Well if you want your kids to have some fun with pumpkin carving this fall but are a little worried about the carving tools or knives used in carving pumpkins, I have a great tip for you that you’ll want to share with all of your friends that have little ones…..
Use cookie cutters on pumpkins! Its easy and really fun. If you don’t believe in jack o lanterns or celebrating Halloween then this is a great alternative for your fall harvest party. Mom or dad can carve the top out of the pumpkin. Kids can help clean out the seeds and guts. Then, kids pick out the patterns with cookie cutters and parents help them hammer the shape right into the pumpkin being careful not to hammer little fingers!
Then, with a little pressure or a plastic pumpkin carving tool use pressure to pop out your perfect carved out shape!
Use your shapes that you’ve cut out of your pumpkin to decorate Halloween food plates and food trays for your dinner or party to keep things festive. Get creative…. you can make themes or go scary. I have links below to my favorite cookie cutters for this project. Have fun!
Wilton 6 piece mini cookie cutter set – metal $5.20 (great for smaller pumpkins or medium sized pumpkins)
Vampire cookie set – $3.69
If you want more of a “fall harvest” theme instead of spooky Halloween maybe for religious reasons or maybe you just think its too scary for little ones then try these fall cookie cutters of leaf and acorn patterns. Just $7.96
Want to get really creative with different themes? Try these really fun themes!
Dinosaur Cookie Cutter Theme set just $6.52
Dog Bone cookie cutter set image – Just $6.76
Musical cookie cutter set – Just $8.13
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