This mini pumpkin is actually a mandarin. For children it is fascinating to see how a mandarin with a few handles creates a small luminous pumpkin.
The fruit of the mandarins must first be released from the shell. For this, some skill is grasped, if necessary, you can let an adult help you. How this can be done is described step by step here.
A pumpkin face is then painted on the empty bowl and cut out with a fingernail scissors. Afterwards you embellish the edge with tacks and the small pumpkin is finished.
With a tealight, the pumpkin shines beautifully creepy.
Not only for carnival or Halloween you can make the Mandarin pumpkin, he is also a nice idea to annimate children to eat fruit. That's so much more fun.
Pumpkin face from a mandarin
Pumpkin made from pizza dough
These pumpkins are baked from finished pizza dough. Their filling is changeable, here they are filled with pesto, mozarella balls and party tomatoes. These ingredients are also easy to handle for children. The dough pieces are stocked and then folded together. The resulting dough balls are tied together with cords and thus get their pumpkin shape. Binding requires a lot of skill, if necessary let an adult help you. After baking, the cords are removed and the pumpkin is embellished with a salt stick and a basil leaf. Still served warm, they taste best. Take the pumpkin into your hand and just break it apart. The inner heat escapes so that the pumpkin can be eaten well. Have fun trying out.
Dragon laying image - NAVI
A autumnal dragon as a laying image is quickly made and employs small children especially through the materials used here. Hard noodles are used and make the occupation something special. Look at it yourself and try it out immediately!
Leave-dragon
A great occupation for warm sunny autumn days. Collects colorful autumn leaves and places small colorful dragons on a tray, plate, wooden board or the pavement, the meadow, terrace...
Enchants everyone who discovers the dragons a smile in the face. Have fun trying out.
Dragon card (upcycle)
From newspaper or from old book pages you can make a great card for an autumn festival or an invitation card to the "dragon rise". You can see how it works here. Enjoy trying it out.
Dragon autumnal laying image
A autumnal dragon as a laying image is quickly made and employs small children especially through the materials used here. Hard noodles are used and make the occupation something special. Look at it yourself and try it out immediately!
"Let dragons rise" make
The autumn time is great to let a kite rise. The autumn wind not only lets colorful leaves dance but also colorful dragons rise in the wind. As autumnal decoration this colorful dragon is suitable. A great cutting exercise is it on top of that. When lifting the finished work children's eyes shine, flat on the table the beauty of the finished artwork is not yet fully recognizable. You can see in this step by step instruction how easy this crafting is. Enjoy trying out.
Legging games with rose hips
Legging games with rose hips are a small challenge. Because the rose hips always roll back and forth. That's why laying trains fine motor skills and promotes concentration. All you need for this is a sheet of paper and rose hips.
Flower vase making with daisies - navi
Many children love to pick flowers. This is connected to this small craft. This small flower vase is made from a cardboard box. Be creative in terms of shapes and colours. As a fine motor highlight, the children can end up putting the freshly picked flowers into the punched holes. This creates an individual flower vase with a daisy bouquet.
Squirrel making
Children come into contact with nuts at the latest when Niklaus comes, when nuts are cracked in late autumn or when cones are collected for decorating.
Therefore, a squirrel with nut and cones is a beautiful decoration for autumn or winter.
Have fun doing crafts.