Pumpkin head discovery bottles

We read the wonderful children’s book titled “Pumpkin Heads” by Wendell Minor. This is a beautifully illustrated book with easy to read print that shares different pumpkins faces one might find in obvious and unusual places…

The children loved this book and it sparked some wonderful conversation and vocabulary words about emotions, pumpkins, pumpkin patch, and more. After we finished reading the book, I invited the children to show me their happy, sad, surprised, mad, scared, and silly faces…

Then the children were off to make their own pumpkin head discovery bottles…

To make the pumpkin head discovery bottles, we used a little silver glitter, some orange food color, water, and a few drops of glycerin (which I am not sure if the glycerin is really necessary).

Each child started by drawing a pumpkin face on their empty water bottle…

Then the children put a little bit of food color and glycerin in the bottom of their bottles…

And then the children filled up their bottles with water and finished up by adding some glitter on top of the water…

Then the children put the lid back onto their bottles and shook their bottles until all the ingredients were mixed together…

I hot glued the lids onto the bottles for the children so they could take them home without spilling them…

And although the bottles looked great as is, I did something I almost never do – I added a length of green yarn around the “stem” of the pumpkin heads as a finishing touch instead of having the children do it.  We kind of ran out of time…

We set the pumpkin heads up by our light table so the children can explore them another tomorrow.  And then the children will take their pumpkin heads home…

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PS…

The plastic water bottles we collected and used are called Aqua Pod!  They do not have a label on them that leave a sticky residue which is wonderful. They are not super thick but we love them and have been using them for lots of different activities which I will be sharing soon!  These bottles are available at grocery stores like Marsh and Meijer.

Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

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