Today, I’m showing you how to make a paper popper pumpkin treat bag. Also, look at my post How to Turn a Pumpkin Lapbook into a Fun Unit Study.
When the air turns cool and crisp, it’s a great time to do some fun diy projects.
Your kids will love these adorable pumpkin popper treat bags.
Use these adorable treats for when learning about pumpkins as a craft or use for a fall treat.
Too, this would make a great idea for a group or a co-op to celebrate autumn.
With a few materials, you can keep the kids entertained while enjoying a fun treat.
Pumpkin Books for Kids
If you choose to do this pumpkin popper with a pumpkin unit study, then add some of these living books about pumpkins.
Read aloud as your child crafts or choose one or two to read afterward.
8 Pumpkin Books
Grab some of these fun books about pumpkins, fall and fall harvest.
Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds a sea of pumpkins in her garden. A heartwarming classic for more than twenty years, this story shows what happens when one thrifty gardener figures out how to make other people happy with the squash she can't stomach.
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie follows Apples for Everyone in the Picture the Seasons series. This beautifully photographed picture book about everybody’s favorite fall treat is sure to please kids both young and old. The glossy, festive images and lively text are sure to get your family in the mood to celebrate the season.Pumpkins! Who can resist the sight of big, round, orange pumpkins ripening in a field?
Every year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over a ton! The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not think really big? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines larger-than-life pumpkins decorating some of America’s favorite places—as immense as the Capitol dome, Mount Rushmore, the Brooklyn Bridge, even the Grand Canyon! This celebration of famous landmarks and landscapes plays with concepts of size and scale and is full of fun facts.
How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she's talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the little one has 22. Charlie, the smallest boy in the class, doesn't have a guess.
This is a clear and appealing environmental science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Plus it includes a find out more section with activities such as an experiment to show how plants use roots to drink water from the ground and a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds.
"Mr. Tresselt writes quiet, factual prose about katydids, reapers and threshing, falling leaves, apple-gathering, and the first frost."-
Mr. Hermit Miser doesn’t like his neighbors, and they don’t like him. But when a pumpkin vine sprouts in Mr. Hermit Miser’s yard and makes its way into the neighbors’ yards, but he wants all those pumpkins for pies … well, what is he to do?
With adventures in pumpkin-snatching, failed attempts at baking pies, and pumpkin goo everywhere, this tale about being neighborly in a not-so-perfect way will be an endearing autumn story for all the readers in your circle.
Also, look at more pumpkin crafts.
PUMPKIN AND FALL CRAFTS FOR KIDS
- Fall Season Fall Unit Study {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More}.
- How To Do An Easy Science Pumpkin Study By A Rotting Pumpkin Experiment.
- Pumpkin Anatomy | Kids Exploring the Parts of a Pumpkin And Printables
- 8 Easy Fall Wood Crafts For Kids And A Dollar Tree Pumpkin Patch
- How to Make Pumpkin Spice Body Scrub & 7 Fall DIY Crafts For Teens
- Easy Fall Crafts for Middle School: DIY String Pumpkin Art
- Kids Fun Glue and Watercolor Fall Pumpkin Unit Study
Finally, learning how to make a paper popper pumpkin bag is easy.
It has just a few steps.
The popper part is when the kids pop the bottom part to see what is inside.
HOW TO MAKE A PAPER POPPER PUMPKIN TREAT BAG
First, look at this easy list of supplies which you probably have at the house already.
Supplies:
- Toilet paper rolls
- Green pipe cleaners
- Green paper shred (optional)
- Orange tissue paper
- Faux green fall leaves
- Scissors
- glue
- Treats. You decide, candy, chocolate, small toys, stickers, confetti or shredded paper to help fill it
Directions:
Place a toilet paper roll in the center of a full sheet of orange tissue paper.
Fill the toilet paper roll with paper shred and treats.
Wrap the toilet paper roll by bringing up the sides of the tissue paper and twisting at the top.
Cut off the top portion of the paper but leave some to represent the stem of the pumpkin.
Twist a green pipe cleaner around the top of the pumpkin stem.
Then, use your finger or a pencil to twist the pipe cleaner to represent the vine.
Glue a leaf near the stem and set aside to dry.
These pumpkin poppers are great for fall parties or any occasion.
Optional: Your child can draw on the pumpkins or use glitter on the pumpkins.
