Halloween for kids Pumpkin painting ideas Mummy
Mummy pumpkin with masking tape
Ages 6+ · about 20 minutes
To make a mummy pumpkin, wrap strips of white masking tape around a pumpkin, crossing them at different angles, and leave a gap for two googly eyes. There is no paint and no mess, and it takes about 20 minutes.
What you need
- A pumpkin, washed and dried (tape doesn't stick to a wet skin)
- A roll of white masking tape or painter's tape
- Two big googly eyes
- Glue dots or white glue
How to make it
- Tear the stripsTear strips of tape about as long as your hand. Make a small pile before you start.
- Start wrappingStick the strips across the pumpkin at different angles so they cross each other. Leave a gap across the middle for the eyes.
- Cover it upKeep going until almost no orange shows, except in the eye gap. Wrinkles and loose ends make it look more like a mummy.
- Add the eyesStick two googly eyes in the gap with glue dots, or with white glue held in place for 30 seconds.
Tips by age
For younger kids
A grown-up tears the strips and sticks them on the table edge; your kid picks them up and wraps.
For older kids
Paint the eye gap black first, so the eyes peek out of the dark, and make a mummy family from mini pumpkins.
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Paint it green, glue on as many googly eyes as you like, and add paper teeth.
Black cat
Black paint, yellow eyes, paper ears, and pipe cleaner whiskers.
Night sky
Dark blue and purple, then white dots for stars and a crescent moon.
On Kubrio, your kid can draw the design on paper first, and that same drawing can become the star of a Halloween cartoon in Animation Studio.