MINI UNIT SAMPLE PREVIEW: Pumpkin Collage
Enjoy this Halloween project for the month of October, and see what it’s like working with my new Open-&-Go Mini Art Units.
Students make a symmetrical pumpkin collage and explore the concept of symmetry by cutting and flipping a half face to create a full, balanced image.
This hands-on activity helps them understand how both sides of a shape can mirror each other, reinforcing spatial awareness and basic geometry skills. It also strengthens fine motor while encouraging creative expression as they design their pumpkin faces.
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Pumpkin Collage Step by Step
Time needed: 45 minutes
Make a Pumpkin Collage
- Supplies: Full sheet of black paper, half sheet of orange, scissors, glue stick, markers.
Draw half of a pumpkin face on the orange.
- Cut out the half pumpkin. Cut mouth and eye, both in ONE piece. Make a slit as shown to get to the eye. It will not show when glued back down.
- Glue the outside shape of the orange pumpkin to one side of the black paper.
- Line up and glue down the half pumpkin face to the other side,
- Take the cut out eye and half mouth, line them up and glue to the left side of the paper.
- Use a black marker to draw the details on the orange pieces of paper, and a metallic silver marker to draw the matching lines on the black sheet.
