Pumpkin Seed Crafts

We love using pumpkin seeds for fall crafting.  Today, we dyed pumpkin seeds so that we could make colorful works of autumn art.  Read on to see how you can easily make rainbow seeds at home.

HOW TO DYE PUMPKIN SEEDS FOR FALL CRAFT ACTIVITIES

Materials

• Pumpkin Seeds
• Food Coloring
• Zip-seal Bags
• Fall Spices (optional)

You can buy pumpkin seeds or wait until you carve pumpkins and use those instead.

Method

• Begin by placing the desired amount of pumpkin seeds into a zip-seal bag.  You will want to use one bag for each color of pumpkin seeds that you are making.
• Add several drops of food dye to each bag.

• Add 1-2 tablespoons of water.  The water helps to coat the pumpkin seeds in color while allowing you to use less dye.
• Seal the bags tightly, and then mix the contents inside of the bag(s) until the seeds are fully saturated in color.

• Open the bags and allow the seeds to dry for 4-6 hours.

CRAFTING WITH RAINBOW PUMPKIN SEEDS

There are all sorts of fun ways dyed pumpkin seeds can be used in autumn activities.  Here are some of the ways we have used them.

• Add rainbow pumpkin seeds to a bin along with tongs, scoopers, and diggers.
• Use pumpkin seeds to practice patterning, counting, and sorting.
• Use dyed pumpkin seeds for arts and crafts.

MAKING SCENTED PUMPKIN SEEDS

Easily add a fun element to this playtime by sprinkling a bit of fall spices into the zip-seal bags before sealing them.

  

We Used:

• Pumpkin pie spice to make orange seeds
• Apple Pie Spice to make green seeds
• Clove to make yellow seeds
• Cinnamon to make red seeds
• Coffee extract to make brown seeds

The pumpkin seeds smelled amazing and perfectly captured all the beautiful colors and alluring aromas of Fall! 

MORE PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

• Make your own pumpkin paint.
• Use science to make pumpkin slime.
• Turn flour and oil into pumpkin play dough.
• Keep carved pumpkins fresh for weeks longer with these helpful tips.
• Give these genius pumpkin hacks a try.
• "Magically" grow a jack-o-lantern.
• Make glowing Halloween slime.
• Turn real pumpkin into play clay.
• Make pumpkin lanterns.
• Use science to form a jack-o-lantern.
• Decorate pumpkins using melted crayons.
• Wow kids of all ages and make pumpkins erupt.
• Skip the carving with these pumpkin decorating ideas for kids.

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