Fun Pumpkin Prayer Printable Activity for Kids (Free)
Fall season is upon us and my little garden is brimming with beautiful pumpkins! I’m super excited to share this Fun Pumpkin Prayer Printable Activity for Kids because being in a Faith-Filled Christian home should always give us the opportunity to let our light shine and show God’s love for others! That would include Christian Halloween Blessings!
The Pumpkin Prayer is sometimes called the Pumpkin Gospel because that’s just what this fun activity does…it shares the gospel in fun ways that kids can understand. Honestly, it’s a great way to share the gospel with anyone! I don’t really know where exactly the pumpkin prayer and activity originated but we’ve been doing it for as long as I’ve been a Christian for almost 40 years.
The Pumpkin Prayer Printable will give you the exact instructions to follow step by step for carving a real pumpkin and the prayer that goes along with each part. I’m a firm believer in incorporating our Christian Faith into every aspect of our lives. This Christian pumpkin story printable activity for kids is a great way to do that around the Halloween season. It’s the perfect opportunity AND a creative way to have your pumpkins shining bright on Halloween night.
Benefits of using the Pumpkin Prayer Printable
Who will Love this Pumpkin Prayer Activity?
Parents will love this fun way of teaching the Gospel to their kiddos! Such a fun way to celebrate this beautiful Fall Harvest time of year. This Pumpkin Prayer Printable Activity is a great Christian classroom tool for Sunday School Teachers too! Whether you actually are doing the pumpkin carving process or just talking about it, it’s a great reminder and great activity for a fun Christian Halloween or if you prefer Christian Harvest Time.
Christian Pumpkin Prayer Printable Step-by-Step
This super easy step-by-step tutorial is all you need for having a Christ-centered Halloween. Yes, it’s possible to honor God and carve a pumpkin for fun!
Start with printing your Free Pumpkin Prayer Printable Kids Activity. You’ll find this at the end of this post after I explain how it works.
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Pick out Your Pumpkin
The first step is to go to the pumpkin patch or to the store and pick out your pumpkin. Talk about how we are picked and chosen by God too!
Ephesians 1:4-5 "even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,"
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Wash off your pumpkin and cut the top off
After washing off your pumpkin, then cut off the top. While doing this share with your kiddos that “When God found us we needed to be cleaned off. Also, as we cut the pumpkin top open, we need to receive Jesus so that we can be cleaned from the inside out.”
This is a great opportunity for your kids to ask Jesus into their hearts if they have never done this!
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have life everlasting"
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Clean out your pumpkin
Cleaning out pumpkins is a messy and yucky business! Remind your kids that Jesus comes into our hearts and cleans us up! He cleans all the yucky out, shows us our sins, and changes our desires! Teach your kids that we all have sin (wrong things) that need to be cleaned out. Be sure and let your kids know that God forgives them for their sin and that we too as adults have sin that needs to be cleaned out! Don’t forget to save the seeds!
When God comes into our hearts He helps us to live like Jesus!
Ephesians 3:17-19 "so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
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Carve the eyes and ears of your pumpkin
As you carve the eyes of your pumpkin, talk about how Jesus shines his light in us and fills us with the Holy Spirit to see those in need around us.
While carving the ears of your pumpkin, talk about how we can hear God speak to us and obey him.
Jeramiah 3:33 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
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Carve a Wonderful Smile
Carve a giant smile in your pumpkin and talk about how much the world needs Jesus’ love and joy. Talk about ways you can show love to others by speaking life to them! Encouragement and a smile go a long way to make others feel loved.
Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
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Insert Your Candle
Let your light shine for all the world to see!
Matthew 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
Last but not least…if you’d like you can carve a nose in your pumpkin. We’ve carved different Christian symbols over the years, such as the shape of a fish or the shape of the cross. However, it’s not necessary.
What are the Words to the Pumpkin Prayer?
Kids need to learn to pray and talk to Jesus on their own. It’s very important that they build their own relationship with Him. I DO think however it’s perfectly ok to guide them in short prayers as they are learning to pray.
There are lots of ways to pray this fun prayer. The words of the Pumpkin Prayer or some call it the Pumpkin Parable goes like this:
The most important thing is to teach your kiddos to let their light shine, glorify God and have FUN.
