Halloween: Sewing Cards

Sewing is a great way to develop one’s fine motor skills.  Personalize these cards and enjoy learning to sew!  

Materials

• Cardstock
• Printer
• Embroidery floss/ and a needle
• Scissors
• Printout of templates: With dots: kid-drawn_sewing_template2  Blank:  blank_sewing_template

Directions

• Print out the provided pumpkin templates on cardstock or draw your own.

• Cut your shapes out.

• Put a knot at one end of your embroidery floss and thread your needle on the other end. (You may need a bit of adult help for this.)

• Follow the dots on the pumpkins to help you sew (As seen in the photo).

• Or use your embroidery floss to fill in the space between the dots.

• Add any sewn details on the blank pumpkins that you might like.

• When you are done you could add writing to the pumpkins and make them into cards or perhaps you could write a story about your particular pumpkin.  For example, what was it’s journey to becoming a jack-o’-lantern?

Purpose

• Developing fine motor skills lends to muscle development and hand eye coordination for activities such as writing, cutting etc.

Safety Notes

• Use scissors and a needle with care and adult supervision.