With Halloween approaching, we've gathered a few ideas of pumpkin activities that you can do with little ones who are too small to trick or treat. Whether Halloween marks for you the changing of the seasons or is simply a good excuse for dressing up, there are loads of ways to include toddlers and babies in the festivities.
Pumpkin Art
Get the finger paints out and get decorating! These hand print pumpkins are great, even for young babies. Just make sure you use baby-friendly paints, as not all the colour will end up on the paper!
Pumpkin Footprints
If your little ones are too young to get involved with the carving, let them make their marks in a slightly safer way - we love these ghost-footprints!
Pumpkin Printing
Cut the image of a carved pumpkin into a potato and get printing! Alternatively, cut an apple in half and dip into orange paint - the prints look like perfect pumpkins, especially when faces are drawn on afterwards! (We suspect that the examples below have been ever-so-carefully crafted by adults - your toddler's prints may not turn out quite so pristine, but we bet they'll have a great time doing them!)
Pumpkin Carving
This one is for adults only! A brilliant idea for celebrating your baby's first Halloween is to use their handprints and footprints as a template for your carved pumpkin face... Position their hands or feet, draw round them, REMOVE their hands or feet (ahem!!), then get carving! We think it's really effective...
However you choose to celebrate, have a happy and safe Halloween, and we'd love you to send us any of your Halloween pictures - post them here, or on our Facebook page!
