Little Steps Care · Autumn workshop

A pumpkin with a mood

Draw two pumpkin faces. What changes when you turn the mouth upside down? Let your child choose a name or word.

  • 2–4 · 4–6 years
  • About 10 minutes
  • Writing & drawing
  • Art & making

What will your child practise?

Change a facial expression with a line and name the feeling.

What you need

Paper, a thick orange crayon and a dark marker.

Step by step

  1. Draw two pumpkins or let your toddler make two orange scribbles. Decide where the eyes go.
  2. Give one mouth upturned corners and draw a different mouth on the other pumpkin. Let your child name each feeling.
  3. Write down their word. An older child can add a letter or write a name.

Books to read together

De pompoendief · Alice Hemming · 4–6 years

Look at Squirrel’s face when another pumpkin goes missing. Which line shows how Squirrel feels? Try that expression on your pumpkin drawing.