an activity for preschoolers:
Children can create a great take-home craft with these fun corn and pumpkin shapes!

before you begin:
Place pony beads in bowls and set out the rest of the supplies.

activity goals:
Develop fine motor skills. 
Create a festive autumn decoration. 
Experiment with color patterning.


furthermore:
Talk about different kinds of corn and their uses. Perhaps you could bring in some dried ears of different kinds of corn to show the children.

let's get started

 
step 1
For pumpkins, take eight brown pipe cleaners and bunch them together. Fold the bunch in half and twist once. Spread the “legs” out evenly.
step 2
String the “legs” with orange pony beads, leaving about an inch at each end.
step 3
Twist the ends together to form a stem and attach a curled green pipe cleaner around the stem for a vine.
step 4
For corn, bunch eight brown or yellow pipe cleaners together. Fold the bunch in half and twist once. Spread the “legs” out evenly.
step 5
String the “legs” with white, orange, and/or yellow pony beads, leaving about an inch at each end.
step 6
Twist ends together.