Pumpkin Shape Faces
What you need
- a few sheets of paper, orange if you have it
- crayons
How to do it
- Draw a big round pumpkin on each sheet, or let your child draw the big round shape.
- Ask what shape the eyes should be: triangles, circles or squares? Let them draw them in.
- Add a nose and a mouth, happy, cross or surprised, naming the shapes as they go.
- Make a few different faces and ask how each pumpkin is feeling.
Why it matters
A pumpkin face is a circle with shapes inside, so naming shapes and feelings comes along with the drawing.
What they're learning
- Drawing closed shapes
- Joining the line up to make a circle or a triangle.
- Shape names
- Triangle eyes, a round nose, a square mouth.
- Feelings faces
- A smile or a frown changes how the pumpkin feels.
What to look for
Notice them joining up the line to close a circle or a triangle.
A tip
Big paper and chunky crayons make round shapes easier to close.
Make it easier or harder
Easier: draw the face shapes lightly and let them colour them in
Harder: ask for a face with exactly two triangles and one square, and count the corners
