Kids Play Smarter

Maximizing your child's play with purposeful activities

You are here: Home / Fine Motor Activities / Shape-O-Lantern

Shape-O-Lantern

by

Skip out on the pumpkin carving mess and instead grab some felt pieces to make this adorable shape-o-lantern that your little ‘pumpkins’ will love!

Find out how to make this cute craft activity for kids while teaching them about shapes, colors, and patterns

 

The shape-o-lantern activity is a hands-on way to teach children about different shapes and colors. Simply cut out pieces of felt into various shapes and then stick them onto a larger felt board for re-usable fun learning that has no messy clean-up.  Try it out with your child today and watch their learning light up!

How to Construct 

1.Start with a large piece of orange felt and cut it out into a pumpkin shape and add a short green rectangle as the stem.

shape-o-lantern

 

2.  Cut out pieces of various shapes, sizes, and colors for the eyes, nose, and mouth of the shape-o-lantern.

shape-o-lantern

 

3.Have your child arrange the various shapes into a face or patterns.  Have your child identify the shapes as they are putting them on the shape-o-lantern.

shape-o-lanterns-pattern

4. Remake faces over and over again for sustainable, mess-free fun learning!


Like What You Read? Get the Newsletter!

    Follow us

Disclaimer

Kids Play Smarter is a blog about general ideas, theories, and concepts related to the field of occupational therapy and the growth and development of all children. The information presented on this blog is not intended to serve as or replace occupational therapy services for your child. The information on this blog is for entertainment, informational, and educational purposes only. This blog is not meant to replace formal professional consultation or evaluation from a qualified clinician. All children need to have the approval of a physician to participate in physical activities, including those described on this blog. In addition, children need to be supervised by a responsible adult at ALL times when completing activities that are illustrated and described on this blog. The author of this blog is NOT responsible or liable for any damage, injury, accident, illness, death, or adverse reaction due to participation in the activities described on the website.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.