Each year can be exciting to find the pumpkin (or few) that will be used to decorate, paint or sculpt for the harvest or Halloween.
painting Pumpkin offers more colorful, safer and cleaner alternative to carving a pumpkin with sharp instruments. Most elderly people find the company and working with tools sharp knives and carving very difficult and embarrassing. This is why painting pumpkin is ideal for nursing homes.
It 's fun to paint scary faces or even foolish ones, and Goofy. Most people can not paint one. They begin to have so much fun, once they start who want to try to be creative new inspiration on more pumpkins! Seniors have a great time to create their own designs. His art therapy that opens them up to some expression self and playfulness.
The easiest design to paint on a pumpkin is a traditional face jack-o-lantern. But there are many other ideas for draft party too.
- silly or goofy faces
- Favourite cartoon characters
- fall leaves
- scarecrow
- witch
- princess
- turkey
- spider
- ghosts
- cats
- elf
- bats
- signs that say something
pumpkin painting is inexpensive and already have more supplies on hand if you do any other type of crafts. All you need is:
- washable markers
- Acrylic craft paints and brushes
- newspaper
- spray sealant
- landscaping accessories such as raffia, jewelry, hats, etc.
You can use some props really fun to bring the pumpkins for your life too. Try hats and wigs to make different characters.
Before you begin, decide what design you're going to paint and trace a design pumpkin clean. You can freehand the design or select one of many projects in the final e-Guide for Painting Pumpkin, Easy Pumpkin Painting.
After painting your pumpkin first, you will already have ideas for painting a pumpkin whole family! Use for decorations everywhere. These items can be great to show during a party where I invited the guests outside.
Easy Pumpkin Painting, which can be found at Nursing Home Activities Resource, is a guide that contains step-by-step instructions and color photographs of exactly how to paint the cutest Halloween pumpkins. It also contains templates that you can use to paint your first pumpkin in about an hour! Easy Pumpkin Painting makes painting pumpkins, easy!
DJ Hughes operates Nursing Home Activities Resource and has some wonderful Halloween activities, crafts and recipes for Activity Directors and caregivers to do with the seniors in their care.
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