Pumpkin Project

Project as a whole

This is my first year at Meadows Valley, so this was also my first project that I was a part of. I think the project went great for second grade! The students loved being able to decorate the pumpkins and put them in the community where they could show their parents their pumpkins. I decided to use a nontypical way to decorate the pumpkins which is more of an decoupage style. Students had access to tissue paper, glue, and clear coating spray. Students all individually designed a plan for how they wanted to decorate their pumpkins, and they also researched the best way to get the paper to stick to the pumpkin. The unfortunate downside to this project was that after the pumpkins were displayed in the community, a group of people went through town and smashed them. This was difficult for some kids because they were extremely disappointed, but we used the opportunity to talk about choices and also brainstorm a way to keep this from happening in the future. Most students reflected on their project and had positive takeaways, but they also admitted that they should have taken more time to plan their design.