Pumpkin Carving with Shapes

Printouts of blank pumpkins and six different types of shapes to make your own pumpkin design!

Explore the geometry of Halloween with this activity.

Do you want a fun themed activity to teach your students about shapes?

Use this task to do just that and get your maths lesson or any other lessons ready for the holiday.

3 SLIDE POWERPOINT WITH A BLANK PUMPKIN, 42 SHAPES TO CUT OUT AND AN EXAMPLE PUMPKIN DESIGN!

Created for any ages, with the option to make it maths related with harder tasks or the images can just be used to design and colour in a pumpkin.

Buy this lesson pack now to show your students the fun of shapes at Halloween!

WHAT IS INCLUDED?
A blank pumpkin is included with 42 standard shapes including…

1. A right angled triangle
2. An equilateral triangle
3. An isosceles triangle
4. A square
5. A rectangle
6. A circle

Each slide has images of the pumpkin and the shapes, so they can be moved around and printed separately if desired.

WHAT PREPARATION IS REQUIRED?
Print out blank pumpkins and shapes so they can be cut out and stuck on the pumpkin, or to make the class more advanced have the students draw the shapes on themselves.

The activiy is provided as a single Powerpoint file that can be adapted by yourself to your needs.

HOW CAN THEY BE USED?
Once you have downloaded the lesson slides you can use it time and time again in varying scenarios such as…

• Create the pumpkin designs yourself and ask the students to list how many of each type of shape are included
• Create a list of tasks including different numbers of shapes and colours that need to be found on the students’ designs
• Ask your students to draw their own shapes as a pumpkin design and measure all the angles to make sure they are correct

Enjoy the topic and explore the maths behind it as a class or individually, there are endless possibilities for this set of slides. Explore shapes for Halloween!