A Sheet Per Child
Thirty-six is enough for a class, a scout troop or a street of trick-or-treaters. Handed out one to a child, each gets a whole face rather than a piece of one, which avoids the negotiation that follows a shared sheet. The rest go into goodie bags with the candy, where a sticker sheet takes up no room and gets used the following afternoon at home.
Waterproof On A Pumpkin
A real pumpkin on a front step gets rained on and sweats in the sun, which is what ruins paper decorations. The waterproof film handles that, and it holds to the curved, slightly waxy surface of a gourd as well as to glass. Working on a plastic or foam pumpkin means the same sheet can be used indoors by a child too young to be near a carving knife.
Faces Made To Order
The pieces are separate features rather than one printed face, so a child decides where the eyes go. That is the whole activity: a table, a few pumpkins and thirty minutes of arranging that ends with a row of gourds looking surprised, angry or cross-eyed. Older children move on to windows and doors, laying out a face large enough to be seen from the sidewalk.
Beyond The Pumpkin
Away from the pumpkin, the same stickers work anywhere smooth. They go on invitations, on the flap of an envelope, into a scrapbook page from the party, onto a lunch box or a school folder in the last week of October. Because they press on without glue or water, a small child can do this alone at the kitchen table while an adult cooks.
