craft stick to make a puppet.
- Great Material: High Quality Natural Wood Popsicle Sticks, Straight, Smooth
- Package size: Includes 200 sticks, each measuring 4-½" length, 2 mm thick, 10 mm width, The rounded edges makes the craft sticks safe for people,...
- Wide Application: Great use in Dessert making,classroom projects, building projects, party crafts, birthday art party, and home decoration, Creative...
You're done!
Free pumpkin template PDF file download area
Like other free printables here on The Artisan Life, this cut & paste craft is licensed for personal use, including classroom use and use with library activities.
You are not licensed to sell or redistribute the print outs or files, even for free. Please refer friends and colleagues to this post to download their own copies.
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I hope you enjoy this paper build a pumpkin craft. Stop by the posts below for more free printables for kids of all ages for Halloween:
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