Sewing

To start this project have the designs that you want the children to sew cut out of the felt into the shapes needed and have squares of felt large enough to fit an embroidery hoop and for the shapes to fit.  The embroidery hoop is optional but some children may find it easier to sew with the fabric being held in the hoop.

We chose to start out sewing jack-o-lanterns.  Have the children sew the round pumpkin toward the bottom of their square.

Now you can have the children sew the stem onto their pumpkin.

Once the stem is sewn on, the children can then sew the star in one of the top corners.

To give your pumpkin a face, the children can then sew beads on the pumpkin to make the jack-o-lantern's face.

We also had the children sew ghosts and used buttons to to decorate it.