Pumpkin Patch Bulletin Board Idea

Each year I put up a pumpkin patch bulletin board.

First I have my students paint paper plates.  Once dried, I have the kids cut a pumpkin shape out the plates as well as a stem and leaf that I have traced onto green construction paper.

The bulletin usually has a tree with colorful leaves in the middle, a bucket of apples under the tree and all the wonderful pumpkins around.  I have a scarecrow off to the side to give the display a 3-D feel.

We always go on a field trip to an apple/pumpkin farm, so I take lots of pictures of the children and put those up as a border.

Parents and kids love finding their pumpkins as well as looking at pictures while waiting outside my room during conference time.