I first heard about a Storybook Pumpkin Patch from Cari Young on her blog The Centered School Library.  I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate books, and possibly start a new tradition at our school as well. 

     I sent home a letter in mid-October to give the kids plenty of time to find a pumpkin, select a storybook character, and create their masterpiece.  

 

 

     I had them bring in their pumpkins the week before Halloween, and I set them up according to grade level.  I had found these cute felt pumpkins in the dollar aisle at Target, and simply taped my signed onto them and used a book stand to hold them up.  

On Friday, I invited teachers to stop by after school to vote for their favorite and most creative pumpkin in each grade level.  

     Everyone who participated received a cool Halloween pencil as a way of saying “Thanks!”, and the winners received a $5.00 coupon to go shopping at our Fall Book Fair in November.

Here were the winners in each grade level for this year:

     The kids had a BLAST, and were amazingly creative with their storybook characters.  Here’s our video that I created highlighting all the creativity at our school. I’ll use this video to show my students next year!