Pumpkin Adventures with Kids

Create a Scavenger Hunt for Your Kids When Shopping for Pumpkins:

• Find a pumpkin the size of your hand
• Find a pumpkin the size of your face
• Find a pumpkin with a long straight stem
• Find a pumpkin with a curled stem
• Find a bumpy pumpkin

Increase their Pumpkin Knowledge:

• The Stages of Pumpkin Growth
  • Seed
  • Sprout
  • Vine
  • Flower
  • Pumpkin
• Pumpkin pollination
• Color changes during growth.
• Different pumpkin varieties

Pumpkin Facts & Trivia:

• Pumpkins are technically a fruit, family Cucurbitacae
• Pumpkins are completely edible
• Pumpkins are grown on 6 continents, Antarctica is the only one that pumpkins are not grown on.
• The average pumpkin has 500 seeds
• Pumpkins are 90 percent water
• There are over 45 different pumpkin varieties

How to Make Pumpkin Slime:

• Cut top of pumpkin off
• Clean out pumpkin
• One bottle of White or Clear Glue
• Baking Soda
• Contact Solution
• Pumpkin Guts

Pumpkin Carving Tricks:

1. Draw out your design on a piece of paper. Once you have a design you’re happy with, tape the paper against your pumpkin.
2. Using a fork, poke the outlines of the design so it indents into the pumpkin. When you remove the paper, there will be holes outlining your design.
3. Using a knife, carefully cut out the design by following the fork-hole outline.
4. Done! Put a tealight candle in the base of your pumpkin and enjoy the spooky scenes!