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Elmer’s Early Learners Academy Kids Project: Tissue Paper Pumpkins

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Since my little Ellie Belly turned 3 this summer and she started preschool a few days a week this fall, we have been using her “off” days to do some fun crafts that help to develop her fine motor skills. You know, the fine, precise thumb, finger, hand, and wrist movements involved in writing, cutting with scissors, buttoning up shirts and sweaters. She isn’t developmentally delayed but we like to be on top of things so she can be ahead of the game….plus it’s pretty sweet that she can button her own cardigans and put on her own socks!


We were sent an Elmer’s Early Learners Academy Kit and asked to create an educational craft for the preschool aged set using their new Glue Sticks and Glue Pens designed specifically for preschool-aged children. These products have a unique triangular shape that helps kids develop fine motor skills. Perfect as that is exactly what we want to do with my Ellie!


I love crafting (duh!) but what I love even more is crafting with the littles that ends up being decorations for the house so that is exactly what we did. Our educational craft for Ellie was to make a pumpkin out of small tissue paper squares, a paper plate, a green popsicle stick, and the new glue pen from Elmer’s.


She had so much fun! First I drew a small line on the backside of the paper plate where I wanted to to place the glue. She did traced it like a boss.


Then she pressed the green popsicle stick onto the glue…this was going to be our pumpkin’s stem!


Then, flip the paper plate around and have your preschooler dab glue in small sections all over the plate. Take squares of tissue paper and scrunch them up and place them all over the glue on the paper plate.

Continue doing this until your paper plate is nicely covered in orange tissue paper.

And soon enough you will have yourself a cute little pumpkin to decorate your house with all the while practicing fine motor skills with your preschooler!
Now for the part where I need your help! 🙂 Elmer’s is having a Pin it! And Win it! contest. I will pin a picture from this post on to my Pinterest account and if my Pin gets the most re-pins one of you will win your very own Elmer’s Early Learner’s Academy Kit, sweeet!!! 
Each Early Learners Academy kit includes:

·         Elmer’s Early Learners Glue Stick

·         Elmer’s Early Learners Glue Pen

·         Pom Poms

·         Jiggle Eyes

·         Buttons

·         Popsicle Sticks

·         Pipe Cleaners

·         Feathers

·         Construction Paper

·         Colored Tissue Paper

·         Scissors

·         Paper Plates

·         Glitter

·         Foam Cut-Outs

And in honest full disclosure, if I win I will receive a $200 VISA gift card too 🙂

Thanks for helping re-pin this project! It is an easy and fun one to create!!

XOXO,
*This post is brought to you by Elmer’s. All opinions are 100% my own.

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    Comments

    1. Alicia says

      HI Maggie – First…Ellie is VERY cute!
      I’ve been searching around the internet for the Elmer’s Early Learners Academy Kit and can’t find a “kit”. Do you know where I can buy a kit? I appreciate the contents list ..in case I can’t find it!
      Thanks – Alicia

      • Maggie says

        Thank you, Alicia!! I don’t think you can buy the kit anywhere, I believe Elmer’s put it together specifically for this campaign. I think your best bet will be to use the list to create your own kit. have fun!!

    2. John Heideman says

      I need a picture of the finished project of the pumpkin to make it. Please send a picture of the completed pumpkin.