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Positive/Negative Pumpkins

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Supplies:

• Hand Punch - 1/4" Circle
• Hand Punch - 1/4" Star
• Hand Punch - 5/16" Oval
• No. 8 Bent Right-Handed Scissors
• FISKARS® for kids Non-Stick™ Blunt-tip Scissors

• Construction Paper: 9"" X 12"" orange - one eac

Grade Level	Subject	Theme	Duration
Intermediate	Art, Social Studies	Fall, Holidays	One Hour

Benefit:

Provides an understanding of how traditions evolve.
Develops an awareness of repetiton, space and shape.

Activity:

Each student will:

1. Measure and lightly mark orange paper into eight 3" X 4 1/2" sections. This will serve as a guide for placement of black rectangles.
2. Draw HALF of Jack -O' - Lantern on each black rectangle. Half of a stem, half of a nose, half of a mouth, one eye, etc.
3. Cut Jack- O' - Lantern halves from black paper and glue to orange paper to create a WHOLE Jack - O' - Lantern. THERE ARE NO SCRAPS IN THIS PROJECT. The orange "background" is the negative space. The black shapes are the positive spaces.
4. Begin by cutting one drawn pumpkin shape from rectangle. Immediately glue rectangle shape to orange paper. Cut and punch all features from Jack - O' - Lantern and set aside.
5. Line up positive stem and bottom with negative stem and bottom & glue.
6. Carefully position features and glue to orange paper.

Repeat with remaining seven black rectangles.

Ideas:

Display on bulletin boards in quilt fashion.
Make individual jumbo positive negative Jack-O' - Lanterns as door covers.