# Egg Carton Pumpkin Faces
> Cut a pumpkin from orange paper or foam. Then give it a personality with egg carton eyes, masks, noses and teeth, plus googly eyes and a paper moustache. A simple preschool Halloween craft packed with cutting, gluing and coloring.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-pumpkin-crafts/
- Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: low
- Time: prep 10 min, activity 30 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 1 kids
- Skills: fine-motor, hand-eye-coordination, scissor-skills, creativity, recycling

## Materials (one batch)
- 1 sheet Orange construction paper or foam sheet
- Black or brown construction paper
- 1 piece Egg carton (cardboard/paper pulp) (household)
- 2 piece Googly eyes
- Glue
- Markers
- 1 piece Scissors (household)

## Substitutions
- Instead of orange paper: Orange foam sheet (The author lists foam sheets as an alternative to construction paper.)

## Safety
- Googly eyes and small egg carton pieces are choking hazards. Supervise closely, especially if younger siblings are nearby.
- Egg cartons are stiff to cut. An adult should cut the cups, mask and teeth pieces, and kids should use child-safe scissors for the paper.
- Use a clean, dry egg carton. Skip any cartons with broken-egg residue, especially if a child has an egg allergy.

## Before you start
- For a group: draw (or pre-cut) pumpkin outlines on orange paper or foam sheets.
- For a group: cut the egg cartons into cups, mask strips, noses and toothy mouths so kids can choose and glue.

## Steps
1. Draw a pumpkin with a stem on orange construction paper or a foam sheet, and cut it out.
2. Cut a moustache or mouth out of black or brown construction paper.
3. Adult: cut up the egg carton. Use the cups for eyes, the part with holes for a mask, and the rest for noses and teeth.
4. For a grumpy moustache pumpkin: glue on two egg carton cups as eyes and add a googly eye to each.
5. Glue on the paper moustache and a toothy egg carton mouth.
6. For a super hero pumpkin: glue the egg carton mask across the face and add paper strips as the mask band.
7. Put googly eyes in the mask holes, then glue on an egg carton nose and a paper mouth.
8. Let the glue dry and give your pumpkin a name.

## Tips
- Egg carton is our friend here: we used all the parts of an egg carton. The bottoms became eyes, the holes became a mask, and the rest got cut into noses and mouths.
- This craft is so simple you don't really need instructions. It's perfect for an afternoon of relaxing fun and not very time consuming.
- It has all the bells and whistles for a craft-loving preschooler: cutting, gluing, coloring and generally crafting. My daughter was in heaven with access to so much glue, scissors and markers!
- Great for fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination.

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2012)

Halloween crafts : Easy pumpkin craft with egg cartons It's that time of the year when, spooky things become fun and scary things become sassy ! You know what I'm talking about – It's Halloween.

To kick start our countdown we are starting with a simple Halloween craft with pumpkins*. [See our other fun [**Halloween crafts**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-craft-for-kids/) where we made paper roll Jack-O-Lanterns and created **[art with candies.](https://www.funlittles.com/candy-craft/)** Don't forget the engaging [**Halloween Sensory Bin**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-sensory-bin/) we made for the toddler.]* This pumpkin craft is perfect for an afternoon of relaxing fun . It's not very time consuming yet has all the bells and whistles for a crafts -loving preschooler. Cutting, gluing, coloring and generally crafting.

- Construction paper/ Foam Sheets
- Egg carton
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Markers

This pumpkin crafts is so simple that you don't need instructions. In case here is what we did. Draw a pumpkin on an orange construction paper or a foam sheet. Cut out a moustache using black/brown construction paper Egg carton is our friend here. We are going to use all the parts of an egg carton in this pumpkin craft. The following picture should help. We used egg carton bottoms for the eyes and the holes for mask. The rest of the carton to be used for cutting out noses and mouths.

 **Pumpkin 1 : Mr. Grumpy Moustache - The Super Villain** 

 **PUMPKIN 2: Sandy - The Super Hero**  ;

 My craft loving daughter was in heaven during this pumpkin craft session. With access to so much glue, scissors and markers I made her day! I'm seeing great development in her fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination.



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**Happy Halloween !**

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