Pumpkin Sewing Craft

I love crafts that are cute and that use things I have around the house.  This is both!  Gia - my niece who is in kindergarten - made this craft!  

For this project you'll need:

• the plastic lid from sour cream or something similar
• orange yarn
• a green pipe cleaner
• a plastic sewing needle
• a hole punch
• a small stick from outside

I prepared this craft before she arrived.  I cut the center of the plastic lid out, then from the inside, I punched holes all the way around.

I also threaded the yarn through the needle for her.  

I found that I had trouble explaining the concept of bring the needle up from the bottom and back down through the top.  She kept flipping the lid and not understanding which was the top/bottom - so luckily I realized it was a time to say - you can sew this however you want!  It turned out great!  

To curl the pipe cleaner, just wrap it around a pencil.  Then I used the pipe cleaner to secure the stick.