I bought 10 pumpkins and carving kits from Save-on and had students bring in the rest. This ensured that all the students were able to take part in the pumpkin carving activity. It was very messy but the students absolutely loved it. It is nice doing this type of activity with grade seven students - they relished the autonomy and responsibility in carving their own pumpkin and I was pleasantly surprised that many cleaned up their area without any prompting on my part! I would be hesitant to do this with younger students as I think it would be much more time consuming (the set-up, carving, and clean-up only took 75 minutes for our class) and there would be a greater demand for adult supervision and help. Still, with enough parent support and planning, I think it would be a fun activity to do with a primary class. Friday, October 31, 2008
Class pumpkin carving
I bought 10 pumpkins and carving kits from Save-on and had students bring in the rest. This ensured that all the students were able to take part in the pumpkin carving activity. It was very messy but the students absolutely loved it. It is nice doing this type of activity with grade seven students - they relished the autonomy and responsibility in carving their own pumpkin and I was pleasantly surprised that many cleaned up their area without any prompting on my part! I would be hesitant to do this with younger students as I think it would be much more time consuming (the set-up, carving, and clean-up only took 75 minutes for our class) and there would be a greater demand for adult supervision and help. Still, with enough parent support and planning, I think it would be a fun activity to do with a primary class. 
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I really like this photo of your whole class involved in the pumpkin carving activity. At Vanway the grade 7 teacher also had the students do pumpkin carving.. the enjoyed it so much most of them stayed in at recess to finish.
I did a pumpkin carving activity in my grade one class. The teacher did a great job of getting parent volunteers to come in. In the end, we had 8 adults to supervise 24 kids, and 8 pumpkins, so we organized 8 groups of 3 and plunged forward. I let my group of students choose a design to put on the pumpkin, and they picked a very complex spider. I let them do some carving, but only under close supervision, and having set up the lines for them. Apparently some pictures were taken of me and some kids chopping up a pumpkin, but I don't have any. It was a blast!
Thanks for sharing Keith and Leisbet. It sounds like both of your classrooms had fun and exciting activities at Halloween!
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