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Autumn Activities

Pumpkin Painting

Theme: Halloween, Autumn,  Transformation
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Why?

A fun Halloween or Autumn Activity  that allows you to explore your creativity that will last much longer then craving pumpkins! 
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"Day of the Dead Pumpkin" by Sinthia Cousineau

Objectives

  • Transform an ordinary pumpkin into a unique character,  
  • Create a drawing of a pumpkin design on a 2D surface and transform it to a painting on a 3D surface (pumpkin).
  • Explore painting on non-traditional surfaces.
  • ​Practice drawing and painting techniques.
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Materials

  • Fast Drying Acrylic Paint (better quality then dollar store paint ideally
  • ​Paint Brushes of various sizes
  • Newspaper or plastic cloth to protect the tables
  • Rag  (to clean tables)
  • Plastic palettes
  • White Paper and pencil, with coloring pencils or markers
  • Jar of water for each table to clean brushes
  • 1 small pumpkin for each student (2-3 extra ones)
  • Folder of Images of Transformed Pumpkins​
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Note: you can ask students to bring their own pumpkins if they want larger ones, or more pumpkins to paint, but avoid very large pumpkins cause it is too time consuming to paint.
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Classroom Preperation
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Painting Stations 

Project Steps

Step 1: Brainstorming an Idea (15 minutes)

  • Students will look at the folder of images of painted pumpkins to gain  inspiration.
  • They will then draw a simple  sketch of how they which to paint their pumpkin and incorporate colors in the drawing.
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Step 2: Paint your Pumpkin (45 minutes)

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Popular Themes

Spider webs 
Skulls
Day of the Dead
 Cats
Zombie
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Student Artwork (Age 8-12)

Clean-up & Conclusion: Place all your pumpkins on the table to dry, and clean-up the materials (10 mins)

Note: Once dry, if time allows add mod-podge to help  preserve the colors of the paint and give the pumpkin a shiny ap[appearance.  This can be done in the beginning of the next session.
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My Students and their Pumpkin Creations (Age 5-8)

Students working on their Creations

Student Artwork

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Student Age 10
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Student Age 8
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Student Age 6
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Student Age 9
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Student Age 8
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Student Age 12
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Student Age 12
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Student Age 5
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Student Age 7
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Student Age 6
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Student Age 9
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Student Artworks (Age 9-12)
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  • Sinthia Cousineau
    • My Resume
    • Biographie, philosophy et methods
    • My Philosophy of Education
    • Artists that Inspire Me >
      • Claude Monet
      • Leonardo da Vinci
      • Pierre-Auguste Renoir
      • Georgia O’Keeffe
      • Vincent van Gogh
      • Michelangelo
      • Sandro Botticelli
      • Antoni Gaudí
  • Drawings
    • Illustrations >
      • Roman Ruins
    • Ships
    • Self-Portraits
    • Animal Drawings
    • Drawing from Observation
    • Cross Drawings
    • Skulls & Skeleton
    • Fictional Characters
    • Flowers
  • Ceramic Art
    • Functional Ceramics >
      • Bowls
      • Boxes
      • Mugs
      • Vases
      • Containers
    • Molds
    • Animals
    • Figures
    • Decals
    • Violins
    • Abstract & other
  • Paintings
    • Self-Portraits
    • Models
    • Imaginative Worlds
    • Saint-Joseph's Oratory
    • Still Lives & Nature
    • Ruins & Architecture
    • Painters that Inspire Me
  • Photography
    • Cyanotypes
    • Photograms
    • Pin-Hole Photography
    • Photoshop >
      • Photoshop Lesson: Recreation of Famous Artwork
      • Lesson: Double Exposure
    • Digital Photography >
      • Butterflies
      • Architecture & Cities
      • Ruins
      • Flowers >
        • Dandelion
        • Roses
        • Water Lily
      • Nature
      • Churches & Sanctuaries
      • Objects, Patterns, and other
      • Travel
    • Other Light-based Media Stuff >
      • Lesson: Scanner Self-Portrait
  • Art Therapy
    • Approaches to Art Therapy >
      • Psychodynamic Approach >
        • Spontaneous Expression: Scribble Drawing
    • Symbols in Art Therapy >
      • Art Response
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      • Heart Map
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    • Art Education & Seniors >
      • Lesson: Mandalas
      • Lesson Plan: Zentangle Cards
      • Lesson: Analogous Still Lives
      • Lesson: Eco Collage
      • Lesson: Clay Decorations
      • Other Lesson Ideas
    • Art & Children >
      • Painting Activities with Kids >
        • Pointillism Painting
        • Coffee Art
        • Monochromatic Painting
        • Lesson: The Color Wheel
        • Australian Dot Painting
        • Painting: Birch Tree
        • Pumpkin Painting
        • Acrylic Pouring
        • Painting: Rock Painting
        • Origami Inspired Painting
        • Watercolor Activities >
          • Watercolor Snowflake
          • Illustrated Watercolor Cards
          • Watercolour Winter Tree Cards
      • Drawing Activities with Kids >
        • Introductory Lesson
        • Tim Burton Portraits
        • Drawing from Autumn Still-lives
        • Grid Drawing Technique
        • Reptile Zentangle Drawing
        • Leaf Drawing Collage
        • Collaborative Doodle
        • Drawing: 3D Hands
        • Oil Pastel Dinosaur Landscape
        • Oil Pastel Night Sky
        • Scratch Art Drawing
        • Ancient Egypt Art
        • Lesson Unit: Fables & Stories
        • Lesson: Optical Illusions
        • Lesson Plan: Renaissance Invention Scroll
        • Lesson: La Bande Dessinée
        • Lesson: Alliteration Drawing
        • Lesson: Northwest Aboriginal Art
        • Lesson: Drawing Lines
        • Lesson: Paper Puppets
        • Drawing : Word Art
        • Drawing: Hidden Emotions Behind the Mask
      • Collage & other art Activities >
        • Origami Collage Drawing
        • Lesson: Warm & Cold Motion Figures
        • Lesson: Roman Mosaics >
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        • Lesson: Reconstructing Scenery
        • Holiday Art
        • Lesson: Shibori
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        • Other Lesson Ideas
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      • Lesson: Eco Art
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      • Lesson: Value Scales
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