The Pumpkin Ghost: A Jack-o'-Lantern Comes to Life and Floats Grinning through the Autumn Mist
4+
Classic
Recommended materials
wax crayons
felt-tip pens
colored pencils
This is how it could look
Friendly-scary Halloween Jack-o'-Lantern that has come to life as a ghost — carved pumpkin face (triangle eyes, jagged grin) glows from within. Pumpkin has sprouted ghostly wispy arms from its sides and is floating upward in the misty autumn air. Tiny bats circle around it. Setting: foggy night with bare branches, full moon behind clouds. Style playful and not genuinely scary — pumpkin mischievous rather than terrifying. A few fallen autumn leaves near the bottom. Simple, clean outlines for young children.
