Fumpkin Characters

I want to share an activity we did at work this week that turned out to be pretty easy and super cute!
We have a volunteer group from BP that comes once a month to do activities with or for our patients. This month we put them to work decorating fumpkins (faux pumpkins- thank you KB for that word!)  to make them resemble popular children's book characters. Here's how it goes...
First choose your characters-

101 Dalmations Puppy

Toy Story Alien

                                                         

The Grouchy Ladybug

Buy craft pumpkins, tempera paint, Crayola model magic, pipe-cleaners, and googly eyes. You can get creative and add more embellishment, but those were our basic supplies for each character.

 Depending on your character choice, you may need to paint your fumpkins. We painted mini fumpkins green to make the Very Hungry Caterpillar's body.

Glue on some felt, pipe cleaners, and Model Magic to create the character! 

Set out with the book and enjoy! 

I might have made the caterpillar a little more curvy, but he's pretty cute in the window!

Hint- we attached his body with popsicle sticks

Kids will enjoy reading the book while hanging out with their fumpkin character! Our patients had a blast doing this, and we've put all of them on display in our library. In a few weeks we'll have story time and give away the characters to our patients!

I have to say, the Toy Story alien, and the dalmation in the left side of this picture were two of my favorites!!

Oh, and the best part is, they won't rot so you can keep your character all year!